[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUU_WzRBHX4[/youtube]
I finally got to the point I could sit down and watch this movie and it was so worth the wait. The praises in the trailer do justice to it quite well.
Usually when I watch a British movie I can understand about half the dialogue, and sometimes the cultural references escape me. It starts off slow I thought, and never really picks up speed, but it is a quite lovely story about two young men coming together and making a connection, as Ang Lee would say, a heart connection. Both are coming from different perspectives but find in some ways they compliment one another.
Glen, the artist, played by Chris New, interviews Russell, played by Tom Cullen the morning after they hook up at a club. It turns out Russell also chronicles his partners in writing and shares this with Glen, who discovers one of Russel's encounters was with his former partner.
These guys party, a lot. In fact I learned something watching this movie, when the characters demonstrate a way of taking Cocaine I have never seen before. Of course with cocaine come babbling, incessant and non stop for a while as they have the deep, soul baring conversationgs gay men have about society and how we are supposed to fit in.
As you can tell from the trailer, Glen is soon to go away, and the ending, I won't give away, but he makes a present to Russell, whose last name he can't remember. You should watch it and see what it is.
Yes, this is a wonderful movie. I highly recommend it.