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Modern Life Is Rubbish

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Although they were initially brought together by their shared love of music, 10 years later, Liam and Natalie reach a breaking point. Sometimes opposites attract but don't necessarily work once they're in long-term relationships. As they make the difficult decision to separate, they start by splitting their prized music library, but the soundtrack that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.
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Kevin Maher Times (UK) It's like a strange and enervating cross between High Fidelity and One Day where everyone on screen makes you want to thump yourself in the face. Rated: 1/5 May 4, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom [Josh] Whitehouse and [Freya] Mavor have great chemistry and give their thinly written characters charm and energy, which keeps us on their side through very predictable ups and downs. Rated: B Apr 27, 2018 Full Review Adam Graham Detroit News "Modern Life is Rubbish" has a song in its heart, and it will put one in yours. Rated: B Apr 27, 2018 Full Review Rachel Brook One Room With A View Sadly, Gawthorne's script stumbles at the last hurdle...he caps the film with a twee artificial ending which doesn't deserve the sentiment it aims for. Rated: 3/5 Feb 13, 2019 Full Review Andy Lea Daily Express (UK) A contrived plot with a predictable twist and overuse of syrupy montages undermine its rock and roll credentials. Rated: 2/5 May 5, 2018 Full Review Filipe Freitas Film Threat This song [plays] wrong jarring chords. Rated: 3/10 Apr 30, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Just a beautiful romantic movie. Love the naive musical boy finally realized the so called "success" is falling on him, yet is nothing with his true love. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Those youngsters who truly love an inspirational music stories that really rocks ought to watch this story of the one amazing couple who are going through some challenging time, but really good music surrounds them and accompanying to overcome difficulties.. All the music lovers that movie is due for you!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved it. Few films capture the joy of falling in love like this movie does. Plus there’s a huge helping of British 90s nostalgia, which is right up my street. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member A witty and warm romantic film with standout perfromances from it's two leads. Really enjoyed watching two people trying to keep their relationship together. Not to be missed and according to deadline it's going to play in the US xx Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Charming and heartfelt. Loved everything about it!!! Amazing soundtrack too. Highly recommend for anyone who has even been in love. Not for cynics ;) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Modern Life Is Rubbish

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Synopsis Although they were initially brought together by their shared love of music, 10 years later, Liam and Natalie reach a breaking point. Sometimes opposites attract but don't necessarily work once they're in long-term relationships. As they make the difficult decision to separate, they start by splitting their prized music library, but the soundtrack that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.
Director
Daniel Gill
Screenwriter
Philip Gawthorne
Distributor
Cleopatra Entertainment
Production Co
Cleopatra Records
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 27, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2018
Runtime
1h 45m
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