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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.

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Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Amanda Jane Stern Film Inquiry 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. Jun 17, 2021 Full Review Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette Rated: 1/5 Sep 5, 2005 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Rated: 2/5 Jan 16, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member just so-so rom-dram says on box 'it just might be the best gay pic ever' not really Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Dani Behr played such a bitch as Paula!! But I love that song "Do I, Dooooo I ask too much?" Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member loved this because they made a very believable couple Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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