was filmed in and around Basingstoke from the 17th August 1997, before moving on to the Millenium Studios in Borehamwood on the 22nd September. (The scenes shot in the studio were Steven’s bedroom and the inside of the public toilet). The entire movie took six weeks to shoot. Reception The film ranked number 34 on Entertainment Weekly'''s list of the 50 Best High School Movies. The film was well received by many critics, and subsequently nominated for eight awards, and won six. In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Paula Nechak praised the film for allowing the characters to be themselves rather than change to fit in, and praises the treatment of the 'jock' character John as being just as bound by the school popularity game as Steven. Roger Ebert commented "Certainly this film has deeper values than the mainstream teenage comedies that retail aggressive materialism, soft-core sex and shallow ideas about "popularity." Steven Holden from The New York Times wrote "The movie captures the excruciating paranoia of a situation in which there’s nowhere the lovers can be alone except in each other’s homes on the rare occasions their parents are out." In the Daily Record, Siobhan Synnot criticised the film as being like a "preachy episode of Grange Hill'' with cardboard cut-out characters" and also criticised the John character for being unbelievable, describing him as "simply a bland fantasy hunk. It's hard to see how this dim bulb is bright enough for Oxford, because all the smart lines go to his smart-alec boyfriend." References External links 1998 films 1998 LGBT-related films 1998 comedy-drama films 1998 romantic comedy films 1998 romantic drama films 1990s buddy comedy-drama films 1990s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 1990s English-language films 1990s high school films 1990s romantic comedy-drama films 1990s teen comedy-drama films 1990s teen romance films British buddy comedy-drama films British coming-of-age comedy-drama films British films based on plays British high school films British romantic comedy-drama films British teen comedy-drama films British teen LGBT-related films British teen romance films Coming-of-age romance films Films shot in Hampshire Gay-related films LGBT-related buddy comedy-drama films LGBT-related coming-of-age films LGBT-related romantic comedy-drama films British LGBT-related films Films directed by Simon Shore 1990s British films