Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This is a rather strange movie, interweaving urban legends into a story that is sadly too common.If you pay attention, it's pretty obvious from near the beginning what happened and who did what to whom, but the unfolding of the story is well presented. The use of time-dysphoria is extremely well done.This is not a feel-good movie... be prepared to have to think a little about what you just saw when it's over.And as the title to this comment says - Dan knocks it out of the park. An amazing performance.Alan Cumming as one of the main characters friends also turns in a good supporting shot. I would have liked to see more of his character, but I do understand why we only saw him briefly... it does touch on the theme of the movie, but not in a direct manner.

I stumbled upon this movie in the wee hours of the morning and couldn't stop watching it. It's not the best movie I've seen, but it's something that any gay/bi-sexual man should check out at least once in their lifetime. Ditto for those curious about what the GLBT life can be like, and anyone else who just happens to be in the mood for a neat, quick, very realistic drama. The main character is enticing and intriguing. He serves as kind of an enigma for most of the movie, until the end, when his full-on grief is laid out for all to see. It is heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. It did my heart good to see that even though there is violence in the world, that the victims of such violence can learn to forgive and to rebuild. This movie is def a classic.

This is a poignant and provocative story that is lost in choppy cutting, poor dialogue, bad acting and a meandering story.The main story itself is worthwhile on its own: a guy's male partner/lover is murdered (you find this out at the end); he tracks down the murderer. Great idea, great potential.But there's a theme of urban legends woven in - reenactments of the kidney thief, "welcome to the world of aids", others. These stories were worn out in the 1980s.It's a real shame that the director couldn't just slowly tell the story: focus on characters, cut out some of the nastiness, get to the point.Instead it's some combo of "After Hours" and a gay "Sex in the City" (or whatever that TV show is).

U will cry and ull love this by the end of the movie. Futterman is excellent in this odyssey and misleads u quite often as to what the real plot is.As I was watching the film, I must admit I was tempted to stop it as I couldn't see where it was going. U will not understand until the very end what did really happen. Its like a present wrapped in too much paper and taken different shape than what it really was. A very different approach of homophobia in NYC that will make you think....Again. Well done Dan Futterman! keep up the good work.