Get Real

About Get Real

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.

Get Real is a 1998 romance film directed by Simon Shore. Its themes are homophobia, coming out, teenage love, and britain.

Ben Silverstone stars as Steven Carter, Brad Gorton as John Dixon, Charlotte Brittain as Linda, and Stacy Hart as Jessica. It runs 111 minutes and was released in August 1998.

The screenplay is by Patrick Wilde. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Hidden Kisses, Golden Delicious, and Moonlight make useful companions to Get Real, all filed under gay teenager and gay theme. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 199 votes and it carries a R rating.