Looking - Il film

First off, people need to understand that this was a television series that lasted two seasons before being canceled and this movie was basically a condensed season 3 to give the show and the viewers closure as it was canceled at a place where absolutely nothing was resolved. It really pays to watch the series before watching this movie. The reason I felt like leaving a review this time around was after seeing every episode 3 times and this movie 3 times (several years in between each time) it struck me that even though all the actors and their performances are fantastic I feel one of them shines a little bit more than the others and that is Raúl Castillo who plays Richie. I read online about the actor having to discuss taking the role with his family because they weren't really the kind of family that readily accepted homosexuality and then to see him doing what I consider a fantastic job with this role and extremely believable acting was worth writing a review about. However, the entire cast gets my complements as well. They were all fantastic! Wonderful to see Tyne Daly! I'd also like to thank the actors, the producers, the writers and the directors for all doing a fantastic job! I do have to say though, I hate that they had Patrick leave San Francisco even though it was all done offscreen in between the second season and the movie. I'd have much rather he had moved in with Dom and stayed where I feel he belonged!

I think that there already is enough said what "Looking" is all about. I must admit, that I really loved the series because of its authenticity, its good story and its extremely well done acting. I still don't understand why it was canceled after season 2. There was an (typical) open end and we all assumed and looked forward to a third season. Instead there was a movie made to close a chapter (like Patrick is saying in the movie). The problem is, that 80 minutes are not enough to close the chapter of four or five people. So the story is a little bit to much focused on Patricks character - but, so what? In the end we won't get anything new and the way the story ends is disappointing, because it's not what we would have liked to see. Kevin is the word! And that brings me to the ulti-mate highlight of the movie. Talking about love scenes in movies, like "Gone with the wind" or "Love Story" or "Titanic". Well - watch Russell Tovey in "Looking" and add this to the others. He only needs five words to say ("Why? - Because I love you"), a hug, a kiss, a touch and a look to create the most heartrending love scene I ever had the privelege to watch. He's only got about ten minutes of the entire movie on screen - but what ten minutes !! Enough to break ones heart. Giving a very strong performance throughout the whole series, this man is an acting genius and that's what makes it worth to watch this movie.

These last few weeks I watched all of looking and its movie, and I can safely say that there aren't a lot of shows out there that were able to touch me as much as this did. This film does a really fantastic job of allowing us closure on the events of the season 2 finale while seemingly exploring the ideas and themes that made the show stand out as much as it did. Jonathan Groff's work throughout the series really deserved to be praised. He makes it all look incredibly easy but going on this journey must not have been easy, and his effortless charm, longing, and internal emoting really make it an incredible performance that will be hard to forget. I will miss this show and its character dearly.

I loved the show; and I am thankful for the movie, simply for closure- but yes, the movie was very boring. It felt like a long flat episode. Wish it would have been epic.

This movie only really makes sense if you have watched the series before hand. I wanted it right after finishing the series so I think it fit in well with the story. It allowed for time to progress and the characters to change a bit while bringing them back together they still had their same spark as people. I appreciated the looking forward we were left with instead of the questions from the series.