Review of A Single Man (2009) by Sun T — 27 Nov 2010

A SINGLE MAN (2010): It's not often a movie is crafted with such beauty and stunning performances, A Single Man is one of the finest films released in the past year. Everything about this film is stunning from the brilliant acting, the imaginative plot, the stunning set pieces and the brilliant direction. A Single Man is set on one day in California, November 1962, were gay English professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) is growing weary of life after the death of his long time partner died 8 months ago in a car accident. George in a never ending state of grief now decides to end his life at the end of the day; he heads of to the university where he delivers his lecture while he notices the simplistic joy of life in the most simplest of things like a smile of neighbourhood girl, a friendly conversation with a student, a chat with a Spanish stranger outside a store, and a few drinks with his lifelong friend Charley who is a complete alcoholic missing her ex-husband dearly. While the film cuts back to George's time with his partner and who happy he once was, then the film cuts back to a grim and depressed looking George who battles between the choice of life or death.

As a whole a single man is one brilliant film, for a directorial debut by fashion designer Tom Ford it's impressive. Another impressive thing aside from the brilliant cast performance in their roles is Colin Firth's amazing performance as George Falconer, I make this statement quite clear, Firth really dose deserves the Oscar for this film. With its stunning sets made by the same team who designed the sets for MAD MEN, A SINGLE MAN is one stunning film. 8/10.