Get Real

Release date: 1998-08-16
Votes: 179
Genres: Drama, Romance
Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.
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