We All Lie My Darling

This is a heartfelt portrayal of young persons learning to find their voice, establish family, and learn to deal with their identities and relationships. With LGBTQ persons, there is often a need to find your own family and support networks and this film shows several characters learning to work through their relationships to find their new family. The cast is solid although I wish we spent more time exploring the character of Nick as he's the newbie. Exploring his life could also introduce the audience into this new world of relationships he's entering. The female cast is particularly strong in portraying their relationships. I enjoyed this slice of life of Sydneysiders and found their forays into adulthood quite relatable.

Now regardless of it's authenticity, this has got to be one of the worst acted films I have seen a very long time. Set in Sydney, it tells the story of the lives and loves of a group of friends in what is ostensibly a welcoming, thriving and inclusive community. "Michelle" (Ayeshah Rose) takes a different approach to "coming out". She firmly believes it is a matter of personal choice and not something that should be done to accommodate the expectations of others - a view that seems to emancipate "Kat" (Daniella Serret). Meantime, the rest of her friends seem to be wrestling with the usual fears of ageing, loneliness, lust v love, trust issues, yada yada. It's quite a nice looking movie and Rose does have a certain charisma on screen, but the rest of this is just a bit of an over-scripted, humourless, yawn. Maybe it's because I have long since ceased to be a thirty-something, but the angst and weariness of the personalities here just wanted me to scream out - "try living this lifestyle in a wet and presbyterian Scotland in the 1970s, baby! Get over yourselves". Eighty minutes of my life I will never get back - not for me, sorry.

This movie has lots of really cute moments of LGBT relationships and friendships throughout and that's the strongest element of the story. Lots of men kissing each other and women kissing each other. Love to see it! The music is really good, both the score and the needle drops. Really appreciated how appropriate it was in every scene. I love how the city of Sydney plays a role here. The locations and establishing shots did a lot for the visual aesthetic of the movie. I wish the script was stronger and the story had more development, since some of the characters and storylines needed more resolution, but overall it's a sweet film.

A wonderfully intelligent yet very sensitive movie, which captures some aspects of love from different perspectives and experiences. It's a very enjoyable and entertaining movie, yet sensitive to the LGBTQI community through its character development. The story line and acting was marvellous, and believable. The movie is set in Sydney, and in many recognisable settings where the characters could easily be your friends or neighbours.

A movie about friends, lovers, outcasts and hardships. And overcoming it all! I don't know why, but I was reminded of "Rent" which is one of my all-time faves. Really glad I took a chance on this.