In putting a human face on the AIDS Crisis, Holding The Man succeeds to a degree.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2021

Based on Tim Conigrave's memoir of the same name, Holding The Man is the touching love story between aspiring actor and writer Conigrave and his partner of fifteen years John Caleo.

| Sep 15, 2019

A true team effort, co-captained by Coor and Stott and expertly directed by Armfield. Holding The Man tackles a big issue in a delicate yet unflinching manner.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2019

Here's a true story, honestly told, that will see audiences genuinely moved.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2017

Though it never shakes off its stage-play origins, it's a touching piece, clear-eyed about the temptations, disapproval and tragedy the couple endured.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 2, 2017

There will not be a dry eye in the cinema.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 5, 2016

Told with a lovely romantic sweep and full of raw, honest emotion, this is a gay love story that's also just a great love story, full stop. Yay.

| Jun 3, 2016

Sometimes more Wikipedia bio than memoir.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 3, 2016

The tale of a 70s schoolboy romance that blossoms into a relationship and is torn apart by the advent of HIV in the 80s.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 2, 2016

Sluggishly formulaic, this is a disappointingly superficial interpretation of an important book.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 2, 2016

What should be a heart-wrenching viewing experience remains disappointingly flat despite two dedicated performances.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 2, 2016

This very sad film hits home with the force of a rebuke.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2016

Meant as a passionate chronicle of a great love, and a sobering reminder of the stigma of AIDS, the pic blandly conjures these sentiments and stands as one of the more wrong-footed evocations of coming out in the 1970s and '80s.

| Jan 6, 2016

Holding The Man is a moving drama that beautifully balances its broad timeframe.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 30, 2015

Director Neil Armfield sidesteps melodrama to deliver a heart-breaking, sensitive, poignant portrait of love and loss. Anthony LaPaglia and Guy Pearce provide sturdy support as the fathers...2015 is turning into a stellar year for Australian film

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2015

It is beautiful. It is tragic. And it is an absolute must-see.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 27, 2015

This compelling true story of two Melbourne schoolboys who fall in love despite their Catholic upbringing and the intense misgivings of their parents powerfully connects with the collective heart of an audience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2015

The revelation is LaPaglia, a presence so powerful he almost throws the film off-balance, making it into an emotional triangle rather than the story of a couple.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 27, 2015

This is the very best Australian movie in longer than anyone would dare admit.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2015

Go and see this moving and humane film.

| Aug 26, 2015