I am a huge Colin Firth fan and he is nominated for an Academy Award for a movie called 'A Single Man'. The move is set in the early 60's and begins when George is notified that his long time partner Jim has been killed in a car accident. He is also told that the service for his partner is for "family only" and clearly, George is not considered family. He is basically left to mourn alone, with the exception of one friend who knew of his relationship. His friend is played by Julianne Moore as a boozy divorcee who at one time had been his lover. She'd like to rekindle their relationship but as George explains in a flashback of a conversation with Jim that even if he has had sex with women, he falls in love with men.
In the days following Jim's death we see glimpses of Georges life at work (he is a college professor), at home and in encounters with 2 young men who see into the secret life he lives. One is a casual meeting in a parking lot that goes nowhere while the other is one of his students who basically stalks him. The student Kenny appears to be confused about his sexuality and is obviously attracted to George. Other than a little skinny dipping there is nothing shown on screen between them but I think that this was actually more provocative than 'Brokeback Mountain' . I was actually uncormfortable watching some of the scenes.
The ending was pretty strange....George had lined his ducks up to commit suicide and decides not to but then apparently dies of a heart attack.
I have not totally digested the movie but am thinking I would not recommend it even though I thought Colin Firth did a good job. And I don't ever need to see it again.
** our of ***** For Colin. But sorry, I think no Oscar.
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