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Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
Lovett's film is a finely balanced and loving work of history, which never tries to sugarcoat elements of the explosion of gay sexuality three decades ago that may seem excessive or disturbing to some contemporary viewers. Full Review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
An engrossing piece of social history, a lively, astonishingly well-documented excavation of that period. Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
Lovett's history is heavy on hedonism, but he does deliver a succinct perspective on this celebratory era - between the sad bookends of repression and loss. Full Review
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly
It's fair to assume that most viewers likely to see the film, whose title is the very definition of truth in advertising, already own the knowledge being sold. Full Review
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
A rich sense of the dawning of gay liberation. Full Review
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