1985

Name: 1985
Genre: Drama
Released: October 26, 2018
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Aidan Langford, Alex Nicole McConnell, Bill Heck, Bryan Massey, Cory Michael Smith

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Wolfe Releasing | Release Date: October 26, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Aidan Langford, Alex Nicole McConnell, Bill Heck, Bryan Massey, Cory Michael Smith, David Opegbemi, Jamie Chung, Marcus DeAnda, Michael Chiklis, Michael Darby, Ryan Piers Williams, Tina Parker, Virginia Madsen

Summary: Adrian (Cory Michael Smith), a closeted young man, returns to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York, Adrian reconnects with his brother (Aidan Langford) and estranged childhood friend (Jamie Chung), as he struggles to divulge his dire circumstances to hisAdrian (Cory Michael Smith), a closeted young man, returns to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York, Adrian reconnects with his brother (Aidan Langford) and estranged childhood friend (Jamie Chung), as he struggles to divulge his dire circumstances to his religious parents (Virginia Madsen and Michael Chiklis).… Expand

Director: Yen Tan

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Glenn Kenny

Oct 25, 2018

Cory Michael Smith’s performance as Adrian is a quiet marvel in a movie that’s superbly acted all around. The film’s intimate consideration of still-enormous issues is intelligent, surprising and emotionally resonant. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Oct 23, 2018

Chiklis is first-rate as Adrian’s tough, deceptively aware Vietnam-vet father, while Madsen’s gentle, luminous portrayal of a deeply adoring mother is heartbreakingly authentic — and utterly award-worthy. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 26, 2018

It feels immediate and rings true, thanks to the performances of its lead actors, and the storytelling of director Yen Tan and his co-writer, co-editor. and cinematographer, the single-named Hutch. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Mar 15, 2018

Writer-director Yen Tan renders Adrian’s world with understated intensity; each frame feels so precise, as if the scenery is holding its breath along with Adrian. Every silence, every space left open, echoes the liminal moments between what the characters say and what they mean. Read full review

David Rooney

Mar 15, 2018

Tan's screenplay — from a story he developed with his mononymous producer, cinematographer and co-editor, HutcH — doesn't entirely avoid cliche. But the integrity of the performances, the believability of the relationships and the authenticity of the milieu keep it from spilling over into mawkishness. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Oct 25, 2018

There’s little that’s new here, but the performances give this time capsule picture heart, with Madsen, Smith and Chiklis taking their archetypal characters beyond “type.” Read full review

Diego Semerene

Oct 21, 2018

Adrian is too flat as a character, his plight too generic, for his tears to count as something other than a sentimental ready-made. Read full review

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LegendaryLass

Dec 21, 2018

Smith's performance is nothing short of masterful, even if the cinematography can't live up to the power of the story. It plays familiar beats with stock characters but has real heart and serves as a timely reminder of how much harder things used to be for LGBT people and how far they stillSmith's performance is nothing short of masterful, even if the cinematography can't live up to the power of the story. It plays familiar beats with stock characters but has real heart and serves as a timely reminder of how much harder things used to be for LGBT people and how far they still have to go.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Dec 26, 2018

If you read the synopsis it might seem like a deja vu from Xavier Dolan's: It's Only the End of the World. But Dolan's film was a dramatic disaster while this one is an emotional wonder much more resonant and more recommended.

Watch it, really.

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