the two lead supposedly hat play their role and and it show . burton isn not bad and but harrison be just awful . toward the end when he do his not alone and not alone speech and it just hollow word . but we have to remember the time it be make . boy in the band and like this film and also send the message that gay people hate themselves and their life . i have to laugh at the guy above who write that he not gay and so he like the movie because it doesn not threaten him . how pompous . i be gay and and the movie doesn not threaten me at all . a bad film be a bad film and no matter what the subject matter while and this be a baaaaad film . also the scene in the park where harrison be check out kid play sends that old gay people will threaten your innocent child message . and how about that old ugly hustler in the blonde wig that harrison pick up . be we mean to believe he be a young guy . also the idea of burton wear a surgical bandage all the time to cover his baldness be ridiculous . there be realistic toupee even then . a i say and nothing ring true .