ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

garybagrov Indeed, the subject promised a lot of food for thought:how can a gay and talented young musician fit in the world of dogmatic clichés of his mother's? Quite a common and, alas,dangerous situation. Indeed,the cast promised a lot:British actors usually present a much more sophisticated and profound performance than their famous Hollywood counterparts.Also, they usually speak better English ! Indeed,the characters involved promised a serious and uncompromising drama , because they differed from the traditional gay films stereotypes . Well,it might have been a real masterpiece, but...it failed.Why?What is the reason? I believe the main culprit is the script that ,probably, is a little vague in its message.What is the idea of the film?The liberation of a gay spirit from the chains of traditions and old values?The sudden (and absolutely unbelievable) "awakening " of the boy's mother, who is the type that brings their sons to a suicide and then cries for them for the rest of her life?The cruelty and deceit of the gay world?The ruined dreams and ambitions (again, never properly explained)of a young musician? Unfortunately, these questions have never been answered, and the only reaction of a viewer after watching the film is the disappointed shrug of his/her shoulders.

foxface First off, I have to admit a bias, because I think the world of actor Paul Rhys (Richard in the movie). He is a good actor. That being said, I have to think when he read this script and than read it again, then checked it one more time to see if he could actually believe what he saw, he knew it was bad, and I hope he was well paid to overlook this fact. I mean actors have bills to pay too, and I hope Rhys bought something nice. Yet still, because he is gorgeous (though he wore too much make up in this film, perhaps to indicate his character was gay?)and the only actor who managed to retain some dignity in this film, I endured this misguided, misdirected movie.After all of the main characters were established at the beginning of the movie, we move on to this hotel seduction scene, which just made me laugh. This kid who is 18 and prim and proper (and I like how Richard did check to make sure his jail bait was legal) goes to a guy's hotel room, removes his clothes and gets a "massage" is just hysterically funny. It was creepy too and seemed so incredulous. But that may have been a comment on hotel sex.The mom was too hysterical and even if she didn't know her son was gay, how could she have not known Richard was gay? Didn't she think it strange they went on tours of the city, but left her alone to tour the city. She was needy, weak, insulting to women and too over the top. I was annoyed by the acting. It would have been better if she had a drug problem which would have explained her hysteria. I had no sympathy for her character.The actor that played Paul did not need all of the scenes of him putting on his underwear. It just made me laugh. His bum wasn't that exciting. Neither was his acting. He had a strange voice, that annoyed me also, but then I found out he is really British and so is the mother. Maybe that is the way they think Americans talk and act.We never see Paul practice the piano on a daily basis, which is strange for someone attending Julliard and hoping to be a world class concert pianist. When he gets to New York, I guess to prove he is OK with being gay, he turns into a well dressed whore for older men, who live in expensive penthouses. Again another funny moment when the mother travels to New York to rescue her son from that bad gay man, who must have turned her son out and destroyed his music career. I gotta mention the music teacher. She was real. I had two piano teachers while growing up and they were weird eccentrics and I never understood how they ended up in my town. Oh yeah, they would lie to you about your talent level.What could have been a good coming out, coming of age, or better love story, never made it on screen in this movie. It should have been pitched as a comedy. Watch it, but don't buy the DVD.

Hunky Stud I think that the mother in the movie is the best, her performance is excellent. The typical housewife, sensitive, caring, nervous, and sad, sort of like the typical soccer mom. and she is not even a US actress.After the movie, I watched the extra material on the DVD, it seems that all those actors were from British. I have seen the young guy from that movie called Spanish apartment. he was hilarious in that movie with his British accent. And i was surprised that he speaks perfectly American English in this movie. however, i am not sure if that is his real voice. sometimes, i have the sound and the mouth don't match.He always look sad in the movie, don't know why. which is so different from the happy character in the movie Spanish apartment. I think that his performance was solid. hopefully, we can see more of him in the future.as for the pianist, he looks just too feminine gay, I think that it is a little too much.

bbuudd403 I enjoyed the movie, but it seems to me it is mistitled. The only love in the movie was between Paul and his mother, who seemed to suffer from some emotional problems, but their love at least seemed genuine. Basically this is a story about a talented young cute kid who gets in over his head. Paul is used by Kennington, who is Paul's idol. Then Paul gets used by Kennington's manager/lover. Paul does have a relationship with another older man but we don't get to see much about that relationship, but again it seems he is being used as a boy toy. Being that Paul is very young I can only hope he learned from these bad experiences, and pursues his real dreams.