Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
(in French-Canadian with English subtitles)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401085/
This is a great film. It is vivid, well structured, has brilliant performances, there's laughter, tears, and even miracles. All the relationships between characters are superbly done. Some of the actors are even good looking.
If only my friend hadn't gone to the toilet. When she came back and asked me to summarise what she'd missed, I found all I could say was "His father thinks he's gay, he thinks he's not gay, he thinks he's gay, his father thinks he's not.." If wasn't for the persistent focus on this issue as a driving force of the story and also the reinforcement of some stereotypical views of being gay (all gay boys dress in their mothers clothes?) this would be a perfect film.
But besides that. There are many instant-classic scenes. The one with the parents talking in the bathroom is certainly the most 'laugh out loud' worthy I'd seen all year. I was happy to see the inclusion of the final scene between Zac and his best friend, a lesser movie wouldn't have had it. When the mother is on the phone and the father is listening to a record. Small touches like these make films. If you want to understand what I mean, see it.
And yes, it does have a great soundtrack.
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