Forgive and Forget (2000 film)

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Forgive and Forget
Directed by Aisling Walsh
Written byMark Burt
Produced bySimon Passmore
Starring John Simm
Steve John Shepherd
Laura Fraser
Maurice Roëves
CinematographyKevin Rowley
Edited byChris Bucland
Music byHal Lindes
Production
company
Release date
  • 3 January 2000 (2000-01-03)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Forgive and Forget is a 2000 British made-for-television film in which a young latent gay man confronts his sexuality and increasing jealousy when his best friend moves in with his new girlfriend. The film was broadcast on ITV on 3 January 2000.

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Plot

The close friendship between plasterer David (Steve John Shepherd) and mature-aged student Theo (John Simm) becomes threatened when Theo reveals that he intends to move in with Hannah (Laura Fraser), his photographer girlfriend of six months. The short-tempered David, intensely protective of his best friend, plots to break the pair up, using Hannah's insecurities against them. When they do separate, David reveals his sexual orientation and true feelings for Theo on his favourite talk-show, Judith Adams' (Meera Syal) Forgive and Forget. [1]

Cast

Reception

Writing for Variety , Dennis Harvey has mixed feeling about the script, praising Mark Burt's balance of "the primary character trio's unremarkable yet complex emotions, framing them in well-captured pub/construction site/family milieus." But felt that the "somewhat gratuitous running gag—glimpses of the titular, fictional chat show, a kinder-gentler Jerry Springer -type mix of real folks and hot-button topics—suddenly takes center stage." He added that this "good little movie abruptly grows loud, large and heavy-handed in the last reel." Harvey praised the acting saying that "there's much to enjoy here, particularly in the uniformly fine cast. … Shepherd … is a real find, convincingly rendering David as withdrawn, laddish and lovesick all at once. Apart from some killing-time interludes set to pop tunes, and the rather cheesy flash of horizontal-wipe scene transitions, helmer Aisling Walsh lends material both youthful breeziness and emotional weight." [2]

Filmcritic.com's Christopher Null dismissed the film, declaring that if "you manage to stay interested, well, you're a stouter fellow than I." [3]

TV Guide's Troy Lambert wrote that despite "the reality-challenged script, director Aisling Walsh delivers decent performances from the cast, especially Shepherd, Simm and Fraser as the unlikely three-way." [4]

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References

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  2. Dennis Harvey, "Review: "Forgive and Forget", "Variety" [website], <>, accessed 1 September 2015.
  3. "Forgive and Forget", "Rotten Tomatoes" [website], <>, accessed 1 September 2015.
  4. "Forgive and Forget", "TV Guide" [website], <>, accessed 1 September 2015.

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