‘A Single Man’ review: Former fashion designer’s film full of style, short on substance
This is fitting because the film is the much-heralded debut of Tom Ford, former fashion guru to Gucci. And it’s also annoying because it distracts us from the story, which is not pretty at all and shouldn’t be presented as some precious collectible.
Colin Firth — in a terrific performance — is George Falconer, a charming, erudite Englishman and professor of literature at a Southern California college. Geroge is gay and grieving his long-time lover, who was killed in a senseless car accident. But this is 1962, and not only is this the love that “dare not speak its name,” it is also a grief cannot be expressed. Read more
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