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Amos Lassen wrote on 04/04/2011:

Today’s wide gay audience has become more demanding and want to see movies that deal with important issues such as coming out. We are also dealing with issues like gay identity at younger ages. Coming out stories used to de4al with guys in their 30s but now we have stories of high school teenagers dealing with coming out issues. They once worried about puberty and acne and per acceptance. Now they seem to worry about tricks and sex. “You’ll Get Over It” (Picture This Entertainment) is a French film that deals with the issue. It is not as literate as other gay coming out stories but it is an attempt to look at the younger gays and the problems they have.
Julian is a star of his school’s swimming team and he has arranged hi life very nicely. In public he dates a lovely girl and in private he meets with the older Bruno. However his almost ideal situation begins to change when a new kid, Benjamin, sees right through what he is doing, They are immediately attracted to each others and when others see this rumors start to fly. While fighting, Benjamin accidentally outs Vincent and the damage quickly follows. Everyone seems to turn on Vincent and in just a few hours he becomes a social outcast.
This is the incident that causes Vincent to look for his own self-acceptance and a larger community. His quest for individuality and identity begins drastically in a gay bar and his sociological issues become more and more intense. It is here that the film becomes hard to watch as all of us have experience the same feelings. Therefore it is safe to say that there is nothing new in “You’ll Get Over It” but I don’t see a problem in watching what so many of us have been through. I do not think that originality necessarily means superiority. It is important for us to relive individual truths so as to make it easier to instruct others about the dangers involved. We do know one thing—in most cases we’ll eventually get over it.

rrspyke wrote on 08/23/2006:

YGOI attempts to tread the waters of peer pressure and gay acceptance, echoing the disenfranchisement of gays in lower class society. But this is the 21st century and the current mayor of Paris is out-gay. Seems that the French should be well-beyond coming out films. But as my sig/other and I weren't totally put off by this film, I have to decided whether to recommend it, or not, right?

The performances in the film are cloying, whiney and at times, simply unbearable, such as the scene where the straight-brother breaks down at breakfast over his parent's support for their gay son. Too much time is spent in a repetative spin surrounding the relation between our main character and his girlfriend. Whine-whine-whine...

Yes, gay love may/may not win out in the end, but at what price to your sensibilities? Recommend? Well...We just found 'Beautiful Thing' on cable. That'll do.

Luis Rolando (ManticoreL7@msn.com) wrote on 03/16/2005:

My main problem with this film was the lack of time and interest that it spent in resolving Vincent's delicate situation. It's almost as if the writer got bored near the end and muttered, "Better wrap this up quickly." *SPOILER AHEAD* Another major flaw was the final dialogue scene where instead of letting us see the reconciliation of Vincent and Benjamin, instead we're informed what Noemie's future plans are. Do we really care? I didn't.

der alte wrote on 12/02/2004:

Not necessarily a feel good flic, 'You'll Get Over It' captures the complexity and confusing dialectic of adolesent life. It conveys the abrupt and often violent changes that young gays and lesbians face when they come out, or are outed. What is amazing is that this sophisticted and uncompromising film was made for French TV and got a wide viewling. (It makes you wonder why we got stuck in such a backwater of a country - oh well, maybe it'll make us fight all the harder.)

I'd rate it as follows:

1 - Lan Yu
2 - Come Undone
3 - Longtime Companion
4 - Beautiful Thing
5 - Latter Days
6 - You'll Get Over It
and so on.

movieguy (GuyInEasley@aol.com) wrote on 10/31/2004:

This is yet another great french movie to add to my collection of gay cinema! It's a moving story of one young mans coming out to his friends, family, and girlfriend. I would happily suggest this film to anyone, it is wonderful, and touching. The photography was wonderful as well, and has set the bar quite high for future exploits.