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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Charlie ends the movie alone, and Sebastian is leaving New York.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Charlie and Sebastian reaffirm their friendship and Sebastian has come through his depression, but Charlie ends the movie alone, single, and Sebastian is leaving about to leave New York.]]

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* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: [[spoiler:Sebastian]] has Charlie in the friend-zone. [[spoiler: He never gets out.]]



* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: [[spoiler:Sebastian]] has Charlie in the friend-zone. [[spoiler: He never gets out.]]

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* CharacterDevelopment: The movie is about Charlie letting go of [[spoiler:unrequited love]]. At the end of the film when [[spoiler:Sebastian]] is no longer [[spoiler:TheMuse in his paintings]], we can see he's done so.



* CharacterDevelopment: The movie is about Charlie letting go of [[spoiler:unrequited love]]. At the end of the film when [[spoiler:Sebastian]] is no longer [[spoiler:TheMuse in his paintings]], we can see he's done so.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: One girl-friend ditches Sebastian and Charlie's wider friend circle while Sebastian's in a depression. For her part, she thinks he's It'sAllAboutMe.

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* WithFriendsLikeThese: One girl-friend ditches Sebastian and Charlie's wider friend circle while Sebastian's in a depression. For her part, she thinks he's It'sAllAboutMe.ItsAllAboutMe.
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* NotoriousParent: Sebastian's father is so famous that after his arrest of white-collar criminal charges, {{Paparazzi}} are interested in Sebastian and he's even refused service at a bar.

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* NotoriousParent: Sebastian's father is so famous that after his arrest of on white-collar criminal charges, {{Paparazzi}} are interested in Sebastian and he's even refused service at a bar.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Charlie ends the movie alone, and Sebastian is leaving New York.]]
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''Those People'' is a 2015 romantic drama written and directed by Joey Kuhn.

''Those People'' follows young New York art student Charlie (Jonathan Gordon) as he's torn between his long-held feelings for his best friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) who he's helping through a personal tragedy, and the chance of a new relationship with classical pianist Tim (Haaz Sleiman).

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!!Tropes used in this film:

* AbusiveParents: Sebastian and Tim.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Charlie to both love interests. [[spoiler:He's rejected both times - Sebastian in the film's middle and Tim at the end]].
* ArtistsAreAttractive: Charlie and Tim (painter and pianist respectively) share an instant chemistry.
* BettyAndVeronica: Even though he's known Sebastian much longer, the more stable, reciprocal relationship Tim offers makes Tim the Betty.
* ButNowIMustGo: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Sebastian]] is done with New York and eager to start a whole new life somewhere else, not too long after [[spoiler:Tim]] has departed for a pianist gig in San Francisco.
* ClubKid: When he's in a good frame of mind, Sebastian seems to be one at least occasionally.
* CoitusInterruptus: Charlie waits until Sebastian has started hooking up with a date in his room before [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove declaring his feelings.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: The movie is about Charlie letting go of [[spoiler:unrequited love]]. At the end of the film when [[spoiler:Sebastian]] is no longer [[spoiler:TheMuse in his paintings]], we can see he's done so.
* DidNotGetTheGuy: In the end, Charlie ends up with [[spoiler:neither. Sebastian doesn't end up returning his feelings, and Tim tires of his indecisiveness.]]
* DisappearedDad: Charlie's father left him and his mother, and started a different family with someone else.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Dick and almost his son Sebastian soon after until Charlie talked him down.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Sebastian's father Dick, a Bernie Madoff-inspired financial criminal who doesn't think much of Sebastian's orientation.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: [[spoiler:Sebastian]] has Charlie in the friend-zone. [[spoiler: He never gets out.]]
* LoveMakesYouUncreative: Charlie's art seems to be better-received at the end of the movie when he's [[spoiler:single and content with it.]]
* NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan: It's set in the upper-east side.
* NiceJewishBoy: Charlie is Jewish, and certainly nice.
* NotoriousParent: Sebastian's father is so famous that after his arrest of white-collar criminal charges, {{Paparazzi}} are interested in Sebastian and he's even refused service at a bar.
* StraightGay: Tim especially.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: One girl-friend ditches Sebastian and Charlie's wider friend circle while Sebastian's in a depression. For her part, she thinks he's It'sAllAboutMe.
* WomenAreWiser: Charlie's mother thinks correctly that Charlie and Sebastian moving in together will put a strain on their friendship.
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