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Like It Is

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A young boxer from Blackpool gets involved with a gay record-producer (Ian Rose) and the latter's predatory boss (Roger Daltrey) in London.

Critics Reviews

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Amanda Jane Stern Film Inquiry 06/17/2021
The plotting and pacing are occasionally clunky, and you can see the film's made-for-tv trappings, but the cast does a great job with the material. Go to Full Review
Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette 09/05/2005
1/5
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 01/16/2004
2/5
W. Stephen Gilbert Film Journal International 01/01/2000
The story is as naive and arrogant as its leading character. Go to Full Review
Brian Webster Apollo Guide 01/01/2000
59/100
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Audience Reviews

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08/21/2015 just so-so rom-dram says on box 'it just might be the best gay pic ever' not really See more 11/14/2012 In bleak Northern England -- Blackpool, to be exact -- Craig (Steve Bell), a latent homosexual, makes his living fighting illegal bare-knuckle bouts. When the boxer falls for a record producer named Matt (Ian Rose), who's in Blackpool promoting a singer, he soon finds his world turned upside down. Craig follows Matt back to London, but things get sticky when Matt's duplicitous boss (Roger Daltrey) tries to split up the couple. See more 12/26/2010 Dani Behr played such a bitch as Paula!! But I love that song "Do I, Dooooo I ask too much?" See more 07/13/2010 loved this because they made a very believable couple See more 06/20/2010 The story is fine, but I just found it hard to get into. The characters just didn?t interest me that much, I really felt indifferent to them. For me a movie is much better if you care what happens to the characters. The performances are good though. See more 06/20/2010 58/100. The story is fine, but I just found it hard to get into. The characters just didn't interest me that much, I really felt indifferent to them. For me a movie is much better if you care what happens to the characters. The performances are good though. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young boxer from Blackpool gets involved with a gay record-producer (Ian Rose) and the latter's predatory boss (Roger Daltrey) in London.
Director
Paul Oremland
Producer
Tracey Gardiner
Screenwriter
Robert Gray
Distributor
First Run
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 17, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$65.9K
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1, 35mm