Beautiful Thing

I would like to thank Hettie MacDonald for making this very important film. This was the first time a movie has made me cry in many years. I cried for two reasons, 1) its bittersweet moments between Jamie and Ste were absolutely wonderful, they literally made me feel 16 again, experiencing all the same emotional turmoil, and 2) I regret not having been true to my own homosexuality as a teen. I wish I'd had Jamie's courage when I was 16. I knew I was gay, even before that, but was afriad to do anything about it. Now I'm 30 and I'm still not completely out of the proverbial closet. I know one thing for sure, if I'd had exposure to films like Beautiful Thing when I was a lad... I may have been able to draw the courage I needed from those characters. Thank you again! I love the Film!

Every time I watch this movie, it makes me feel that after all the bad things we go trough in life for being gay, is not that bad if you can find love. This movies is the best gay love story ever, one that you can relate to if you only knew that you were gay because you liked another boy. I watch it when i am down, sad and blue and the moment it starts playing, it takes me to a place i can't describe, it makes me feel innocent and not so complicated. At least that's how it was for me, it wasn't about parades, outfits, sex and vanity, it's just two kids in love.. not easy to explain so you'll have to watch it........ it makes love simply beautiful! just a beautiful thing :D Enjoy

Would-be feel-good drama from the UK, adapted by Jonathan Harvey from his play, is an overly-familiar tale about sexual awakening. Two teenage boys in a lower-income London housing project struggle with their hesitant attraction for each other, but Harvey's script starts too soon in the story (a headier examination of these lives might begin about an hour into the proceedings). There's really no need for all this teary melodrama over the gay issue--haven't we've seen it all before? One of the boys is predictably less comfortable with his homosexual feelings than the other, and their awkward relationship is exacerbated by their families and mates (one of whom, a black neighbor into Cass Elliot's music, is having deep-seated troubles of her own). The film indeed has a touching finish, but Harvey is far too tentative with this subject matter. Let us see the beauty of what's been worked out, and not just the clichéd, interminable hardships of being a misfit. ** from ****

This is the best movie i've ever seen. The acting, directing, and scenery, music, EVERYTHING is fantastic! Glen Berry and Scott Neal deliver great performances, and they are both so hot, and it makes you want to look for that special someone. It also tells you what living in urban england is really like. Its an amazing movie, and I recommend it to everything. It changed my life, it might change yours. "Make Your Own Kind of Music" and "Believe or not" are 2 great Mama Cass songs which are played in the movie. Congratulations to everyone who was involved and I wish they had made a sequel! This movie deserves more awards than it got.