Get Real
First screened in April 2020
Director: Simon Shore. Cast: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart, Tim Harris, David Lumsden, Jacquetta May, Patrick Nielsen, Kate McEnery, James D. White, Steven Elder, David Elliot, Steven Mason, Morgan Jones, Richard Hawley, Ian Brimble, Judy Buxton. Screenplay: Patrick Wilde (based on his play What's Wrong with Angry?). Twitter Capsule:
Aces the main character. Others fuzzier or uneasily incorporated. An intriguing mix of candor, anger, and sentimentality.
VOR:③Beautiful Thing remains unchallenged as the 90s gay English teenager drama of record, but this certainly knocks Love, Simon down a few pegs.
