Boyfriends Details

1996

Rated:
50
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Starring	James Dreyfus, Mark Sands, Michael Urwin, Andrew Ableson
Director	Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

Boyfriends

Three gay friends and their partners spend Easter weekend at a country cottage. Paul and Matt have been together for five years, but it's beginning to seem a lot longer. Couple two, Matt and Owen, have been dating for three months. Matt thinks he hears wedding bells, but he's in for a big surprise. Lastly, Will met Adam the night before. The two have a history... do they have a future? What ensues is a frequently funny, charming and, most importantly, honest depiction of the ups and downs of gay couples trying to forge relationships in the 90's.

Starring	James Dreyfus, Mark Sands, Michael Urwin, Andrew Ableson, David Coffey, Russell Higgs
Director	Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
Studio	PECCADILLO PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 22 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	DVD: 08 Aug 2002 Production year: 1996
Format	DVD

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Co-directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger's promising feature debut shows consummate skill in getting under the skin of homosexual neuroses as it follows the exploits of three troubled gay couples on a weekend in the country. An amalgam of The Big Chill, Peter's Friends and A Little Night Music, this shining example of British low-budget film-making accurately scrutinises gay sex and love in the 1990s. James Dreyfus from the TV comedy series The Thin Blue Line plays one of the lovelorn Londoners.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
This low-budget first feature takes a wry look at the ideals, desires and neuroses of a bunch of mostly middle-class... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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21 out of 21 people found this review helpful

A pleasant and enjoyable film for an evening's entertainment.

Three gay couples convene at the home of of Paul for his birthday, and six months after his brother's death. The three couples are at different stages in their relationships: You have the three couples: (1) Ben and Paul who have been together for 5 years and just have broken up, (2) Matt and Owen who have been together for 3 months, but with very different likes and dislikes in life, and questions about whether Matt and Own are really suited for each other, and (3) Will and Adam who have just had a one night stand but Will wants it to be more and Adam does not--Adam is much younger (e.g. 20 years old) than Will (?mid 30s), with a naive 'sleep-around with everyone' point of view. Paul, Matt, and Will are long time friends and their interactions are quite interesting, contrasting these interactions with each other (they clearly don't all like each other) and with their 'partners'. Some typical but not overdone vibes going on between the actors.

This film was definitely not done on a high budget, but was very enjoyable none-the-less. I thought it was a sweet and accurate portrayal of gay relationships (sometimes the accuracy was enough to have me cringing in memory with how 'real' it was), with most of the actors and situations very believable.

One thing I liked about the movie is that they did not try to 'resolve' every situation, but as in real life, let some situations just 'hang'.

All in all, an enjoyable evening spent watching this shoestring movie, but accurate none-the-less.
- - Bruce M from Oxford, England
  - Posted 16 Aug 2004 14:58
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

ok

Ok but think it could have gone a bit more in depth. Felt that there was no real plot.
- - Peter Langdon from nowich, uk
  - Posted 22 May 2005 17:59
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