Get Real

Synopsis:

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.

Quick Thoughts:

“Get Real” is one of the earliest queer films I watched, and it still stands as a great period coming-of-age queer film. Like its title, the storyline is real and authentically shows a struggling young gay teenager trying to accept his sexuality amid the chaotic life of school. Throw in a hidden relationship with the school’s “straight” jock, and we can see first hand the struggles that it was in the 90’s to be gay. However what I like most about “Get Real” is that it doesn’t end in the cliché happy ending. Steven accepts who he is, but Dixon can’t. Yet this reflects reality; not everyone can accept who they are right away. In a modern age where the couple ends up together, this queer drama remains refreshingly real and worth watching.