Touch of Pink [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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OLD RECIPE MADE ENDEARING BY A COUPLE OF NEW SPICES.......2005-10-13

This warm little film that bills itself as a comedy has very little new to offer, from a fun on-screen homage to Cary Grant (with Kyle Mclachlan playing his perky spirit) to some rattletrap humour about non-resident Indians. Yet, it's like that favourite dish your mom prepares when you head home for the summer - not a highfalutin recipe, but its loving predictability is the very reason you love it.

Several of the plot's turns and twists may seem contrived, laboring away at pat stereotypes one hopes Hollywood will quickly outgrow. Jimi Mistry plays Alim, a culturally divorced and thus conflicted South Asian slash Canadian expat living in London with his boyfriend (Kristen Holden-Reid). The pair are a jovial young couple but Alim is uptight and lives a life of carefully partitioned half-truths, having not come out to his family, which his partner knows. The crux is rooted in how Alim copes with his disconnection, his prospective arranged marriage, and so forth.

For what it is worth, Mistry's rendition of a homophile without resorting to annoying effeminate gestures is quite convincing. His British mate provides a bulk of the film's genuinely funny moments. The cardboard-cutout traditional Indian mother seems like she had her hair colored white for the role, which incidentally could be the only plausible explanation for her to undergo the dramatic transformation that she does. If only more Indian conservative types could be wrangled so.

Despite its calculated proprieties, when everyone collides in a Toronto wedding where the film's final wrinkle is unveiled, I would concede it works overall. It's a good one-time watch, perhaps a decent rental for a discerning evening. If you enjoy this film may I also suggest Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" which does a generally better job in a similar vein.

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Brilliant Film.......2006-03-14

This film has to be one film that I bought on impulse, don't really know why. But I have to say that it is way up there on my top ten list of favourite Gay Themed films. The film is of course helped by one or two famous actors, but look beyond them and the story as it unravels will have you reaching for the hankies, it pulls at your heart strings and you really do feel for the main characters. The story is well told and whats more it's believable. It is a film to watch either when your alone, or in need of having a good cry, and this film will surely deliver. I would reccomend buying it to anyone who has the ability to loose themselves within the story and enjoy it for what it is. A well told story within the Gay community. My advice would be go for it.

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Beautiful and moving........2007-05-01

Be With Me is a slow paced but never dull film. There is very little dialogue which gives it a meditative feel. It focuses on the experience of love in the three ages of life - teenage, middle age and old age.
It's a touching study of our need to communicate with each other and the different ways we try to do that. And it shows how even if we don't always succeed in getting what we want we continue to try and reach out to each other because that drive to connect is in all of us no matter how old we are.

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Be With Me [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Theresa Chan , Ezann Lee , Samantha Tan , Seet Keng-Yew , and Chiew Sung-Ching
Manufacturer: Film Movement
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000J0QIQ6
Release Date: 2006-12-26

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The truth about 9/11

WTC View [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Jay Gillespie (II) , Jeremy Beazlie , Michael Linstroth , Nick Potenzieri , and Michael Urie
Director: Brian Sloan
Manufacturer: Tla
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000GDH8MO
Release Date: 2006-08-01

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The truth about 9/11.......2007-01-09

I'm sure that from the title of this review many will be thinking perhaps this film offers some kind of glimpse into whatever military and political machinations lay behind the atrocities of 9/11. It doesn't. But that's not to say it doesn't give us the truth.
I was fortunate enough to see 'WTC View' at the Cardiff Screen Festival in 2005. It is a stunning film, adapted by Brian Sloan from his own play, which tells the story of a young man's attempts to find a new flatmate in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Each person who comes to view the apartment has their own take on the events of that day; from the North Tower survivor to the idealistic young student preaching peace and understanding. There were details in this film which could only have come from a New Yorker; the fact that for those living close to Ground Zero it was impossible to open any windows for weeks afterwards, due to the stench of what had become a mass grave. It's the things you never thought about which have the greatest emotional impact in this film.
That's not to say this film is morose, or that it's an exercise in American self-pity. Far from it. Its unflinching honesty means that it is also a very funny film (one character races to a hair appointment AFTER the second tower has been hit, because that particular salon has a waiting list), and a very moving one, without ever being cloying or sentimental.
I'm amazed that this film hasn't had a bigger reception on this side of the pond. It's begging to get noticed... The dialogue is superb, the acting pitch perfect, and the transition from stage to screen handled very well by Sloan. There are certain key details which could only have been thought of for the screen, telling us this is an adaptation that's been thought through properly. Sure, most of the action is limited to the apartment, but it's what Sloan does with that confined space, in terms of lighting and use of the camera that's impressive.
A superb film.
Note - Star Michael Urie can currently be seen in the US TV series 'Ugly Betty'.

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