Get Real

Starring:Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart, Kate McEnery, Patrick Nielsen, Tim Harris, James D. White, James Perkins, Nicholas Hunter, Jacquetta May, David Lumsden, David Elliot, Morgan Jones (III), Richard Hawley, Steven Mason, Charlotte Hanson, Alina Hazeldine, Louise J. Taylor, Steven Elder
Director: Simon Shore
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Get Real begins with a couple of hedgehogs having sex, and deals with a topic just as prickly: gay love in adolescence. Steve (Ben Silverstone) is a student at a British school where everyone wears classy uniforms, knows he's gay, and is pretty comfortable being so. John (Brad Gorton), a top athlete and all-around admired guy, is just getting an inkling and isn't sure how he feels about it. This, cleverly, is how the movie manages to explore coming-out issues and be over them at the same time. In fact, the whole movie is pretty clever--witty dialogue, deft direction, nimble pacing, and clean editing--in exploring the seriousness of adolescent life without taking it too seriously. The key is in Silverstone's performance; he's a completely convincing mixture of hesitation and recklessness, all the conflicts of high school in one sweet-faced package. As the movie follows Steve and John's relationship--their evasions at school, getting picked up by the police in a park, goofing around in a heated swimming pool, grappling with coming out to the world at large--it lays out a bit of contrast with Steve's best friend Linda (Charlotte Brittain), who's as unapologetically fat as Steve is gay, and who's having an affair with her driving instructor. Excellent performances all around, funny, sexy, charming--if only straight teen comedies were half this good. Get Real even demonstrates the proper etiquette when soliciting sex in public restrooms; what more can you ask for? --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

One of my very favorite movies.......2007-06-30

I love this movie. It's one of those magical little Brit flicks in which everything just works. It's also one of the very few films that I can watch again and again (with intervals of a few months in between) and still feel the same kind of emotional response.

No doubt much of my reaction is personal, and I suspect this movie is pretty much a gay thing. It may even be more specialized than that -- a gay thing for people who aren't American idiots, which would rule out much of the audience for teen-oriented entertainment, as evidenced by a couple of the more vapid reviews in this thread. So be warned if you are (a) straight, (b) stupid, (c) unable to tolerate non-Hollywood fare, or some ungodly combination of the above.

Another must have.......2007-06-26

What a great movie! Great acting. Humor where you wouldn't expect it. A movie that makes you think. And what a great line to almost end the movie with: "It's just love! What is everyone so afraid of?" Not only was it entertaining, but I bought it at an apropos point in my life, and it has helped me during a couple of struggles. Wonderful when a movie can be thoroughly entertaining, insightful, and personally helpful.

nice try.......2007-05-24

Almost hit the mark, deals with some serious issues, and funny in parts, but not extremly convincing. Still worth a spin, but needed some better casting.

Very very good movie.......2007-03-18

This movie is about sadness, love, lies, loneliness, rumors and abusive!! This movie got me heartache and I almost cry the whole time. If you have never seen this movie oh my my!! You should buy it and see it for yourself!!

A good coming out story.......2007-03-17

I enjoyed this movie quite a bit because it nicely depicted the complications that arise from being in the closet, ultimately coming out, and having to deal with the sad consequences of someone else's failure to be honest and truthful. Of course it's tough to be "real" when that is exactly what friends, family, and society often don't want to see, but in the long run it is just so much better than trying to live a lie and make yourself believe this is okay. In the film, I thought the writer did a nice job of showing how some people who appear to have everything actually end up with very little of true value while the "outcasts" often shine with true grit and integrity. Overall, this is a feel-good movie with a mostly good ending. The characters are great. You'll like it!

The Honeymooners (Full Screen Special Collector's Edition)

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*The Honeymooner Crossover*
Ralph and Ed never looked like this.
A very bad idea
OKAY MOVIE. NOW THEY JUST HAVE TO DO THE HONEYMOONERS
The Honeymooners They Ain't.

The Honeymooners (Full Screen Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Cedric the Entertainer , Mike Epps , Gabrielle Union , Regina Hall , and Eric Stoltz
Director: John Schultz
Manufacturer: Paramount
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ASIN: B000B8I9Y0
Release Date: 2005-11-22

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Cedric the Entertainer transforms Jackie Gleason's classic blue-collar sitcom The Honeymooners into an urban comedy. New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric, Barbershop) lives in volatile bliss with his wife Alice (Gabrielle Union, Bring It On). His best friend Ed Norton (Mike Epps, Next Friday) and his wife Trixie (Regina Hall, Scary Movie) live upstairs in a cramped, dingy apartment building. Ralph and Ed get into constant trouble due to their brainless get-rich-quick schemes, including buying a Pullman train car and trying to race an abandoned greyhound--schemes which only serve to lose the money they need to buy a charming duplex on a tree-lined street. Unfortunately, there's a sleazy real-estate agent (Eric Stoltz, Pulp Fiction) who's wooing the little old lady who owns the property, so it's a race to see if Ralph and Ed can raise the money before the bill of sale gets signed. It's a shame that so many cliches had to die so that their hollow, lifeless corpses could be put on display in this formulaic excuse for a movie. Also featuring John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge), who rattles off a string of one-liners that almost become funny through sheer velocity. --Bret Fetzer

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Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) is a man with big dreams that never work out. His friend, sewer specialist Ed Norton (Mike Epps) is always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble. Standing by their husbands are devoted wives Alice (Gabrielle Union) and Trixie (Regina Hall) who make ends meet by waitressing at a neighborhood diner. Throw in a stray dog named Iggy who runs like the wind (when he's motivated) and you have a comical underdog story for the whole family.

Customer Reviews:

*The Honeymooner Crossover*.......2007-04-12

I thought the movie was quite funny. It had some great actors and actresses. I think the new modern Honeymooners added alot of soul, spunk and humor. It is a great family movie.

Ralph and Ed never looked like this........2007-03-18

What I really hate this movie for is that they took the story from a classic tv show of the 1950's with an American white cast and turned it into a black cast for a motion picture in 2005.
They should have used the story from "What's Happening" or Sanford & Son" instead.
Would it be right for us to take "Thge Jeffersons" or What's Happening" and turn it into a white cast?
When television sets were a new invention (black & white only) and only the networks of CBS, NBC, ABC and Dumont exsisted, the Dumont "Cavalcade of Stars" was one of the tv shows from the beginning years of television. This show included a sketch of "The Honeymooners".
Then moving on to CBS for "The Jackie Gleason Show", The Honeymooners took shape with Jackie Gleason as "Ralph Kramden", Audrey Meadows as "Alice", Art Carney as "Ed Norton" and Joyce Randolph as "Trixie". This became a tv series in 1955 and on and off until 1971.
DVD includes audio commentary. Deleted, extended, alternate scenes. Option of English and Spanish subtitles.
I was against seeing this movie, but when I saw that Ajay Naidu was in it, I decided to give it a try.
In the cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, Mike Epps, Eric Stoltz, John Leguizamo, Ajay Naidu, Carol Woods, Chuy Bravo.
They put so much light on the black actors, just so they will show up on film.
The apartment resembles noting like the tv show. They could have titled this movie anything, but the Honeymooners.
Jackie Gleason is rolling over in his grave.

A very bad idea.......2007-02-10

I have nothing against remakes in general, but this one was a total washout. I really enjoy Cedric The Entertainer and just about anything he does, but this just didn't do it for me. Some of my favorite actors are black: Samual L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Forrest Whitacker, Ice Cube, Danny Glover. I can go on and on, but this was not the movie for the main charcters to be black. It just didn't do the same thing as back in the 50's. What the heck were they thinking? It was lacking, like remaking all those spaghetti westerns and using Jack Black as a fill in for Clint Eastwood.

OKAY MOVIE. NOW THEY JUST HAVE TO DO THE HONEYMOONERS.......2006-12-27

IT WAS A OKAY MOVIE WITH SOME FUNNY MOMENTS. THE PROBLEM WAS THE MOVIE BORE LITTLE RESEMBALNCE TO THE HONEYMOONERS. THE 50'S SITCOM WAS MORE LIKE A ONE ACT PLAY WHERE YOU NEVER LEFT THE KRAMDEN'S CRAMP BROOKYLN APARTMENT. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS CHANGE THE NAMES OF THEIR NAMES. MAKE RALPH A CAB DRIVER AND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT MOVIE.

The Honeymooners They Ain't........2006-08-10

OK, I admit that I've never been a huge fan of the show "The Honeymooners." It's not that I didn't like it, it's just that I've rarely had a chance to watch it. The episodes I saw I loved, but I'd really fall into casual viewer. In this movie adaptation, the characters have changed races...Strike one. You can't change the race of a pop culture classic like The Honeymooners. This movie isn't good in the typical sense of the word; It's not even a movie that needed to be made...Hell, it's not even that funny. But, it is entertaining and I definitely didn't hate it; The actors are charming enough to pull of their roles without a hitch...So, in the end, thumbs up. The movie stars Cedric the Entertainer as Ralph Kramden, a New York busdriver who meets the woman of his dreams in the form of Alice (Gabrielle Union). Ralph and Alice move in together into an apartment, living right below their best friends Trixie (Regina Hall) and Ed Norton (Mike Epps). Trixie works with Alice at a restaurant as a waitress; Norton is a sanitation engineer. The movie follows Ralph and Norton as they go from one get rich quick scheme to another. All with the goal of coming up with enough money to buy a duplex, that a man named William Davis (Eric Stoltz) is trying to buy. After Norton finds a dog in a dumpster (he names it Iggy), they decide to enter him into a dog race with the help of Dodge (John Leguizamo). So, yeah, the movie does have a fairly predictable plot. If you think like a movie critic, you will not like this movie. If you were a HUGE fan of the CBS series, then you probably won't like this movie. But...If you're in the mood for some smooth Saturday night entertainment, then this film isn't bad. Cedric the Entertainer and Mike Epps are no Jackie Gleason and Art Carney; But, I think as far as black actors go, this is probably the best cast they could have assembled.

GRADE: B

Get Real Wine Series: Napa and Sonoma Harvest

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Get Real WIne DVD - 5 stars
Average Joe Attempts to Teach Wine Making 101
This DVD is for those in the know- or want to know more about wine

Get Real Wine Series: Napa and Sonoma Harvest
Starring: Eric Jerardi
Manufacturer: Niche Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000CNF52I
Release Date: 2005-12-27

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Get Real WIne DVD - 5 stars.......2006-01-04

I read the other reviewer that had some negative feedback- but I would say that the editing and the laid back feel made it very cool. This is directed by Allen Farst and he makes you feel like your right in Napa at harvest. I would recommned this to anyone- novice or expert. I did check out the website and I look forward to other dvd's in the series- which I'm sure will be as good as this one.

Average Joe Attempts to Teach Wine Making 101.......2005-12-27

I bought this DVD to support a local resident of Ohio after reading an article about it in the newspaper. It seemed like a fun twist to learn more about wine. Although I did learn some things about wine making, corking, barreling, etc., I would have learned more if Eric the host was a better interviewer. He should have let the guests talk more and not interrupt them in the middle of their sentences, especially as they are trying to explain a technique. I also think the editing needed some work. The sound was muffled at times in addition to receiving too much background noise. I also spotted the camera and cables from time to time too. If wine intimidates you, this may be a good starter but don't expect to be wowed or blown away by this documentary. It was an average video put on by an average guy. That's what you should expect when you purchase this video.

This DVD is for those in the know- or want to know more about wine.......2005-12-06

Harvest 2005 looks awesome in this DVD. Some of my favorite wineries like Markham, Benziger, Honig and Steltzner. I would recommned this dvd to anyone. You can learn/ refresh wine 101 or get into other subjects like biodynamic farming and soil diversity. They also have a nice website getrealwine.com where you can enter your cell number and they send you the top 10 wines to buy each month....very cool.

Average customer rating:

One of my very favorite movies
Another must have
nice try
Very very good movie
A good coming out story

Get Real
Starring: Ben Silverstone , Brad Gorton , Charlotte Brittain , Stacy Hart , and Kate McEnery
Director: Simon Shore
Manufacturer: Paramount
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ASIN: 630573366X
Release Date: 2000-07-11

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Customer Reviews:

One of my very favorite movies.......2007-06-30

Another must have.......2007-06-26

nice try.......2007-05-24

Almost hit the mark, deals with some serious issues, and funny in parts, but not extremly convincing. Still worth a spin, but needed some better casting.

Very very good movie.......2007-03-18

A good coming out story.......2007-03-17

How To Get Cash At Closing When You Buy Real Estate

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Don't buy the hype.

How To Get Cash At Closing When You Buy Real Estate

Manufacturer: The Proffesional Education Institute
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Buying and Selling Your Home: Real Estate DVD
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2 Years to a Million in Real Estate
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Your First Year in Real Estate: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional

ASIN: B0007LY3U0

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Don't buy the hype. .......2006-05-28

This dvd like All Carlton Sheets courses are just fluff. you're just giving him money; for nothing.

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Get Real
Starring: Ben Silverstone , Charlotte Brittain , Brad Gorton , Tim Harris , and Stacy A. Hart
Director: Simon Shore
Manufacturer: Paramount
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: 6305744785
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Get Real [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]

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Get Real [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
Director: Simon Shore
Manufacturer: Manga Films
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000FMTX5G

Product Description

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Subtitles), WIDESCREEN, SYNOPSIS: Love blooms in this coming-of-age/coming-out film about a British prep student who follows his heart into uncharted territories.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene Access, Interactive Menu, Filmographies, Alternative Footage,

Get Real Fit: Advanced Strength Training

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Get Real Fit: Advanced Strength Training

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Wow, talk about getting some bang for your buck. You'll move through an amazing number of exercises in this 45-minute slow-and-heavy workout. You'll generally do 10 reps of any given exercise using the heaviest poundage appropriate for you and the exercise. The low number of repetitions gives you time to do a lot of different things, and the heavy weight makes the program very effective. Beginner through advanced level exercisers will all find value here. Beginners are encouraged to use poundage that is best for them, while the more advanced are encouraged to heavy up.

Carleton H. Sheets Investor's Edge - How to Get Cash At Closing When You Buy Real Estate

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Carleton H. Sheets Investor's Edge - How to Get Cash At Closing When You Buy Real Estate

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What You'll Learn: How To Get Paid For Buying Property / 13 Techniques To Get Cash At Closing / Recongnizing The Right Properties And Situations / How To Sell Off Part Of A Property Quickly / Get Prepaid Rents, Deposits And Other Credits / Use Sublease Options / Flip A Property Before Closing / Use Partners To "Divide And Profit"

Get Real (Ubicate) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]

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Get Real (Ubicate) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]
Director: Simon Shore
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