Beautiful Thing

[MsGuy]

Been a long time since I watched Beautiful Thing. About as sweet a coming out story as I remembered plus a couple of really cute Brit working class twinks. And the occasional flash of boy butt with a happy ending.

What more could you want?

Now if only I could find that Australian coming out movie from (more or less) the same time. Anybody remember the title?

[lookin]

Now if only I could find that Australian coming out movie from (more or less) the same time. Anybody remember the title?

This one maybe?

KiWi WeeWee©

(the wonder down under)

an OZ release

[MsGuy]

No, that's not the one, lookin, but I'll check it out if you will post me a link.

[AdamSmith]

You have disturbed my night with that Aussie flick which I too seem to recall. But the Googles come up empty.

[MsGuy]

I think the movie I was thinking of might have been The Sum Of Us.

It doesn't match my memory in places but then I've learned that my memory often distorts movies. That or they're systematically & secretly re-editing films after their theatrical release. I'm of two minds which of those two possibilities would be most disturbing.

Per my usual criteria for a BoyToy movie review, the male lead is a young Russell Crowe whose nekkid bum is on screen for at least seven tenths of a second. And it's not a coming out movie at all, more of an exploration of love in families.

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PS AS, not being able to find it was making me bonkers too. Sorry to disturb your sleep.

[AdamSmith]

NP. I found The Sum of Us in Googling but it still seems there was another one?

But apart from that one, Priscilla Queen of the Desert is all I find.

[TotallyOz]

Beautiful Thing is one of my favorite movies ever. I also showed it to my mother the day after I came out to her. I wanted her to see a gay film. Weird ey? LOL

[MsGuy]

So OZ, what movie did you take Moma to see when you came clean about your business interests in New York?

Or did you dance a little bit of the Texas Sidestep when the subject came up?

[TotallyOz]

When I told her what I did for a living, she flew to NYC and spent a weekend with me. She listed and observed and at the end of the weekend said, "well, these boys like you. The clients seem to like you. You seem happy. This ain't want I wanted you to do with your law school, but if this is what you want, it is OK with me." Not once did she ever say anything negative at all. In fact, on multiple trips she want to shows and musicals and piano bars with the boys that worked with me. She really enjoyed them.

[MsGuy]

Your Moma must have been a heck of an amazing woman, OZ.

I hope you won't take this the wrong way but, back when I was creating a back story for Chance, I modeled his great aunt on bits you have told us about your mother.