What a waste of my time!!!

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

All credits in this film go to the visual and musical side. Literally all characters in the film are physically over-beautiful (even Charles's mother). Everything is wrapped in some decadent opera-like theatrical style of talking, moving, drinking, etc. The main character is Charles who is unexpectedly boyish and naive (too much for a 26 year old man), and who hangs around his theatrical constantly drunk friend, son of a scandalous businessman, with some vague expectations that something will happen one day between them. However, while it could have been good a la Tennessee Williams drama plot, the film is actually lacking in some basic relations to reality, real people, real behaviors, etc. The worst part in the film is cheesy naive romance between main character and exotic looking pianist with the body of wrestler, who immediately delivers him his all passion, heart, etc, like they are 13 year old school kids. Everything in the film is overly dramatic and romantic and it ruins a potentially interesting plot. The film would have been much better if Charles did not do so much sobbing and deep-breathing, and did not cry in every second scene over his positive and negative emotions. This could have been a real expensive gay drama, but it stayed an expensive upper Manhattan gay bed-time story.

if you are under 18 you MIGHT like it because it's really a teen story. The plot, conversations and characters are too dull and boring and the movie goes by so slow and full of events we have seen thousand times in movies...it's timid and dramatized excessively in an amateur and empty way...not worth watching at all

As many fans of Queer cinema would know, the good ones are few and far between. Be it the reluctance of big studios to produce purely LGBTI content resulting in next-to-no- budget features in the Queer cinema genre or not, often the movies for us gay folk are pretty terrible - poor production standards, bad acting and cliché upon cliché upon cliché. Lately though, there has been some shining lights in this small genre. 'Henry Gamble's Birthday Party' is one and so is 'Those People'. Production standards here are very high, beautiful wide screen photography, particularly in low light night scenes; lush and appropriate music choices; and above average acting among a number of other merits. I stumbled across this gem on Apple TV and was immediately taken in by the seductive and moody trailer; and I wasn't disappointed - far from it. Some viewers might not like the lack of backstory here, as we are dropped into the lives of a clutch of arty and (mostly) wealthy young New Yorkers but slowly details are revealed, enough to really feel one among these characters at this pivotal time in their lives. There's plenty of tension and angst, and mercifully a lack of the usual queer cinema clichés. Questions (and loves) are left unanswered. I really don't won't to say too much about the story as it could spoil your immersion into the delicate world created here. Looking forward to seeing what this director and his leads show us next. Search this one out.

I saw this film at the Frameline LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco on Saturday night. Great performances, heartbreaking story & very intense love triangle. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. Charlie (the handsome, Jonathan Gordon) is a budding artist who is hung up on his self-centered BFF, Sebastian (Jason Ralph). The feeling is not mutual. Sebastian's life is turned upside down after a scandal puts his father in jail. When Charlie meets a hot Lebanese concert pianist, older & more grounded than Sebastian there developing relationship starts to interfere with Charlie & Sebastian's long time friendship. The cast is outstanding but Jonathan Gordon is the star & is just about in every scene except when Sebastian meets his father in jail. It's a heartbreaking moment. Joey Kuhn's directorial debut is very impressive. Well done. Highly recommended.