Holding the Man
Taste attributes: dramaromancegay/lesbianbiographyslowfresh & originalwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationship
"A love story for everyone"
Boxlist takeA stirring, grounded drama: unhurried and weighty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the rugby team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Goalpost Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
