The film was not so much directed as it was designed.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 18, 2023

Visually arresting and incredibly moving, the now 14-year-old Single is still quite simply one of the best movies of the 21st century so far.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 24, 2023

In addition to being one of the greatest American designers of the last century, Tom Ford is also, it turns out, an incredible film director.

| Oct 12, 2022

The fact this was the debut of writer-director Tom Ford (yes, the designer) continues to boogle the mind.

| Jun 28, 2021

Tom Ford's sensational debut features superb performances from Colin Firth and Julianne Moore in this haunting gay drama.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 16, 2020

A pitch-perfect study of bereavement, minimal yet expressive, full of subtlety and depth, Firth's performance deserves (but probably won't get) an Oscar.

| Nov 29, 2020

Ford boldly re-invents the moment when the conformist, corseted 1950s turned into the dangerously free 60s. Colin Firth is at the top of his game...

| Jun 18, 2020

A Single Man is a film nearly woozy with the fragile loveliness of life, but equally exacting in its rendition of physical beauty

| Jan 23, 2020

A Single Man seamlessly blends present and past through imaginative close-ups, jump cuts and a milieu where closeted repression was the norm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2019

While I always expected the film to be easy on the eye I hadn't expected it to be so incredibly moving.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 13, 2019

It may very well mark the debut of a great visual stylist, even if it, as a film, ultimately comes up short.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 7, 2019

This is a sad and moving cinematic experience, anchored by Firth's Oscar-worthy performance.

| Original Score: A | May 10, 2019

About beauty. Preciousness. The pleasures of life and, instead, the horror of this. About love; romantic love and self love. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 12, 2018

It feels like it was made by a talented crew without any overall directorial vision to guide them.

| Aug 30, 2018

This is an impressive debut from which I am still reeling a little, and Firth's performance is astounding.

| Aug 30, 2018

Fashion designer Tom Ford proves he's no one-trick pony with this astonishing directorial debut.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 23, 2018

This is one magnificent drama.

| Feb 5, 2018

This is an important homosexual film based on a first-rate novel with a first-rate cast and probably a harbinger of similar movies to come. Many viewers will be disappointed that the movie only hints at intimacy rather than showcasing it.

| Jan 16, 2018

What the film does fumble is the relationship between George and a student (Nicholas Hoult) whose gaydar he must have set off.

| Oct 7, 2015

A rare thing-a mainstream, melancholy love story, haunted by the past.

| Sep 24, 2014