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Get Real

1998Movie1 h 51 minR

77

GreatGoodWatch score

77

GreatGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Teens

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Fingerprint

Feels like real life.
Makes you care deeply.
Pays off your patience.
Breaks your heart.
Leaves you longing.

Not for laughs or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 79Audiences 80GoodWatch 78
Tomatometer79%
Audience score84%
IMDb7.5
Box office
1.0×its budget
Budget
$1 M
Worldwide
$1 M
Worldwide it earned $0 more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109111
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1998
August 16, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
DramaRomance
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchPure EscapismThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
19 of 19
Directing · 1
Simon Shore Director
Writing · 1
Patrick Wilde Writer
Production · 1
Anant Singh Producer
Camera · 1
Alan Almond Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Barrie Vince Editor
Sound · 1
John Lunn Music
Art · 2
Bernd Lepel Production Design, Costume Design
Terry Ackland-Snow Art Direction

Tropes

"What Now?" Endingin 96 titlesThe future doesn't seem entirely certain for either of the two protagonists at the end of the film.All 23 tropes

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