‘Three Months’ review: A big career step for Troye Sivan
nypost.comon Paramount+, is that Troye Sivan has real acting chops. Running time: 104 minutes. Not Rated. On Paramount+. The relatability and cheeky boyishness that make the “Bloom” singer such an appealing musician leap effortlessly to the screen, and would knock ’em dead in countless other roles. (He also appeared in the film “Boy Erased,” but in a much smaller part that didn’t seize his personality.) Here, Sivan plays Caleb, a gay high school senior in Florida, whose life is upended when he discovers somebody he slept with has HIV.
Terrified, Caleb has to be tested regularly over the next three months to ensure he didn’t also contract the virus.At a support group one night, he meets Estha (Viveik Kalra), who’s also awaiting test results.
Estha has a dry sense of humor and traditional Indian parents who don’t know he’s gay. The pair begin a flirtation — first through jokey texts, then fun Florida time-wasting — that’s made more powerful by their secret.
It’s also refreshing, for once, to see a talky, charismatic, artistic character (Caleb wears white Converse sneakers so he can draw pictures on them) chase after the quiet, practical one.
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