You Me And She - Wayne Wonder

Advantages: friendship flick
Disadvantages: 80s fashions, drug use, swearing

...girls oblivious to what he?s doing. Then Nat comes back. And everything changes. * Characters * Marina is the rebel, the one who craves affection because she doesn?t get it from her own family. Anna Friel plays her part well as the flirty friend who Holly looks up to. The viewer is left to wonder if Marina is actually jealous of Holly as she seems to delight in trying to ruin any happiness for her best friend. Holly is the quiet one, the plain one who wants to be like her best friend but can never quite match up. Michelle Williams shines as Holly. For those who don?t know her, she plays Jen in Dawson?s Creek, although you?ll be hard pushed to recognise her as dowdy Holly! I also think she may have gone to the Bridget Jones Academy of Accents, in that her English accent does slip up from time to time! However, she does... Read review

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Advantages: Celia Imrie's always good value
Disadvantages: Incredibly bland

...Rachel is at the church marrying Heck when she first lays eyes on florist Luce. When they bump into each other at the reception later there is an undeniable spark. Heck unwittingly brings the pair closer when he tries to set Luce up with his best mate Coop. But can the women admit their feelings for each other when so many other people stand to get hurt? Imagine "Notting Hill" with lesbians instead of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Congratulations, you've just found what "Imagine Me and You" is aspiring to. Writer/director Ol Parker's film is as unremittingly bland and upper middle-class as Curtis' work, but lacks the spark of originality and sense of the absurd Curtis clings to. Otherwise it is a virtual carbon copy of The "Four Weddings" originator's work. From the Primrose Hill setting and the privileged background of the characters... Read review

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Advantages: excellent human drama
Disadvantages: none

...I first came across esteemed playwright Kenneth Lonergan when I saw the much-touted production of his This Is Our Youth the year before last. Since then I?ve kept meaning to follow up and finally got one more step down the road in watching his celluloid directorial debut, You Can Count On Me. This simple tale of fraught familial relations stars the luminous Laura Linney in an Oscar nominated turn as Sammy Prescott, who has spent her whole life in Scottsville, New York, and has settled into a routine of being Lending Officer at the local bank, raising her son Rudy (Rory Culkin) as a single parent, and filing the correspondence she receives from her wayward brother, Terry (Mark Ruffalo in a career breakthrough performance). Over the course of a few months, however, her life seems to slowly revolve on its axis, as Terry returns home... Read review

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