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Roger Goldby directed this leisurely dramedy in which nothing much happens; the cast is pleasant.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/27/23
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Really slow, but sweet. Nice ending...
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/07/23
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In a movie like this, people usually miss the parent-child love stories. While it's not shown, Anna seems to realize that she has let her negative feelings about Toby disrupt the father-child bond. She rectifies that, just as she rectifies her betrayal of her friend, Jem. Meanwhile, George has gone off the rails, and that includes being an increasingly distant father and husband. That, too, is fixed. So, while the love-at-first-site story seems to be important, it is really not. The only thing that bothered me about the film was that the "hero" (Stephen) is unfair and distant to Fiona, and why should we feel that he will be any more understanding or communicative with Anna??
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/27/23
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I thought this movie was fantastic, with realistic portrayals of the problems and complications of relationships. As cliche as the ending was, I loved it and thought it was really sweet! I am not a huge fan on British cinema, but this was an exception to the rule!
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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I need to quibble with Colleen's review, because she completely missed the relationship tangles here. Yes, the seemingly uncaring husband, mean to his wife, is also cheating on her with the female neighbor next door. That woman has a child, from her former husband, with whom she quarrels and gets little support. Meanwhile, the other young man (who works in the old folks home) does not live "next door" to anyone -- he in fact lives with a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WOMAN in another part of town entirely...she just happens to also have blonde hair, and looks a little bit like the other character.
The uncaring, cheating husband character is NOT a psychotherapist...he is actually unemployed, is a "house husband," and has been offered a job that he does not want. The psychotherapist is a visitor to their home for one evening, who is being "set up" as the date for the single woman who is having the affair with the husband.
Colleen obviously did not enjoy the film, but I am wondering if her confusion about just who is who in the darn thing in a small way contributed to her negative reactions. I found it charming and quite realistic, and was not bothered at all by the slow movement of the script, which calls for the viewer to pay attention to the subtle changes that make all of these characters more human, and more sympathetic, by film's end.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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The plot is very weak and the flim is slow moving. The film plods along without any genuine character development. Rupert Graves, Anne Marie-Duffy, Phyllida Law are excellent actors completely wasted by the dull and uneventful script. There is pointless full frontal male nudity showing the man urinating into a toilet. Scenes like this do absolutely nothing to develop the narrative development. I don't mind nudity in films - but at least the film has to have some semblance of a plot.
The dull script revolves around a married couple - with the husband committing adultery with the next door neighbor - and that next door neighbor living with a commitment phobic boyfriend who does not want to marry her, nor have kids with her. To make matters even more pathetic - the husband who is committing adultery with the next door neighbor is a psychotherapist. He brags he earns 50 British pounds per hour (approx. $120 US dollars an hour) - but his OWN personal life is completely screwed up - he cheats on his wife - he is an indifferent, disengaged father....when his own child is crying in the night - wailing for help - the father refuses to go help his child - the father sits and reads a book - and ignores his crying child - and THIS is a person who charges $120 dollars an hour as a pscychotherapist who tells people how to fix their personal problems? Pathetic.
To make matters even worse - the adulterous, cheating husband actually has the nerve to invite his next door mistress over to dinner and have the unsuspecting wife prepare a dinner party for his next door neighbor mistress. Appalling!
The husband has no charm, totally self absorbed - it was hard for me to understand what all these women even see in this guy. I have always been an admirer of Rupert Graves acting - he's a terrific actor - totally wasted in a weak script.
To sum it up - this film is a snooze-fest - just a British soap opera which was made for British television Channel 4.
This film is certainly not the worst movie ever made - just plodding, dull script without character development. Too bad so many excellent actors were wasted on this snooze-fest. I would grade this film with a very weak C minus.
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Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
01/22/23
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