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The late director Norman Rene and writer Craig Lucas made a pretty fine creative team on the stage and in the movies, and this 1990 drama about the ev...(read more...) olving impact of AIDS on gay New Yorkers is their best cinematic achievement. The ensemble story follows the lives of nine or so characters as word of the so-called "gay cancer" eventually becomes a real force, killing several of them as the years go by. The film works well on a number of levels, not least of which is the enviable closeness of the characters, the script's wit, the bittersweet experience of loss, and a celebratory attitude at the end mixing wisdom with defiance. --Tom Keogh

Director: Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney, John Dossett, Mark Lamos, Mary-Louise Parker, Norman René, Patrick Cassidy, Stephen Caffrey

MPAA: R

Running Time: 100 min.

Release Date: May 11, 1990

Cast: Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney, John Dossett, Mark Lamos, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Cassidy, Stephen Caffrey