A Single Man
An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
25 March 1979, Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
6 April 1977, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
26 May 1979, Detroit, Michigan, USA
7 December 1989, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK
19 May 1985, Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain
3 December 1960, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
23 September 1978, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
October 07, 2015
What the film does fumble is the relationship between George and a student (Nicholas Hoult) whose gaydar he must have set off.
September 15, 2013
Ford's film is an addict for prettiness and in the process resembles an excessively over-designed photo shoot rather than a film.
January 15, 2010
A Single Man still stands as a vivid portrait of life behind a veil, and Firth certainly delivers one of the best performances of the year.
December 03, 2010
...offers a raw view of the gay experience that has nothing to do with sex.
December 28, 2009
In this beautifully tailored drama, content and style have as vital a relationship as George and Jim did. The one would be lost without the other.
January 15, 2010
Ford's eye for period detail is exact; brief cutaways, incisive dialogue, and charged glances telegraph the cold-war paranoia and sexual alienation of the early 60s.
December 26, 2009
One of the year's more satisfying films.
January 13, 2010
His first time out, Ford has made one of the best films of the year.
September 24, 2014
A rare thing-a mainstream, melancholy love story, haunted by the past.
October 21, 2010
Tom Ford's directorial debut A Single Man is unspeakably gorgeous to behold. From the glorious cinematography to the impossibly beautiful actors and actresses; no frame is wasted on anything even close to ugliness.
February 16, 2010
Firth's portrayal of a man repressing his grief while being unable to repress his instinct for love and for life is excellent and moving, while Ford's balancing of depth and surface is precarious but ultimately winning.
July 14, 2011
What keeps the film anchored is the growing unease that Firth exudes in quiet, crushing waves. He's always at his best, single-handed.
