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Philadelphia certainly leans into melodrama. But its most impressive feat lies in its ability to also show queer people being happy and refusing to let other people’s prejudices ruin their self-perception.

I couldn’t help wanting more from "Philadelphia," yet some part of me also wants to applaud it for having been made at all.

Philadelphia is a heartbreakingly mediocre movie. It’s dishonest, it’s often legally, medically, and politically inaccurate, and it breaks my heart that I must say it’s simply not good enough and I’d rather people not see it at all.

Philadelphia is hardly a movie milestone, but it's actually quite limber for a film that has to carry such a heavy load on its shoulders.

Every actor's contribution to the film is noteworthy, especially when Demme chooses to bestir them with intrusive camera angles and lingering scenes of emotional poignancy.