Director Tom Ford and actress Julianne Moore pose as they attend “A Single Man” Paris Premiere at Cinema UGC Normandie on February 9, 2010 in Paris, France.
Plot of the movie
If you have read any reviews of A Single Man, you are aware of how amazing Colin Firth is. Still, it bears repeating. In A Single Man, Firth gives his best performance. The eternal Darcy always seems to be playing the same person, some version of the tremendously likable, stuffy Brit we have grown to believe he actually is. A Single Man’s George Falconer still may be cut from that same British cloth, but Firth fashions an entirely new bespoke character.
A British, middle-aged English professor living in California, George is devastated by the sudden death of his longtime partner, Jim (Matthew Goode), in a car crash. Contemplating suicide to escape a color-faded world of woe, George lumbers through a potential final day. He teaches class, goes to the bank, the liquor store and makes plans with his oldest friend, Charley (Julianne Moore). No one notices anything out of the ordinary except for George’s student and kindred spirit, Kenny Potter (Nicholas Hoult, About a Boy).
Director Tom Ford, who adapted Christopher Isherwood’s novel with David Scearce, comes to cinema with an interesting pedigree. Credited with resurrecting Gucci, Ford financed his debut film himself. Such DIY filmmaking can be hit-or-miss, but Ford’s is a giant hit. He uses a keen stylistic eye to capture the posh trappings of ’60s affluence and to complement a genuinely melancholy story. Color floods back into George’s grief-muted world when he witnesses momentary reasons to continue living in a world without Jim. The flashbacks to George’s life with Jim are so touching; the men’s love for one another so tangible, that I actually felt what George is missing. I cannot remember a film depicting aching sadness so palpably.
Of course, Ford was lucky to cast an actor as gifted as Firth, who retains George’s dignity throughout the film. Empathy never dips to pity. Anguish never becomes self-pity. He may not be the only actor in the film, but he is the sole one that matters.
A gorgeous film featuring one of the year’s truest performances, A Single Man never overwhelms with its ocean of sorrow. Bleak humor peeks out from the clouds, like rays of sunlight. Judging from this one film, Ford has tremendous potential as a filmmaker.
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