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Hey, you! Can you quickly name the three clichés that make up the basic gay film? The first is obvious – it has to be set in England. The second is a bit more subtle – the main character has to have a chubby female friend that is just as alienated as he is. The third is optional the film must be based on a play written by a guy with the last name Wilde.
The Wilde in question is not Oscar, but Patrick, and Get Real is based on his celebrated play What's Wrong With Angry? The picture begins promisingly, with a young protagonist Steven Carter (Ben Silverstone) being forever turned off to both heterosexual activity and ice cream as a friend incorrectly tells him how babies are made.
As a teenager, Steven appears to be like the rest of his Basingstoke prep school classmates; his room has a desk and a computer, and its walls are covered with photos of England's top football players. The dodgy student, who doesn't care for the sport, is reduced to ferreting out potential mates at a varmint-infested bathhouse in the park. One day he stumbles upon the popular school jock, John Dixon (Brad Gorton), who eventually falls for Steven but doesn't want to reveal his alternative lifestyle to his mates or the rest of the school.
Feeling like it was filmed in (get) real time, the picture slowly winds its way through sentiments not seen this side of soap operas and bad after-school specials, finally culminating in the predictable big speech where Steven outs himself in front of his parents and entire school. (1:51 - R for language and sexual content)
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