'The Trip' a journey worth taking, says reviewer
"Miles Swain's ambitious and moving 'The Trip' is a journey well worth taking," says reviewer Kevin Thomas, "encompassing a tender, wrenching love story set against an 11-year span of the gay rights movement, from 1973 to 1984. Swain balances the personal and the political, allowing his film to be intimate while keeping a larger perspective." When characters Alan and Tommy meet, they are at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tommy is a queer activist, while Alan, a Young Republican, has just begun a career as a reporter at a Los Angeles daily; in an attempt to deny his homosexuality, he is completing a homophobic history of gays. But sex overwhelms politics, and Alan embarks upon the path of self-acceptance as his romance with Tommy flourishes. IndyStar.com
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