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300:' group exercises leads Brendan and Leo to develop a friendship. As they bond, it becomes clear that Brendan's curiosity towards Leo starts to grow in a sexual escalade. In the men's group, one of the other groupsmen become very jealous of Leo's "friendship" with Brendan and that he does not have that with Leo. Brendan fights with the lad over Leo. The friendship is soon to become more, as Brendan appears unexpectedly late one night at Leo's door and sleeps with him; after which they become something of a couple, to the consternation of one man in their men's group, though it encourages another, Terry, to explore his sexuality. 304:
the bedroom of the house which Sally has on the market, during which she unexpectedly returns home. Jeremy abandons Darren, who dumps him. Leo gets close once more to Sally, and ends up kissing her. Feeling guilty, he leaves in a panic, and ends up telling Brendan what happened, who goes ballistic as he still has feelings for Sally. Leo finds himself in a quandary, and decides to confess to Sally that he is the one who is seeing Brendan (Sally had previously believed it was Leo's roommate Angie). He inadvertently does so while Brendan is there too, and leaves Brendan to face Sally.
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Meanwhile, flamboyant Darren has met real estate agent Jeremy, who gets a kick out of having sex in houses for sale he has been given the keys to. However, he is not interested in "couply" things, despite Darren's attempts. Eventually this leads to their having sex with handcuffs and blindfolds in
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Returns to the party, Brendan and Terry get into an argument over Leo and take it outside, where Brendan punches Terry on the nose, who crumples. Brendan asks him to go with him for a drink (the same tactic he had employed with Leo). Thus, Brendan starts dating; Leo's brother Adam and Angie get
296:-type goofball Keith whose wife is Sybil. There, Leo meets hunky Irishman Brendan whom he develops a crush on, which he reluctantly reveals to the group. However Brendan is straight and lives with his ex-girlfriend Sally who is later revealed to be Leo's high school sweetheart. A series of ' 289:
Darren and Angie in full swing. Leo has a complicated personal history with some of the guests and hides in his bedroom, feeling grumpy and old. This history is explained in an extended flashback.
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The film is notable for bringing together a number of actors on the cusp of breaking out into high-profile careers. McKidd became a leading man in films such as
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man celebrates his 30th birthday, and arrives home and is very unhappy to find a surprise-party organised by his
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It turns out that his brother Adam had encouraged Leo to attend his weekly men's group run by
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the film has a score of 69% based on reviews from 13 critics, with an
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is a 1998 comedy-drama film about homosexuality. It was written by
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together; Jeremy and Darren make up; and Leo sleeps with Sally.
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Hugo Weaving had already become well known after his role in
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awarded film with 3 stars out of 5, while Bob Graham of the
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Index


Rose Troche
Robert Farrar
Kevin McKidd
Hugo Weaving
James Purefoy
Tom Hollander
Christopher Fulford
Julie Graham
Con O'Neill
Paul Higgins
Jennifer Ehle
Harriet Walter
Simon Callow
Ian MacPherson
Alliance Films
Robert Farrar
Rose Troche
Kevin McKidd
James Purefoy
Tom Hollander
Julie Graham
Simon Callow
Hugo Weaving
openly
gay
roommates
New Age
Iron John
Kevin McKidd

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