A Single Man
Posted by martinteller on August 25, 2010
All I knew going into this was that it starred Colin Firth. I had a vague notion that it might be some kind of romantic melodrama, probably just because of the title. Instead, it’s a sort of existential character study, a bit like American Beauty, but not as smug or trite. Very good performance by Firth, although Julianne Moore was a letdown. And her British accent is pretty bad (although not nearly as awful as her Boston dialect on “30 Rock”). A thoughtful movie with a nice subtlety to it, and I appreciated its unfussy handling of sexuality. Rating: 8
