Ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled.

The two leads give wonderful performances and when they try to connect with each other it's as awkward and desperate as you would expect, also real and touching.

It's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi.

A warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection.

Ozpetek succeeds in portraying small nuances that demonstrate the stages of love -- unrequited or blossoming -- and in showcasing the family structure created by a group of people who have been rejected for one reason or another.

Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity, Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia's true emotions ... But at the very least, His Secret Life will leave you thinking.

This is lightweight filmmaking, to be sure, but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men.

Despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy.

A movie that grows better by the minute.

With all the sympathy, empathy and pity fogging up the screen...His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles.