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

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

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

An affecting and unexpectedly funny tale of two lovers who had the misfortune to come of age during the burgeoning HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980's.

| Aug 21, 2015

The story of a great love spanning 15 years, Holding the Man is a portrait of a turbulent time for gay Australia.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 21, 2015

The film's commanding achievement is probably tonal: there is a warm, sensual flow to it, with production values that feel amorous and tactile.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 20, 2015