Like It Is
1998
An honest portrait of homosexual love set in England. The story concerns a bare-knuckle fighter and a record producer who fall in love despite their incredibly opposite backgrounds. Daltrey makes a memorable appearance as a cranky boss. Read more
| Starring | Steve Bell, Ian Rose, Roger Daltrey, Dani Behr |
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| Director | Paul Oremland |
| Run time | 90 mins |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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A young boxer from Blackpool (played by British amateur featherweight champion Steve Bell) finds love and disillusionment in London's gay clubland in first-time director Paul Oremland's refreshingly good-natured production. Ian Rose is the record producer naive Bell follows to Soho after a one night stand, only to face harsh realities in the big city. Roger Daltrey is Rose's predatory boss and Dani Behr Daltrey's latest singing discovery, and both see Bell as a threat. Slightly awkward, yet refusing to fall into the cliché traps that often handicap gay dramas, this is the same old “coming out” story but done with a light, naturalistic charm and without any preaching. Rather good of its type.
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This so-so first feature gets away with casting Behr as a disco diva and Daltrey as an amoral record company boss.... read more on Time Out
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14 out of 17 people found this review helpful
So it's rubbish then!!
I just love people who write a review 'it was so bad I had to stop watching after an hour!
Then how can you review it? Yes it was made on a budget, and yes it's not the greatest movie ever - but it has a wit behind it which makes up for that! Bad in places the whole is the total of the sum parts and really it adds up! And remember it was'nt full of highly paid pro actors - give it some credit! -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
like it is? Hmm Nope!
This film had real potential. However bad scripting, slightly odd and bad acting did not help, with the exception of Steve Bell who I thought played his part and made it very much his own. Ian Rose performance was dreadful, he didn’t seem to “gel” with his character at all. Danni Behr, although her characters singing is dubbed did ok, although I think half way through the film she became somewhat bored. Roger Daltrey’s performance was actually quite good! The film is rushed, slightly lazy, leans on stereotypes (such as most gay people use drugs, and constant infidelity) which we all know happens all the time, don’t we?! It was nice however, to see a British made film, shame it was made on a low budget (500k, production suffered a lot of sponsorship let downs), worth seeing but I don’t think it was “a feel good movie” nor would I say this film is… well Like it is.
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