GamerTab That was an excellent one.

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Irishchatter It really is a tearjerker when most of the men died from aids. This movie really does remind you of the great pretender Freddie Mercary who died from the disease. All of the guy actors were great including Mary-Louise Parker who was the only actress in this film to be hanging out with the lads. Man, when each men were dying especially the Sean character, it broke my heart that they were having dementia, becoming weak and never waking up. I never experienced someone who died of Aids in my life but seeing how Aids effects people, it just is so so sad and you feel really hopeless for not helping that person. Even typing this review my eyes are starting to water again.Brilliant movie, it is very sad but it shouldn't be unmissable, it is just blooming well done folks, 8/10!

JonathanWalford Longtime Companion is a remarkable film that has aged extremely well in the 25 years since it was made. Shot in 35 days with a million and half dollars and a handful of unknown actors (most of which went on to stardom or at least to known actor status), Longtime Companion tells the story of discrimination and disease - the AIDS crisis during the 1980s and its most affected demographic - gay men. The most important character in the film is the disease itself, as the story follows how it gains power to change attitudes and end lives.Like the characters in the film, I was there from the beginning and remember reading that first news snippet about 'gay cancer' in 1981. EVERYTHING that happened in this film is spot on - the blame, fear, hope and even humour of dying young from a fatal std. What makes the movie so good is how tight and intimate it is, remaining focused on a group of people who know each other or are connected in some way, and the many ways that AIDS enters their lives.My only complaint about the film is the final scene when there is a preachy 'movie of the week' wrap-up moment by three characters reflecting and wishing for an end to the disease. It is unsubtle in the wake of an otherwise effortless story of real dialogue and emotions. That, and knee-length board shorts as worn by fuzzy in 1981 were inaccurate. I recall they came in about 1984

nyghtweaver This movie was made near enough on 20 years ago... And it is all the more powerful for it. It gives a glimpse into the early days when no one knew much about it or where it came from, or why some gay people got it and others didn't. And now it circles the globe... We know so much more, but the disease is there and the bodies continue to pile up, leaving behind those people who love and mourn for them. And that's really the crux of the movie. A family of friends who one by one dies, leaving behind loved ones, who themselves die. When all is said and done, only a handful are left, talking about wanting to be there when it ends... For a moment they envision the great party, where all the loved ones are returned to them and they celebrate and catch up. And for a second it makes you wonder are they dead too...? It was just one of a few heart wrenching scenes. Try not to cry when Bruce Davison (always fantastic) tells his years sick lover to let go. Oof! I rate any movie by its ability to make me cry. I don't cry easily, and so when I do it was some damn fine story telling. No one directly in my life has ever suffered from or died of AIDS. And yet I felt like it was all happening to me. If that isn't the mark of good story telling... well then I don't know what is. Give it a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Armand It is difficult to definite this movie. At first sight it is a movie about AIDS and the impact of illness in gay community. In fact it is only a chronicle of a time of hope and fear, jokes and firelight. "Long time companion" is slice of Reagan era but a definition of the special vision about life. Small existences are parts of powerful chains of friendship and love. A newspaper's article shatters the peace of a community. Rumurs,anxiety, confusion. And a huge waiting. The shadow of "homosexual cancer" is present like ambiguous threat. The firs victims and the glamor of film : the compassion is form of fear but this status is source of resistance. A realistic touching way to describe the relation with illness and with others. I saw this film like the root of "Angels in America". Like a pleading not for tolerance (is it no a subtle form of hypocrisy?) but for the way of empathy. And the great merit of Norman Rene is the art to create a gorgeous gallery of winsome portraits, to present their everyday existence, the enjoys, sorrows, emotions, fight, mutual assistance. A very beautiful, intelligent and impressive movie.