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Love! Valour! Compassion!

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Original title

Love! Valour! Compassion!

Year

1997

Running time

108 min.

Country

United States

Director

Joe Mantello

Screenwriter

Terrence McNally

Cast

Music

Harold Wheeler

Cinematography

Alik Sakharov

Producer

Krost-Chapin Productions

Genre

Comedy. Romance. Drama | Comedy-Drama. Friendship. Gay & Lesbian. Disability. Blindness

Synopsis

Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who loves to explore the home's garden using his sense of touch; Art and Perry, two "yuppies" who drive a Volvo and who celebrate their 14th anniversary together that summer; John, a dour expatriate Briton who loathes his twin brother James; Ramon, John's "companion," who is physically attracted to Bobby and immediately tries to seduce the blind man; James, a cheerful soul who is in the advanced stages of AIDS; and Buzz, a fan of traditional Broadway musicals who is dealing with his own HIV-positive status.

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Critics' reviews

"One reason the film version of Terrence McNally's play 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' is so moving is that this complicated group portrait never loses its slippery emotional footing."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"While director Joe Mantello (who also helmed the stage production) often uses the opened-up space of the movie well, he doesn't always avoid some of the common pitfalls that come with adapting plays."

Keith Phipps: TV Guide
"Yet the pride and sympathy McNally brings to his characters reminds us how far gay film has progressed from the long, self-lacerating whine of 'The Boys in the Band'"

Ella Taylor: LA Weekly
"It is so sharply written and entertaining that in its stage-to-screen transfer the material easily overcomes its theatrical sensibility and the static direction of Joe Mantello"

Emanuel Levy: Variety
"It's rare for homosexuals in mainstream motion pictures to be presented as individuals rather than icons; Love! Valour! Compassion! defies tradition by proffering its characters as real people with believable problems."

James Berardinelli: ReelViews

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