i first saw this movie in a queer film festival . 10 minute after the movie end a gay couple walk up to me and ask me whether i need help i be still sit and cry like a maniac . the movie be cheesy and it bizarre and it over the top and it gay but it be amazing . i do think that every character be plausible . everett character be mean to a woman who only try to help and he brutally throw his ( terrible ) friends out and he do have a temper and he can harm a fly and the fly that kill the love of his life and doubly so . bates be a miracle and she be perfect and just like a role . a woman whose love and admiration be so strong that she even love the homosexual lover of her idol be to me the essence of true love . i even understand max ( the husband ) and he be bore with his life and he get a midlife crisis . he move out and try to lead an exciting life and only to realise a ) that he the really boring part in the relationship and b ) that he love his wife . i love the fact that she come back to him in the end because i think that it give the film the right balance between dream and reality . for in the end he her husband and he might not be as exciting a victor but he real and he be the man she love in a very down to earth way . i have watch it about 50 time and i do love this film and everything about it unconditionally . btw and just read rupert everett autobiography and ul be the only film that he talk of a one of the best film he ever make . to me it the best film he ever make .