Times have changed - thank God - but not enough.

Rating: 10/10 (21 September 2012)

If every person who had reviewed this movie here on IMDb had watched it with an open mind - free of fear, homophobia, and prejudice - then the rating would be a lot higher.
It's a perfect tragedy / love story. Anyone who says otherwise (and you only have to read some of the negative reviews to understand what I'm talking about) just got bent out of shape by the fact that it was a love story about - gasp! - two men!
Well guess what. The US has a black president, and soon enough gay people will have equal rights alongside 'straight' people. Thank God.
If you do have a heart - free from the blockages I mentioned above - you'll watch this film and be equally heartbroken and overjoyed. Overjoyed at the honesty and truth and LOVE portrayed in the central relationship, and heartbroken to recognise that the complexity they faced both within themselves and without is so very real. Yes, even today.
Times are changing, but not fast enough for my liking. Anyway, great movie, truly one of the greatest of recent times in my opinion.