Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.
Acting
Silverstone's trembling restraint vs. Gorton's golden boy fragility.
Writing
Witty, painful dialogue adapted from Patrick Wilde's stage play.
Production
Bland suburban spaces that feel like a trap closing in.
Director
Simon Shore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released three months before Matthew Shepard's murder, it captures a specific pre-millennium moment where queer cinema was emerging but real-world violence loomed.
The swimming pool scene was filmed at the actual school where playwright Patrick Wilde was a student; the real-life location of his own furtive gay adolescence.
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