A very bisexual movie!

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2002)

Velvet Goldmine is an excellent movie whichever way you look at it. Of course, that does depend on whether or not you yourself can associate with the themes held therein: growing up queer in a British household, idol worship, following your dreams, reliving your childhood fantasies later on in life. This film is very bisexual - the main characters are all bi, and a lot of emphasis has been placed on the fact that they are actually bi, not gay. It's about time a main-stream movie did this. It's not to say that this lifestyle is an accurate portrayal of bi-life, but movies seldom are windows into the real world. None-the-less, it captures so much of the world that bisexuals see - the sexes are equal, life is colourful, things are seen from a very open-minded perspective, yet life is complicated, we're misunderstood, and are often rejected. This film is amazing! It is really only let down by the fact that the American scenes are so obviously filmed in Britain, and the accents could have been better for this portrayal too.