Love! Valour! Compassion!

Adapted from a hit play by Terence McNally and utilizing most of the original stage cast, this film cannot hide its theatrical roots... nor should it.This is a sweet and sad story set against a perfect summer at a perfect... Full review

This film sucked. THe story was ridiculous and retarded, the characters were retarded and not cleverly written. I'd say that people should go see sideways. That movie sucked too, but it's better than this friendship crapl-ola... Full review

It's amazing the fate the great play by Terrence McNally suffered on its way to the movies. The fact that it's basically the same team that produced this moving theater piece at New York's Manhattan Theater Club and later transferred... Full review

LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: Dolby DigitalThis perceptive drama - written by Terrence McNally, adapted from his award-winning Broadway play - starts out as a warm-hearted examination of the lives and loves of eight middle-class gay men during... Full review

A very powerful and moving story, particular the relationship between Buzz and James; both dying of AIDS and both in love.Very well acted and incredibly moving, especially when happy-go-lucky musical loving Buzz begins to break and confesses how he really... Full review

Often it is very tricky to adapt a play, especially one of a rather long length, to the screen and keep the story and characters intact. Though I have not had the pleasure of seeing a theatrical production of this... Full review

Eight gay men spend Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day in a remote house near NYC. Film follows their friendships and relationships. Previous posters have complained about the lack of character development but remember...the original play ran 3... Full review

Accidently I didn't turned off the TV set today, and so this film had the chance to appear on my screen. And I just loved it! I don't know why, but it was so touching (though I hated Jason Alexanders... Full review

This film engages its audience not only through its loaded theatrical dialogue, where every line delivered is a subtle new insight into the character speaking it, but also because of the poignantly-treated themes designated by the title: Love! Valour! Compassion!... Full review

it's a story of 8 friends ,most or all of whom have AIDS in some stage, but it's a story of,indeed a hymn to, friendship and caring. my favorite lines are ,when one of the twins tells another character that... Full review

While Love Valour Compassion may have won a Tony award and critical praise on the stage, on celluloid it doesnt have the same impact. The gay issues canvassed seem a little tired; the film lacks freshness and pace. ... Full Review

Director Joe Mantello has been smart about opening the story up. It's been trimmed from three hours of nonstop dialogue to less than two hours of talk mixed with some action -- if disrobing and jumping into the lake for a moonlight swim counts as action. ... Full Review

Film academicians continue to debate which film is better (though I would probably lean toward the former, which has slightly better writing and structure). ... Full Review

It doesn't help matters, either, that director Joe Mantello (who also helmed the stage show) either under-directs his performers into narcolepsy or forces them to stumble into caricature. Gregory's lover, Bobby (Justin Kirk), a blind man with a beatific soul who's devoted to Gregory -- apart from when Puerto Rican stud-boy Ramon (Randy Becker) shares a special moment with him, right around midnight-snack time. ... Full Review

The film works best as a parable of youth and age, and how both are distorted by AIDS. But frankly, if someone wanted to do a parody of a gay film like this, it's hard to imagine the sloganeering being much different. ... Full Review

The leading professional theater company in central Ohio and a troupe that produces family shows plan to merge next year -- a move that will also include a notable leadership change. ... Full Article

Some Men: Drama. By Terrence McNally. Directed by Ed Decker. With Dann Howard, Patrick Michael Dukeman, P.A. Cooley et al. (Through July 12. New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. ... Full Article

In the world of Terrence McNally's "Some Men," same-sex marriage is a given, which means the play isn't set in California. "Some Men," which ran off-Broadway two years ago, is now playing in its West Coast premiere at San Francisco's... ... Full Article

AIDS is the illness that need not speak its name in Mouth to Mouth , Kevin Elyot 's lopsided study of romantic and creative inertia. ... Full Article

Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play "Love! Valour! Compassion!" is about the emotional richness and depth of the friendships between six gay men who together form a de facto family. ... Full Article

Film Critic COMPLETE with those pleading exclamation points, Love! Valour! Compassion! tries awfully hard to break down our defences, to weasel its sentimental way to the soft part of our heart. ... Full Article