Thursday 18th March 2010

A Single Man

Director: Tom Ford
Year: 2009
Stars: Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode

I was keen to go and see this as it had been recommended by a number of my friends. So keen, in fact, that Dan and I went to the very last showing of it in any cinema in Bristol, and we were the only ones in the theatre.

The film follows George (Firth) in what he has decided will be his final day in this world, as he can't cope with the death of his lover some months before.

I have to say, I was a little disappointed. Perhaps the fact that it had been raved about so much had increased my expectations a little too highly, but the whole thing just seemed a little too self-indulgent and, well, convenient - the ending especially. It's not a bad movie, I've just seen much better. I know that if I had been watching it at home I would have been fidgeting - a lot.

Rating: 3 out of 5

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