"As LGBTQ+ cinema accelerates, so too does the social media-led desire for it be pervasively bawdier. A salacious sex scene? Congrats, that's one point! Toe-sucking? Ten points! And so on. It's oddly refreshing then that A Night Like This, the debut feature from director Liam Calvert, bins off the incessant demand for more-is-more physical contact in favour of tender touches and opaque, compelling emotions."
"Where A Night Like This succeeds most is in its vivid picture of London as a Jekyll and Hyde city. Beneath its warm lights, there is postcard beauty and endless opportunity for connection, yet in its shadows exists deep, consuming loneliness. Calvert captures this less in cinematography and more in the film's narrative: these are two men lost in the city's fray and barely staying afloat, offering each other an unexpected life buoy."
A Night Like This follows Oliver, an impish wannabe musician, and Lukas, a traumatized struggling actor, as they spend 12 nighttime hours together in London. Oliver disguises familial trauma with brash gregariousness and draws Lukas out after a suicidal moment. The two trawl cobbled streets and dive bars, slowly unfurling toward each other through tender touches and opaque emotions. The film vividly portrays London as a Jekyll and Hyde city where postcard beauty coexists with deep loneliness. Strong lead chemistry and bittersweet shifts elevate the narrative, though some clunky, cloying dialogue undermines parts of the emotional connection.
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