Review of Test (2014) by Nick D — 28 Dec 2014
A "little" movie, meaning a simple character drama that, upon first glance, would be right at home on the TV screen, only it's anything but simple as the director masterfully paints the social panic and tribal rituals of mid-80's San Francisco at the height of the AIDS epidemic when, for the first time, gay men are offered an antibody test that would reveal whether they had the dread disease that was killing thousands of men.
It was like signing up for your own death sentence. I was there and remember, and this little movie nails it down and hammers home a lot of truth, as seen through the lives of a group of characters who are professional dancers, a very nice touch -- the beauty leavens the pain.
This review of Test (2014) was written by Nick D on 28 Dec 2014.
Test has generally received positive reviews.
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