| Contrary to popular belief, this is no Broke Back Mountain. A Single Man is a wonderful theatrical piece with strong performances by Colin Firth (plays Jim Falconer, a gay English Professor) and Julianne Moore (plays Charley, his infatuated female friend). It is one of the rarest, most riveting and best written and directed movies ever made in America! Basically, Jim Falconer's sexual orientation makes him a pariah in the 1960's sexual revolution. He is a distinguished and extremely guarded professor whose only friend is a woman bent on rekindling their old romance. |
When he learns of the death of his lover of 16 years, Jim is devastated and starts to plot suicide. Before he does, he begins to seek out the company of others, which leads him to bond with a Spanish male immigrant and one of his male students.
I highly recommend this movie for everyone. After seeing it once, I still want to see it again. It is that good.
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