I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

I rarely fail to watch the whole movie but this was so slow and morose I gave up before the hour. I just couldn't care less about the lead character who always looks like Colin Firth acting (I feel the same about Martin Freeman). So the pain didn't engage me or any desire to see the end.

Looks like we have another 50's soap-imitation look-a-like (Far From Heaven, etc) this time set in the 60's. Ex fashion designer director; Tom Ford's first movie reeks of his background grooming (gloss and more gloss) An Interesting start quickly gives way to lashings of self awareness and superficial artiness. Firth's performance as the grieving homosexual English professor, while good, gets wasted in situations overloaded with wall to wall joy boy's all just conveniently standing around to 'hook-up' with our grieving hunk. Slow-mo overuse is the first giveaway to pretensions of 'high art' - art this is not - high camp is about all that's left of a screenplay wallowing in its own self satisfied 'accomplishments'. What has happened to Hollywood and the entire film festival circuit? Just look at the numerous audience reviews, from those that spent their money - only to wish back their time along with the dollars. What was Julianne Moore doing in a Second Billed 'Cameo' part? Now that's dishonest marketing and only serves to alienate movie goers even further. Awards and high ratings only fool the industry 'pushers' but, will ultimately undermine the industries reputation among the most important folk of all - the paying customers. Over long, overrated designer gloss, for the easily pleased. Best memory?...a nice (if a little obvious) music score.

Crossing my radar fairly late and with zero expectations, I was moved to tears by it's realistic depiction of an existential quandary similar to my own personal experiences.The pacing empathically guides you through with Colin Firth's heavy breathing grief and gently lifts you up through romantic chance encounters and difficult revelations, all visually stylised as some beautiful, melancholy fashion magazine dream.This truly is an adaption that will conjure some jealously and heaps of inspiration to other directors and should go without saying that the costume, set design and photography is flawless.TLDR: Beautiful

I've never written any movie review before, but this time I simply had to do it. I finished watching "A Single Man" exactly 15 minutes ago. I remember that I had a chance to see this movie last year (and I really wanted to, since Colin Firth is one of my favorite actors) but after I read that gay theme was actually what the movie was all about, I've decided not to watch it. I thought that me being a girl couldn't find anything to relate myself with in this movie. But I was wrong. I expected to see lots of nudity scenes between two men and that was something that I didn't want to see but today after reading so many positive reviews, I said to myself:"Let's see what this movie is all about" I am surprised how amazing it is. The movie was exactly the opposite of what I expected it to be. There are so many sentences that make you think about this life and what's the point of living it. It makes you think about your own life and you start raising questions about yourself whether or not you are satisfied about your life, what kind of changes you should make about it, do you want to continue living your life dwelling about the past or you want to enjoy your present hoping for a better future, because there is a good sentence in the movie that really made me think about my own life and it was one said by George (Colin Firth): "If one is not enjoying one's present, there isn't a great deal to suggest that the future should be any better." The movie is great. I cried a big part of it while I was watching. I'm disappointed by the fact that it didn't get an Oscar. However, my final words will be: If you had any doubts about watching it, I suggest you to stop having them and go and see it. You won't regret it