Anne Bancroft,
Matthew Broderick,
Harvey Fierstein,
Brian Kerwin,
Karen Young
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Harvey Fierstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway hit was adapted for the screen by Fierstein himself. The playwright also repeats his stage role of female impersonator Arnold Beckoff, aka nightclub ... read more
DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
Stats: 352 reviews
Everyone deserves to be loved, right? Even if they're gay? Even from they're mother? This work examines just those questions, the humanity, say, beyond the stereotype and more, the humanity within the stereotype.
This is a great gay 101 movie -- very sad about Matthew -- Anne Bancroft was brilliant as usual --
A classic gay movie. Harvey Fierstein and Matthew Broderick are supreme in this! I could've done without the tragic events.
What makes this film work so well is how beautifully developed the characters are. You really become involved and care about them. It?s funny, touching, well acted and excellently written.
I think I have seen this movie over 100 times. We went to the movies in West Hollywood to see it every friday and saturday night. The cast is superb, the story is great and I cry every freaking time.
This is the best ! Matthew is sooo cute, Brian is a real hottie, harvey is perfect and Anne Bancroft is at her best ! This is a must see, Harvey's speech to his mother in the third segment is flawless
If you like the genre "Drama" than this film is def for you. With this film did bring tons and tons of it. Course what gay men out there does not have drama happen in his life. Above all I did like this film but towards the ending it kind of just flipped around and had some thing... read more
You may think that you have lost the thing that you hold most dear. But sometimes it returns back to you ten fold.
Greatly shortened from Mr. Fierstein's long-running, Tony Award-winning play, the film version emphasizes the lovable at every turn, but the surprise is that it does this entertainingly and well. Full Review
The themes are universal, and Arnold is an Everyperson who wants to be loved not for what others want him to be, but for what he really is -- "a person, a valuable person." Full Review
I have not seen anyone quite like Fierstein in the movies, and the fact that he is a specific individual gives this material a charm and weight it might have lacked if an interchangeable actor had pla... Full Review
Simply viewed as a movie about people, Torch Song Trilogy has the kind of wit, grace, and intense feeling that Woody Allen tried for unsuccessfully in Interiors, September, and Another Woman... Full Review
Matthew Broderick shows his versatility and might as an actor here
A straightforward, very funny love story which glows with fulfilment and promise. Full Review
A rousing screen version of the 1983 Tony Award-winning play. Full Review
Effective, moving film version of Fierstein's play
An earnest, emotionally accurate, but seriously flawed drama. Full Review
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