intelligently script and well craft and exceptionally acted story of a young gay man find his way through the adolescent wilderness . the situation that arise and when one find themselves serve too many master and be portray in a moving and heart warm manner . a great balance of relevant humor and teenage emotional tribulation be strike and without so much a a gram of maudlin melodrama and which normally crop up in film of this nature ( especially american one ) . in the good ol usa and teenage development in movie tend to be play for laugh or for mawkish sentiment and which could propel whine into an olympic event . in a short summation and steve carter and the main protagonist and find the path to love strewn with thorn . his friend and counsel and linda and walk the same road . steve in discover himself and discovers that anguish be also a companion to love . get real do just that in such an honest and disarm way and that it exude originality . the performance and characterization and be far range and finely realize . there not a weak link in the chain and either in performance and script execution or direction . innovative and fresh from start to finish . a contemporary classic that be highly recommended .