Coming-of-age dramas are typically about insecurity, worry and indecision, which makes the start of Get Real refreshingly different. From the outset, the hero is unashamedly gay, and quite happy with it. His summer days in Basingstoke consist of going to school, reading classic novels outside the gents' toilet in the park, anonymous sexual couplings in the woods and a quick cycle home for tea.

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Film Details

15
UK Theatrical Release Date: May 14th 1999
Genre
- Drama,
- Romance
Starring
- Ben Silverstone
Director
- Simon Shore
Screenwriter
- Patrick Wilde

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