there's something so incredibly camp and comforting about this. it's a product of late 90s early 00s sexuality obsession in partnership with a unique breed of judgement and has a messy ending that encapsulates that. Simon Callow and Harriet Walter genuinely give some of the greatest performances I have ever seen in my entire life and Tom Hollander wears some of the cuntiest outfits ever constructed. it's SUCH a mess but it feels very real. at points it's just absurd, every surrounding character gets the laughs and you're left very conflicted over Leo. I remember when I first watched this 2 years ago that I really did hate Leo, I was with Darren and Angie, I didn't like the massive change in direction and I was very much the projecting some weird conflictions I had myself. I've rewatched it many times since then and every time I feel something different and recognise more and more how fluid life is and how messy your surroundings can make it. I can totally see these events unfolding in a group of young adults today, but Sybil and Keith will go down in history no one can ever have what they had.
there's something so incredibly camp and comforting about this. it's a product of late 90s early 00s sexuality obsession in partnership with a unique breed of judgement and has a messy ending that encapsulates that. Simon Callow and Harriet Walter genuinely give some of the greatest performances I have ever seen in my entire life and Tom Hollander wears some of the cuntiest outfits ever constructed. it's SUCH a mess but it feels very real. at points it's just absurd, every surrounding character gets the laughs and you're left very conflicted over Leo. I remember when I first watched this 2 years ago that I really did hate Leo, I was with Darren and Angie, I didn't like the massive change in direction and I was very much the projecting some weird conflictions I had myself. I've rewatched it many times since then and every time I feel something different and recognise more and more how fluid life is and how messy your surroundings can make it. I can totally see these events unfolding in a group of young adults today, but Sybil and Keith will go down in history no one can ever have what they had.
