Colin Farrell can do serious acting !
This is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Cunningham, who also wrote "The Hours" - my favourite film. This is almost as good.
Colin Farrell plays Bobby, an emotionall fragile guy whose family died one by one when he was young. He was taken in by Jonathan's (Dallas Roberts) family and the boys have a sexual experience.
A few years later and Bobby goes to live with Jonathan in New York. He falls in love with his room-mate Claire (Robin Wright Penn). Jonathan is in love with Bobby and can't handle this so he leaves and goes to live with his parents. The trio reunite when Jonathan's father dies. They argue and Claire announces she was in love with Jonathan and is pregnant. They all move in together and become an "unusual family" (as Claire puts it). There's more but I won't spoil the ending for you.
I've never seen Colin Farrell in this kind of serious role before and he is really good. It's a complicated character to play and he is very convincing. The casting was good throughout, including getting kids who looked and acted very much like their adult counterparts for the start of the film.
Highly recommended.