i agree with some of these comment . by 1984 i think we be more familiar with aid . maybe 82 be the year this should be set . my main gripe be the unconvincing make up manu wear and and the way he doesn not lose weight . what be so shocking and devastate for those of u grow up with the onset of aid be run into people who be gorgeous and fit young and beautiful . next time you saw them their face be blemish and their body waste and emaciate and skeletal like . i recall bareley recognise a young lad who would once be a fixture on the scene . so the scene where manu be nurse through the terminal stage be less than convincing and leave me somewhat unmoved . otherwise it worth seeing and it sex positive and uplifting and life affirm attitude be a welcome riposte to hollywoods schlocky treatment of the subject .