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hyped garbage

Good movie but grossly overrated

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

First, I'd like to say this movie is dated in the themes it portrays, but the acting is very good. It opens with a gay civil union where one of the grooms tries to have a fling with a male waiter (I thought this has a lot of gall and I didn't like this portrayal at a gay union; very unlikely).The movie dealt with gay bashing in several different ways with multiple characters. I didn't even get what was going on in the one guys head who took care of his grandmother (Alfie), he would get dressed up gay and go out to find someone to bash. His first victim, it was horrible to see what he did to him, the way he broke a glass vase over his head, beat and kicked him, stuffed ciggarette butts in his mouth, urinated on him and spit on him (HOW DEMEANING), I never knew what would cause this guy to do something like that. The waiter who was making out with the groom was bashed to death by two youths when they found him in a pickup restroom. The first gay basher I mentioned was later bashed by a big stocky guy he was trying to pickup to bash. At first I thought this might have been someone the first gay bashed victim may have hired to get even with they guy, but the movie never disclosed that.There was a 14 year old boy who was possessed with an older man who turned out to be a convicted pedaphile, living across the street. Although one viewer though this part of the story was very very good and described the man only as an older man and not the pedaphile he was, this turned my thought on this part of their story. It was very well acted and the actors characters you did want to feel different about but pedaphiles do not deserve sympathy. Although he did not provoke the boys attention, quite the reverse, and he tried many times to get the boy out of his apartment and cried when the boy kissed him, etc, etc. The boy was determined to have the man. Despite everything, a pedaphile is a pedaphile and this story touched a nerve and I felt no sympathy for either character. There was a parental confrontation that was well acted as well.The was one short story about a young black violinist that was being harassed by a thug group and he was afraid to go home any one way after his lessons. This story did not feed into the woven structure of the other stories and could have been cut out of the movie.All the other stories, blended together throughout the movie and created a woven storyline. At times shocking, always interesting, most controversial. For the most part, the movie from beginning to end circled around one of the grooms wedding rings, except the pedaphile piece.All together I thought it was a good movie, well acted, but exaggerated a lot of todays actual gay social life. It might be that way in London, but I'm not so sure about here in America. It concentrated a lot on violence and outdated gay sex scenarios.I would buy this movie to add to my personal DVD collection but would be hesitant to share watching it with friends.

When I watch a film I normally try to ignore what the critics have said and just focus on what the film does (or doesn't) do for me. However it was more a problem for me with Clapham Junction when it was shown as part of the Channel 4 series of films and programmes to mark the 40th anniversary since male homosexuality was legalised. Unwittingly I watched the panel discussion 40 Years Out before I saw this film, and the first part of the former was a group of commentators laying into the producer of the latter. I remember being quite entertained by this match-up but was wary to make up my mind for myself rather than just repeating what the likes of Matthew Parris et al had said.Problem is though, they were bang on the money in what they said because Clapham Junction is a poor film and a very strange choice to show as part of this series of films. As a narrative it is basically an interweaving set of characters all of whom has some comment on the nature of being a male homosexual in this day and age. However, as a piece of writing it is surprisingly lacking. The characters are connected by coincidence and convenience, without any degree of respect for the viewer. This is a minor issue though because my main one was how negative the entire film was. I have no gay friends and have not a part to play in the modern gay experience but this film seemed to be harking back to the 1980's rather than the noughties. Nobody is cast in a good light – the film opens with the groom of a civil partnership couple cheating with a waiter during the reception before following on with queer bashing, cottaging, a 14 year old seducing (then f***ing) an older man etc etc. It is tiresome after a while and has little to say about what it means to be gay today. What little it does say of value is interesting (eg the loss of the thrill of being "dangerous" that modern acceptance has brought) but it is scattered far and wide across the film.The cast do little with what little material they have. They deliver the characters asked of them but none can find the people inside – instead they are horny, camp, in the closet, in denial, on cocaine etc etc, whatever simple classification the script has given them. Shergold's direction is OK in terms of the shots he gets but in terms of helping the material or the actors, he doesn't seem able – although Elyot's script offers him little support either.Overall then a poor film that wallows in negativity while presenting the modern gay experience. There is little debate or discussion – just endless "shocking" scenes (yeah – shocking 10 years ago) and negative images of homosexuality with no real justification. A sense of balance would have been welcome but a less simplistic script would have been a great starting point – sadly it had neither.

Comparing it to the other European heterosexual crap we get to see on TV, I would rate this gay one into the top league of good movies. As a gay man, I wonder why I like it. The message of this movie is that gays have ONLY bitchy sex, on public toilets and all of that in a violent way. To put this straight, gay life isn't that way! I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories but somehow, I hear all my alarm bells ringing. To make it short, the movie is good for people who are gay or who have at least experience with it. To all the newbies to that subject it's an anti gay movie. Please remember this story is fiction. 'Not a documentary!

I was extremely exited when i heard the 40th year since homosexuality was decriminalised was to be marked with this one off drama, and was looking forward to clapham junction giving an insight and celebrating the changes that society has made in dealing with homosexuality in 21st century Britain.I was profoundly disappointed to see that the programme makers decided to concentrate on negative stereotypes of promiscuous partners, horrendous homophobic attacks,closeted husbands and predatory homosexuals preying on underage boys.this type of drama into gay lifestyle gives an untrue representation of how modern gay people live their lives showing that nothing much has changed from the stereotype of the 1950s and 60s. The writers had a massive responsibility and opportunity to show a positive and refreshing view on the matter, particularly for younger people struggling to come to terms with sexuality. Sadly they opted for drama rather than fact.