| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

The strength of this agreeable comedy, directed by Simon Shore from a screenplay by Patrick Wilde, is that it makes even the tiniest sexual encounters seem emotionally momentous.

| Jul 24, 2007

Fresh, funny and thoroughly engaging.

| Jul 24, 2007

Simon Shore's feature directing debut displays considerable confidence and aplomb. But his fairly hackneyed sense of storytelling seems to value accessibility above complexity, so don't expect any surprises.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 24, 2007

An issue movie, a comedy, and a love story, this is pretty good at being all three.

| Jul 24, 2007

The film is grounded in genuine emotions and its knowing humour serves it well. I laughed like a drain.

| Jun 24, 2006

Charming and romantic enough to get by.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 3, 2006

The rather unoriginal script, co-written by Shore and Patrick Wilde (who wrote the stage play upon which the film is based), has roughly an equal number of clever lines and embarrassing clunkers.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

The performances are solid throughout, and the writing is straightforward and tight.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

succeeds in conveying the misery that always results when people try to hide their true selves to impress others.

| Sep 28, 2005

A by-the-numbers coming-out flick that's rescued by a bit of insight into human nature and some heartfelt performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 3, 2005

It does a fair job and director Shore elicits a solid performance by Silverstone.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2004

The movie bravely goes where too many other films have gone before.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2004

Anchored by a touching lead performance by Silverstone.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 13, 2004

above the usual mundane coming of age genre films

| Original Score: B | Jul 19, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 28, 2003

Get Real is essentially a conventional tale of forbidden young love that derives its emotional appeal from heartfelt performances by its young cast, particularly the charming Mr. Silverstone.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2002

When the film's poised tone and occasional staginess threaten to intrude on the moving, sincere, recognizably true drama, the fact that the source material comes from a recent work, not some 400-year-old play, keeps it real.

| Jun 18, 2002