Straight Story

Great movie that had me laughing the whole way through it! The actors for really well in this, and the star form the hit TV series "Maria is askimy" is very very good in this film. Great mix of comedy, irony, romance, and sex. A must see! Keeps you laughing all the way through, with Yianni and Sophia having some very good moments between each other and her girl friend making that even funnier, not to mention Yiannis mates making the film just as funny. A very funny scene when he has to try act gay. From what I understand the majority are metria names in the big screen but after seen this im sure they will be big names in the near future.

This film aims to showing the discrimination against homosexual people. The writers show a reflection of the current world were straight people are the minority and are considered to be perverts. A bit of exaggeration in the way that straight people were treaded in this fictional world, something that does not reflect in the real one where gay people have a lot more rights. Great idea and generally a good movie but with some scenes of poor acting from "Sofia" and "Yiannis". It is though a nice film and it is worthy for anyone to watch it just to watch the writers' perspective supported by the great roles of "Petros" and "Stefanos". Enjoy.

I laughed the whole time while there was a tragic element into it. Like the old Greek tragedies. It was about time for someone to come out with a movie like this and remind a society like the Greek one that is time to wake up and be with the rest of the world. No wonder it was the best seller movie of the year, everyone went to see it including the closeted cases with their wives. A culture moves a step forward with bold moves like this like releasing such movies. The acting could have been better but the reality is this movie hit the nail in the had. Had the people talking about what is normal after all. Therefore this movie is groundbreaking, i highly recommend it. In Canada where i live gay coouples can marry, adopt children, go to the supermarket holding hands,talk to the kids' teacher and this is normal. It is time for Greece to move to that direction as well. A democratic society goes ahead not with the things that devides us, but with the things that unite us. Kudos to the ceators of the movie.

Apparently yes as this movie plainly demonstrates. The intention of the filmmaker is obvious I think. As pointed out by several other reviewers, by inverting a situation where society - or rather the reactionary movement - condemns from a moral point of view a certain subculture, the film tries to establish the notion that morality - at least where sexual identity is concerned - is based upon a convention as arbitrary as the next. Which is smart. Unfortunately their chosen method to accomplish said goal is to present this fictional inverted world with all the ridicule they can master - and they do so admirably. I say unfortunately because ridicule is transfered back to the original institutions rather than validation been attributed to the subculture. So everything is invalid, tradition is ridiculous and, oh yeah, the subculture itself too - if it aspires to validation and recognition. And this argument finally transcends the rather dull debate of morality in sexually driven social institutions. I will go as far as saying that after this, every film created to promote homosexuality can officially be categorized as part of the reactionary movement too. Applause.

Several people who reviewed this film failed to grasp what genre it was. It is an alternative reality comedy, like "The Invention of Lying", that attempts to make a point by reversing the "normal" situation. In the world of the film, gay people are the norm, and heterosexual people are considered perverts and cannot marry. It's a fun concept, although the story is fairly predictable, once it gets going. If you just want to see a Greek comedy that also has a message, then this will do just fine. If you crave superior quality, though, then this film is not for you. The acting is a bit cheesy, but it is really the kind of movie where a sincere portrayal would actually ruin it, because then it would seem like it was meant to be a serious film. It's not great, it's not terrible, but it'll do.