Get Real (1998)

Directed by

Simon Shore

Genre

drama film, comedy film, romance film, teen film, LGBTQ-related film, coming-of-age film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 192 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gay teenage boy in a small English town secretly writes a newspaper advice column. He falls for a popular closeted jock while hiding his own identity from school and family.

tenderhonestquietly emotionalbittersweethopefuluk suburban

What happens

Get Real is a 1998 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Simon Shore, based on the play What's Wrong with Angry? by screenwriter Patrick Wilde. The plot centres around the coming of age of a gay teenage boy while growing up in Britain during the Cool Britannia era of the late 1990s. The film was shot and set in and around Basingstoke, England. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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