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A Single Man: movie review

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Colin Firth plays a college professor devastated by his partner鈥檚 death in 鈥楢 Single Man,鈥� designer Tom Ford鈥檚 first foray into filmmaking.

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In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Company, Matthew Goode, left, and Colin Firth are shown in a scene from 'A Single Man.'

By Peter Rainer Film critic

Dec. 10, 2009, 2:44 p.m. ET

Famous fashion designer Tom Ford has directed his first feature film, 鈥�A Single Man,鈥� based on a Christopher Isherwood novel, and, if nothing else, it has a fashionable look 鈥� the camera angles, the colorations, the sets, seem just so. The precision of his technique is countered by the story鈥檚 emotional chaos. Set in southern California in the early 1960s, 鈥淎 Single Man鈥� is about George Falconer (Colin Firth), a gay college professor whose lover has been killed in a car wreck and who now feels he has nothing more to live for. It鈥檚 a dirgelike odyssey sparked by Julianne Moore鈥檚 overheated turn as George鈥檚 best friend 鈥� a welcome respite from Firth鈥檚 clenched emoting. Grade: B-