It Seems as though Robin Williams didn't do much to Hide His Personal Pain in His Last Dramatic Role. Either that or it's Reading Too Much into the Fact that Shortly After Completing this Film, He Apparently Committed Suicide due to a Lifetime Battle with Severe Depression.
It is the Story of a Gay Man who has Hidden His Homosexuality all His Life and at Age 60 Finds Himself Unable to do so anymore. Married with a Good but Thankless Job as a Bank Employee and a Compatible Wife With Whom He Loves and Relates, He is obviously quietly Hiding His Frustrations.
After meeting and Falling "In Love" with a Younger Gay Hustler, His Life is Forced from its Seclusion. The Film is a Melancholy Character Study that seems a bit One Note and is Hardly Exploratory Beyond the Obvious.
There are a few Poignant and Heartfelt Scenes, like when He comes to the Defense of His Friend with Great Peril to Himself, and His Interactions with His Wife who will Ultimately Bare the Brunt of Williams Life Changing Events.
Overall, a Low-Key Drama that Breaks No New Ground, but might be Seen as a Metaphor for the Recent Supreme Court Decision that Unleashed the Homosexual Community from an Eternal Struggle for Acceptance.
The Cast is Excellent but the Material is just too Familiar and Pedestrian to make this anything more than a Good Role for the Actor/Comedian and He Delivers one of His Most Restrained and Gentle Performances.
R.I.P .Robin Williams
It is the Story of a Gay Man who has Hidden His Homosexuality all His Life and at Age 60 Finds Himself Unable to do so anymore. Married with a Good but Thankless Job as a Bank Employee and a Compatible Wife With Whom He Loves and Relates, He is obviously quietly Hiding His Frustrations.
After meeting and Falling "In Love" with a Younger Gay Hustler, His Life is Forced from its Seclusion. The Film is a Melancholy Character Study that seems a bit One Note and is Hardly Exploratory Beyond the Obvious.
There are a few Poignant and Heartfelt Scenes, like when He comes to the Defense of His Friend with Great Peril to Himself, and His Interactions with His Wife who will Ultimately Bare the Brunt of Williams Life Changing Events.
Overall, a Low-Key Drama that Breaks No New Ground, but might be Seen as a Metaphor for the Recent Supreme Court Decision that Unleashed the Homosexual Community from an Eternal Struggle for Acceptance.
The Cast is Excellent but the Material is just too Familiar and Pedestrian to make this anything more than a Good Role for the Actor/Comedian and He Delivers one of His Most Restrained and Gentle Performances.
R.I.P .Robin Williams