Love Matt Bomer, agree that this is a an amazing performance from him, and a tale which can afford be told in this day and age, but ...it's challenging. Maybe that's why Bomer liked it. The character isn't clean. He starts out abusive and manipulative with his lover. The character is a survivor who will do what it takes to survive -- even if that means destroying a friend. In other words, this is a character with layers. But does it make you want to root for him? It's well-done, I will give that to you. Took a good long while but by the end I was in tears. The entire cast is really strong. There were a couple of things that rankled. The sex is, initially, more performative than necessary (thanks Showtime). The actors pull off the age transition, but the makeup doesn't. And the actor playing Roy Cohn wears a noticeable nose prosthesis and no one has said a thing, unlike the grief Bradley Cooper has been getting for "Maestro" (ironically a film Bomer is also in). But that's nit-picky. It's good. It drew me as it progressed. And the tale ... of what gay men go through in a closed society, is a critical one for those who think they can legislate homosexuality out of existence.
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