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      Forgive and Forget

      2000 1 hr. 40 min. Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 65% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A young man (John Simm) learns his male best friend (Steven John Shepherd) is in love with him after the latter reveals it on a TV talk show. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member The acting in this movie was very good. However, the story will never stand up today. About two young male buddies who were friends for 14 years. One guy was married and beset with problems with his wife and the other was gay who was secretly in love with his married buddy. What ensues however, is a heartbreaking and disappointing revelation that will grip the viewer's expectation. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Great framing if shots. Great colors. Camera work was brilliant. Great acting on an emotionally-charged subject as this one was. Great acting by Steve John Shepherd, John Sim and Laura Fraser. Bravo! Felt very real! :) Will watch it again this year, and spread it around. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Construction worker who falls in love and what he goes thru. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Ok this is the kind of film that will be hated by Bros Before Hoes kind of buds. The thing that I liked about this movie is that homosexuality was not portrayed stereotypically. No pretty boys... no feathered boas... just average looking bloke with drama unraveling their lives when one of them suddenly decided to come out of the closet. Steve John Shepherd was HOT! very hot.. he kinda remind me of a younger Dwayne Johnson only less....angrier...more milder and a great butt shot. Yummy! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Forgive and Forget is TV drama film from back in the days when homosexuality and coming out was still A BIG DEAL in the public consciousness, and the media did their best to reflect this. However, as a vehicle for spreading the messages "it's OK to be gay" and "better out then in", Forgive and Forget feels strangely... bland... There's nothing wrong about it per se, but there's nothing new about it, either; we've seen it all before, and in it's effort not to cause offence, it fails to have that little something that could have made it more memorable. What's more, Steve John Shepherd performance as David is upstaged by John Simm's far better portrayal of Theo, making David almost a non-entity in this film, even though he is the main character and the one this conflict evolves around. It's Theo that gets our sympathy, not David, and that's just a bit odd and unbalanced. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member A great movie. This make my cry a lot. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Christopher Null Filmcritic.com If you manage to stay interested, well, you're a stouter fellow than I. Rated: 2/5 Aug 8, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A young man (John Simm) learns his male best friend (Steven John Shepherd) is in love with him after the latter reveals it on a TV talk show.
      Director
      Aisling Walsh
      Executive Producer
      Philip Hinchcliffe
      Screenwriter
      Mark Burt
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 14, 2018