A Single Man

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Spoiler alert: It would be impossible to spoil this film!! If you don't enjoy the first ten or twenty minutes, then just skip to the end or turn it off. It doesn't get any better. Almost nothing actually happens. I've read several of the 10-star reviews. They would be more persuasive to me if written in Greek. I'm sorry. I just don't get it. In the scene in which the main character is preparing his suicide, I kept yelling at him to do it so as to end his misery (and my agony.) OK, this scene was funny... dunno if it was supposed to be. Should I upgrade it to two stars? Nah....

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Here's the thing, in a story there's something called 'deux ex machina' in Latin. Basically it's a contrived, unexpected plot device ie. event that abruptly and conveniently ends the story, because they couldn't think of a better ending. 'A Single Man' has a perfect example of this when the main character dies from a sudden heart attack at the end. It could have happened at any point during the 90 minute boring gay love story but for some unknown reason we have to sit through this over-hyped (because it's Colin Firth) nonsense to get to it. Boring. Boring. Boring. Those endorsing this film talk about the great acting, lighting, directing etc. That's all well and good but if the story is this bad what's the point Tom Ford? Learn how to write a good script first.

I would have given this movie a solid 9 or even a 10....however the ending left me in tears and so depressed that I couldn't bear to give it a high score... The story is amazing, such a great journey through this man's life and loss and how to learn to appreciate the small things in life, however once things start to turn around for him in the end... HE HAS A HEART ATTACK AND DIES!!! I love movies that stir up emotions in me, make me feel and make me think, but I have a hard time enjoying movies that make me leave depressed... All in all this is an amazing story and everyone should see it at least once.

How have I avoided watching this movie for so many years? The big experience was all the better when I finally got to see it now. For it is one of the best dramas I have seen. Rarely have I seen such a good description of what a great loss does to a human being. Colin Firth is brilliant in portraying a man who has lost his great love. The film's great strength is how we get to take part in the grief along the way, and the backdrop for his heavy grief. Another thing I think the film also achieves is the hope he encounters in a difficult everyday life. That he has good people around him, but that this still fails in any way to fill a large void. Or to be able to move on. Grief and loss are something we individually dealt with differently. And in this story we see how the loss becomes so overwhelming and all-consuming. Colin Firth is really amazing in this movie. Low-key and quiet in his life crisis, but still worthy in the face of his surroundings. Incredibly strong story.

refined adaptation. touching performance of Colin Firth. and Isherwoodţs universe in warm colors. Julianne Moore doing a splendid work. and the film itself as an old song from a lost age. a film who could be one of favorites for Oscar. its sin - the strange beauty who gives to it not exactly the status of universal story or gay manifesto, profound subject in the right light, but the role of chain of questions. large themes. in unconventional forms. and a story about life and its sense in the light of impressive picture about failure, past, need to reconquest old moments to be yourself. an experience more than a film. see it !

I just loved the movie. Story is deep and powerful. I have seen it few times now and it's like a good book you have to read again.