Review: A Single Man

Tom Ford, as a first timer, does a nice job creating a living, breathing Vanity Fair magazine. The film is pretty. And Colin Firth is excellent as a closed off, pained man who feels his life is over with the loss of his lover. It’s the kind of performance in the kind of movie that could draw an Oscar nod in the thin list of actress contenders each year. But Best Actor is a 1000 to 1 shot. In fact, Julianne Moore has a better shot at Supporting, which might be why the Weinsteins bought the film… to protect their category, which is likely to already be an uphill fight with two likely nominations for Dench and either Hudson or Cruz.   Read the full Review here …. >