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Another Country

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In this film adaptation of the Julian Mitchell play, classmates and fellow outcasts Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) find comfort in friendship during the 1930s, at an elite British public school where conformity is the norm. Openly gay Bennett must deal with bullying and homophobia, while Judd struggles to reconcile the expectations of the establishment with his own Marxist beliefs when he is given the opportunity to become head boy.
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Richard Rayner Time Out 02/09/2006
Where the original play was long and more meditative, making suspension of disbelief at least possible, here it just seems like nonsense. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times 06/04/2003
A well-acted, literate but insufferably smug little movie that fictionalizes the life of Guy Burgess, who with Donald Maclean defected to Moscow in the early 1950's. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 06/04/2003
If you can get past the wacky premise—that the British public school system is the direct cause of (a) homosexuality and (b) communism—what remains is a dull, conventionally carpentered melodrama, a natural for miniseries expansion by PBS. Go to Full Review
Phil Nash OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver) 05/08/2023
The wit is sophisticated, dry, and underplayed. Go to Full Review
Mark Hiers Our Own Community Press (Norfolk, VA) 05/03/2023
Its beauty is not only in its lush English countryside photography and gently moving camera but also in the warmth and humanness of its characters. Go to Full Review
Eve Tushnet Patheos 09/06/2018
[The] moral would be trite if it didn't go unspoken; it becomes poignant because it's adamantly denied. Go to Full Review
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H A N I M Jul 27 Fascinado por la colorimetría, la ambientación, la época en que se narra la historia, me hace sentirme justo en el momento... Las actuaciones principales le dan un tono cálido a los personajes, y me agrada ver qué se cuidó esa línea de no pasar a algo más turbio.. En general, la miro cada vez que puedo, está en mi top, no me canso de verla. See more thiago s @Thiagostone May 18 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajudou a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom. See more Ken B 09/01/2023 Absolutely breathtaking to watch two of my favorite British actors, Rupert Evert and Colin Firth, as well as Cary Elwes just at the beginning of their long careers. Firth is almost unrecognizable. And these matters weren't ancient history when the film came out, despite being set in the thirties. I'm well into my 70's now, so anyone who thinks these issues weren't still pertinent in America in the fifties and sixties need to think again. Wikipedia interestingly comments that many interiors were filmed at Althorp, seat of the Spencer family (think Princess Diana) and her brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, appears as an unspeaking extra in several scenes. See more Un H 02/21/2021 holistically, i'm not convinced if this movie works all that well but it's two leads are amazing in their roles and i can't deny how fun it is to watch. See more 08/29/2016 Don't understand much See more 02/20/2016 Great performances by Everett and Firth,but other than that this was not very passionately made.It provides some food for thought but not as much as it should have had.Quite interesting but never succeeds in hooking you in. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this film adaptation of the Julian Mitchell play, classmates and fellow outcasts Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) find comfort in friendship during the 1930s, at an elite British public school where conformity is the norm. Openly gay Bennett must deal with bullying and homophobia, while Judd struggles to reconcile the expectations of the establishment with his own Marxist beliefs when he is given the opportunity to become head boy.
Director
Marek Kanievska
Producer
Alan Marshall
Screenwriter
Julian Mitchell
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 1, 2019
Runtime
1h 30m
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