Easy

R

Released Jan 18, 2004

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

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56%

16 Reviews

Tomatometer

48%

1,000+ Ratings

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Perpetually sleeping around in search of the perfect guy, Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) begins to have second thoughts after a failed relationship with poet John Kalicharan (Naveen Andrews). Resolving to take a temporary vow of celibacy, Jamie's goal is shaken by her friend Mick McCabe (Brian F. O'Byrne), whose sincere devotion to her starts to dissolve her mistrust of men. Their budding relationship is disturbed when John returns, pledging his love for Jamie.

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Dave S

Jamie (Marguerite Moreau) is a young woman paid to assess unusual consumer products and name them accordingly for marketing purposes. Unfortunately for Jamie, she is unable to assess her own life in the same objective manner. Seemingly unable to differentiate between love and sex, she commits to a vow of celibacy to help define her view on relationships. While Easy is similar in many ways to other films in the rom-com genre, what separates it from the pack is the magnetic performance of Moreau, who absolutely radiates in every scene, making her character vulnerable, relatable and likeable despite her considerable flaws. Complimented by a bevy of interesting supporting characters and dialogue that feels real throughout, Easy is a movie filled with heartbreak, laughter and insight.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Audience Member

Easy is not a chick flick, it might seem like it but its not, and its not your standard followed a roommate comedy. Easy is the film all these high around movies aspire to be smart, funny , sexy, appealing to both sexes, Easy is a funny , emotional, sexy movie for thinking adults. As that being said for this being a sold film, That captures what a young adult would in this type of situation, and for the leading actress being really convincing, I give " Easy " a solid C.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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steve d

The charm of Marguerite Moreau makes it fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Cute and witty, with some unexpected, though plausible, twists in the plot; lots of likeable characters throughout.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Marquerite Moreau gives an appealing performance in this slight romcom.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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jon c

Marguerite Moreau shines in this independent romance-dramedy a relaxing atmosphere combined with smooth music and real drama a woman thinks that love is very easy but when she chooses the celibate life things start to crumble and unravel her sister played by 'Bones' star Emily Deschanel gives a remarkably powerhouse performance you can see where Jamie and her family are struggling to get through this movie though still has a lot of problems when it comes to the characters and their decisions, stupid, reckless and idiotic aside from all that the film says love is never easy, sex might seem easy but can take a strain, and one person's choice is still somewhat difficult it's a pretty good time-waster

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Jane Weinstock

Director

Marguerite Moreau

Jamie Harris

Brian F. O'Byrne

Mick

Naveen Andrews

John

Emily Deschanel

Laura

Caroline Goodall

Sandy

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Weinstock's screenplay takes too many shortcuts, never letting the characters emerge as people in their own right, rather than as a collection of carefully assigned character traits.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 29, 2004

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Anita Gates

New York Times

[Weinstock] does an impressive job of capturing the brave messiness of single life, or at least of 20-something dating.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 29, 2004

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

The movie ends on exactly the right note, but it hits a lot of bad ones on the way.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 29, 2004

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Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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E! Online

A few chuckles and an attractive cast of capable actors can't overcome a scattered script that travels well-worn indie territory.

Rated: C

Dec 3, 2004

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Sean Axmaker

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

... tries to coast on this surface of quirks and cute details, but Weinstock's perfunctory direction stumbles over her attempts at humor and sabotages her performers.

Rated: C-

Nov 27, 2004

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Synopsis

Perpetually sleeping around in search of the perfect guy, Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) begins to have second thoughts after a failed relationship with poet John Kalicharan (Naveen Andrews). Resolving to take a temporary vow of celibacy, Jamie's goal is shaken by her friend Mick McCabe (Brian F. O'Byrne), whose sincere devotion to her starts to dissolve her mistrust of men. Their budding relationship is disturbed when John returns, pledging his love for Jamie.

Director: Jane Weinstock
Producer: James Welling
Production Co: Over Easy Productions
Rating: R (Strong Sexual Content|Language|Brief Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround