A committed central performance and a controversial subject...mostly left unexplored in cinema, as it is in life, are the two main reasons to see this earnest, if slightly overlong melodrama.

At two hours, the film feels a little long, but this is a heartfelt and human drama with the texture of truth and characters to care about.

Familiar but moving.

Though [it] still hits predictable topics — the closet, casual locker room homophobia, the threat of lost sponsorships should their secret emerge — it’s equally invested in developing its central love story, which is rare.