โ โ โ โ | Handsome Devil
One of the most buzzed-about films at London’s recent Flare LGBT Film Festival is getting released this Friday.
Handsome Devil played to sell-out crowds at the festival (though at one screening there was a power outage so all the attendees were invited back to another screening). Irish movie Handsome Devil is the charming story of an out and proud young gay man who is attending a boarding school for the first time. Fionn OโShea plays Ned and shares a room with jock and star of the rugby team Conor (Nicholas Galitzine). The rest of the school doesnโt quite know what to make of Ned, heโs a bit of an outcast, yet he and Ned form a special bond, after a rocky start between them, they realise they have more in common with each other than being roommates. Nedโs school life is made much easier with the help of teacher Dan (Andrew Scott in a very winning and sexy performance), who also happens to be gay. But it doesnโt help Ned (and teacher Dan) that the rugby coach is on to both of them – heโs full of prejudice and lets everyone know it. And itโs just a matter of time until the rest of the school comes around and accepts Ned for who he is, especially just in time for the schoolโs big upcoming rugby match.
Writer and Director John Butlerโs coming of age story is a winning combination of great performances and a story thatโs time and tested and that never gets old. Winning lead performances from OโShea and Galitzine make this one to remember, but itโs Scott as the supportive English teacher that will tingle your loins. His sympathetic teacher is handsome and oh so sexy, especially when he brings his boyfriend to the rugby match outing himself on the spot to the principal. More of these kinds of roles please Mr Scott. Though at times some of the accents are a bit hard to understand, Handsome Devil is very charming and memorable.