The Sum of Us
by Kevin Dowling, Geoff Burton
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Actor: Deborah Kennedy, Jack Thompson, John Polson, Joss Moroney, Russell CroweDirector: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Sum of Us
Movie Review: Ahead of Brokeback Mountain...Still the Best Homosexual Themed Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie...I own it, and I watch it about once every two or three months. It's so well done, so well acted and way ahead of its time. Russell Crowe, of course, is phenomenal and so, so sexy.
I guess, bottom line: I've never seen a homosexual theme film so well acted and so honest and moving. Ever.
Most "gay" movies are so badly acted, too overtly sexual, or just plain boring...lacking in substance and truth.
"Brokeback Mountain"...a wonderful film...yet this one serves all of the above positive objectives with a brilliant light. It's a truly loving film.
See it and enjoy.
Summary of The Sum of Us
Australia has no shortage of he-man actors. Tops on anybody's list would be Russell Crowe and bluff, burly Jack Thompson, neither of whom looks completely at ease without a pint of lager in his hand. Thus it's a brilliant touch to cast them together in a gay comedy--Crowe as an uncloseted young man looking for love, Thompson as his open-minded straight father, who's so eager to help his son find Mr. Right, he's actually a bit of an annoyance. The 1995 movie betrays its stage origins, especially when the characters turn to the camera to deliver conversational asides. And the one-joke premise of Thompson's unflagging enthusiasm for his son's sex life becomes almost as tiresome for the viewer as it does for the son. But it's an innocuous enough little movie, and the two actors bring their gruff likability into every scene. In retrospect, Crowe's future stardom looks blindingly obvious. --Robert HortonJack Thompson (Star Wars Episode II) and Oscar winner Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind) star in this "fresh spin [on an] old heart-tugging plot" (Los Angeles Times)-the over protective parent's well-intended interference with an adult child's life. "Extraordinarily funny [and] startlingly effective" (The San Francisco Examiner) this award-winning film is mandatory viewing for anyone who's ever been a parent...or had one!Harry Mitchell (Thompson) has a problem with his gay son Jeff (Crowe): Harry thinks he needs to find a mate! With a loving push out of the nest-and into the gay bars of Sydney-he becomes his son's biggest cheerleader. But it's Harry's secret romance with an attractive but judgmental divorcee that puts father and son at odds...and prompts them to discover that acceptance is a two-way street!System Requirements:Starring: Russell Crowe Jack Thompson Deborah Kennedy and John Polson. Directed By: Geoff Burton and Kevin Dowling. Running Time: 100 Min. Color. This film is presented in both "Widescreen" and "Standard" formats. Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 027616878960 Manufacturer No: M102935
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