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Get Real

Get Real

Drama · Romance · 1998

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.

Movie details

Get Real

“Boy meets boy. Boy likes boy. Boy, oh, boy.”

1998 Drama · Romance 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Get Real?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Simon Shore

Written by

Patrick Wilde

Ben Silverstone

Ben Silverstone

Steven Carter

Brad Gorton

Brad Gorton

John Dixon

Charlotte Brittain

Charlotte Brittain

Linda

Stacy Hart

Stacy Hart

Jessica

Kate McEnery

Kate McEnery

Wendy

P

Patrick Nielsen

Mark Watkins

T

Tim Harris

Kevin Grainger

Court is in session

Put Get Real on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.