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Me Without You

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During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly (Michelle Williams) and Marina (Anna Friel) make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fiercely independent, determined to try everything, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. But for Holly, a friendship that has never been equal gradually starts to feel like a trap.
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At times ponderous, Me Without You is engaging due to the fine work by Williams and Friel.

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Alyx Vesey Bitch Media 01/11/2021
Writer-director Sandra Goldbacher's 2001 feature Me Without You... serves as further evidence for the kind of actress Williams was to become. Go to Full Review Richard Nilsen Arizona Republic 09/20/2002
2/5
Although the film deserves some points for trying to describe the intensity of best-friendship between girls, it fails to make them interesting people. Go to Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post 09/13/2002
Feels like a late-baby-boomer family album. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 03/02/2024
While Williams’ British accent is sometimes spotty, she is able to chart the internal arc of Holly over the decades with the same kind of raw emotionality and complexity that has since become her signature Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/16/2020
3.5/4.0
If you prefer your actresses to portray bold and strong women, then this lost gem given new life by First Run Features should be on your agenda. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
2.5/5
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MsLouLou C 03/24/2023 Having grown up with a toxic friend like Marina, I could relate to Holly very much. Also, Holly's unrequited love of Oliver Milburn's character (which, who wouldn't be) was something I believe most women have experienced. The acting is terrific. Michelle Williams, phenomenal as always, has a passable accent, though no one really spoke with the regional accent. Anna Friel also has an amazing performance as the jealous, possessive, reckless, diabolical "best friend" who wants everything Holly has. There was only one part of the film I didn't love; the very end. It felt too contrived. Overall, I enjoyed watching, though. I plan to put my partner through viewing it this evening (he secretly hates every film I put him through). See more Isla S 09/02/2022 I liked this film as it did well in portraying a friendship through the decades - the highs and the lows. It seemed pretty realistic and it features good performances from the two main cast members - Anna Friel and Michelle Williams. It features a good soundtrack and is worth a watch. See more Jordan M 03/25/2022 I thought the 2nd act where the girls compete to win the love of their professor was the best part, mostly because it was rather conventional and Kyle is a good actor. In the first and third acts they go the unconventional route of making no effort to endear the main characters to the audience and make the bizarre decision to show a character trying heroin with no serious negative impact on her life. I found myself not rooting for either of them to succeed really, and for a movie like this one it caused the whole thing to be remembered as a boring movie I endured rather than an interesting examination of female friendships. See more 02/06/2020 This was good, but the repetitive circular themes got tiresome....and in the end, it all felt very unrewarding. See more 12/06/2015 Intimate and sad film about the nature of manipulative female friendships. I'm extra generous here because not many movies show how profound these can be - the film-making is eh. Michelle Williams kills her role as always. See more 08/06/2015 this was on so i watched it. putting off watching 'birdman' for reasons i can't explain. See more Read all reviews
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Sandra Goldbacher

Director

Anna Friel

Marina

Michelle Williams

Holly

Kyle MacLachlan

Daniel

Oliver Milburn

Nat

Trudie Styler

Linda

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Synopsis During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly (Michelle Williams) and Marina (Anna Friel) make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fiercely independent, determined to try everything, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. But for Holly, a friendship that has never been equal gradually starts to feel like a trap.
Director
Sandra Goldbacher
Producer
Finola Dwyer
Screenwriter
Sandra Goldbacher
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co
Fireworks Pictures
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language|Drug Use)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 5, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 5, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$301.2K
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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