Holding the Man

Name: Holding the Man
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-08-27
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.7

2015 · Movie · NR · 128 min · ★ 7.7 · 76% critics

Drama

Two teenage boys at an all-boys school fall in love and try to hold onto their relationship as they grow up. Over the next 15 years, they face separation, discrimination, jealousy, temptation, and profound loss, testing what devotion can endure when life turns unforgiving.

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Years: 2015
Release date: 2015-08-27
Language: English
Rated: NR
Runtime: 128 min
Critic score: 76/100
TMDB rating: 7.7/10 (461 votes)

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You’ll likely connect with this if you want an emotional, relationship-focused drama about love under pressure and social prejudice; Not for you if you avoid heartbreaking stories or explicit intimacy, like in Brokeback Mountain or The Normal Heart.

Pros: deeply moving true story; powerful lead performances; honest, intimate romance | Cons: very heavy and sad; some timeline jumps confusing; raw illness scenes