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I've read that this movie was kind of expensive to make but man...it doesn't show at all. I think the actors are doing their best with a pretty basic script, but the production is just bad.

It's not the VHS resource - Gregg Araki's work still looks interesting today. It's the editing, the cheesy close-ups and everything that goes by the numbers: even the antagonist has no redeemable qualities. Tovey is the highlight - he elevates the material with his performance but there's just so much he can do. It's not a terrible movie but I needed to bring some objectivity to the reviews posted so far..

I was completely blown away by Plainclothes in 2025. I'm a movie lover who enjoys great storytelling, and this did it all for me. The journey of Lucas, an undercover cop torn between emotional duty and police duty, was beautiful and incredibly acted. The setting was comfortably in the 90s, if that makes sense, and directorial choices and style were nice too with amazing restraint. The best part is how the movie navigated the complexities of identity, morality, and human connection with no overt agenda. Plainclothes gave me a lot to think about in terms of where we have been and where we still are. Anyone looking for emotional storytelling and meaningful cinema needs to see this film. Remarkably unforgettable.

The only spoiler I want to give about this finely acted and directed film is to say that it literally shows male love as it should be seen. The plot is basically about a plainclothes policeman who entraps men in public toilets. Set in the late nineties of the last century I had the feeling that this could be today in any place that represses forcefully homosexuality. Tom Blyth is superb as the man who entraps and while doing so he entraps himself in a passion for another man ( played well by Russell Tovey ) and how both of them fall into a transitory, but real love relationship. The film is truthful in its description of sex and how versatile it can be. Both men are willing to open themselves to each other and role playing so often seen in LGBTQ cinema has no place here. It is the best loving sexual scene I have seen and I have seen many. I urge anyone who cherishes diversity to see these two great actors, Blyth and Tovey show us both painful truth and ecstatic joy. An essential film.

Plainclothes

An excellent movie set in the 90's that explored the reality of being gay and trying to deny that truth in a straight world of friends and family. Supposedly built on a true story.

The ever present expectations of everyone around you to be what they expect you to be, is well played out in this movie.

Tom Blyth plays Lucas, a cop, who detail at the present is entrapment of gay men, here he meets Russell Tovey, who's playing Andrew and there is an instant connection. The movie skirted around the all to common reality that many a gay man cannot realised his true sexuality whilst his parents are alive and then when that moment arrives all hell breaks loose.

This was a cleverly scripted and crafted movie that alternated between the police work and the embryonic romantic relationship between Lucas and Andrew. There is more than an element of fixation on Lucas's part as this is his first entanglement.

I thought this was all played very convincingly and stated in spades no one can choose their sexuality or sexual preference regardless of their own intellectual desires, it just cannot be denied.

I'm going to give this firm 8 outta 10, a most believable set of scenarios.

I went into this film blind and did not know what to expect .Found Great acting and and an amazing capture of the stress, anxiety and fear one felt in the late 90's being a closeted gay man; told with flashbacks of home movie clips appropriate for each time period from the 70's 80's and 90's. It really highlights the trauma done to men who experience this. The panic sequences were really well done I hope younger audiences can appreciate that it wasn't as easy back then.

I felt what the characters felt, i've been there. I was stunned that a film can make me remember those feelings. Fear, panic, compassion and tears means a job well done.