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Looking: The Complete Series + Movie
Review by Suzanne Lanoue
11/14/16 |
I watched the first episode of this when it
began on HBO. I really didn't like it all that much because
it moves very slowly, and I had trouble remembering which
character was which. I had expected it to be good, like
"Queer As Folk," and I already liked two of the actors,
Jonathan Groff and Murray Bartlett, from their work on soap
operas.
It seems I'm not the only one that felt that
way, since the show only lasted 2 years. I know that the
critics raved about it, but it was just not interesting
enough. I think they were trying so hard to be "real" that
they made it too real. Real life is boring.
However, if you have some time to spend, and
you don't mind some slow-moving stories, you may enjoy the
characters. I know the show has a lot of fans who were
disappointed when it ended.
Thankfully, they did make the movie to tie
up loose eneds. The Blu-Ray is a good quality DVD with 16
audio commentaries by cast and crew. It has not just the
series, but also the movie. It's a shame there isn't
anything else, though. Personally, I don't listen to audio
commentaries. I would rather have behind-the-scenes videos,
gag reels, character profiles and such.
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Looking:
The
Complete Series
Debuts on Blu-ray & DVD
November 15, 2016
New York, N.Y.,
August 11, 2016 - Unlike any show out there, the HBO series
Looking focuses on current gay life in the Bay Area
and on themes that everyone, gay and straight, can relate
to: falling in love, finding professional fulfillment,
forging an identity in a complicated world, and searching
for happiness. Critics have heralded the series as "a real
beauty...a stealth breakthrough" (The New Yorker),
and now fans and new viewers alike will have the chance to
add to their home entertainment collection. Just in time for
holiday gift giving, Looking: The Complete Series on
Blu-ray Digital HD and DVD with Digital HD will hit store
shelves on November 15, 2016. Both sets come with 16 Audio
Commentaries from cast and crew including Jonathan Groff,
Frankie J. Alvarez, executive producers Michael Lannan and
Andrew Haigh and many more.
Looking revolves
around three 30-something friends living in San Francisco,
who explore the exciting, sometimes overwhelming, options
available to a new generation of gay men. Friendship may
bind them, but each is at a markedly different point in his
journey: Patrick (Groff) is a 29-year-old video game
designer returning to the dating world in the wake of his
ex's engagement; aspiring artist Agustín (Alvarez), 31,
questions the idea of monogamy amid a move to domesticate
with his boyfriend; and the group's oldest member, longtime
waiter Dom (Murray Bartlett), 39, is facing middle age with
dreams still unfulfilled. The trio's stories intertwine
dramatically as they search for happiness and intimacy in an
unparalleled era for gay men.
The movie picks up when
Patrick, who has been living in Denver for nearly a year,
returns to San Francisco for the first time to celebrate the
wedding of old friends. In the process, he must face the
unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult
choices about what's truly important to him as he finds
himself still drawn to former flame Richie (Raúl Castillo),
while being vexed by memories of his crash-and-burn
relationship with his former boss Kevin (Russell Tovey).
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