nzpedals Great movie, even if the plot is a bit flimsy. I straight-away rated it a 10 because it meets all five of my tests 1. I can follow the story, I never have to ask "what is happening here". That is good writing and directing. (both David Kane) 2. I know who the characters are. I don't have to ask "who is this and what are they doing here". 3. Superb acting, not only the seven main characters, but the others and even the uncredited extras too. That takes good directing to make sure it all happens. 4. Several memorable scenes that stand out for their meaning for the whole movie. 5. Really good dialogue. The right words at the right time. OK, it's not really a story, more a lot of incidents that are skilfully, if loosely tied together. Do real people live like this? I don't, but I've enjoyed watching and listening. Three men and three women rotate partners over the course of two years, and a seventh has a girl-girl incident which fits in with all the other events. It starts with such a happy wedding, but that crashes at the reception when Danny(Douglas Henshall) trashes the wedding cake and storms out. The bride Hannah (Catherine McCormack) is in tears and heads of to the pub to get 'steamboats'. Two years later, they reconnect and head off for the much delayed honeymoon. How sweet. In between, there is an especially good scene on an escalator at a tube station. Hannah going down, Danny going up. They try to chat for a bit, then both turn to take a second look as the stairs take them apart. Very telling. Later, Danny comes to the Supermarket where Hannah is on a check-out and makes a moving, emotional speech. It works. A great performance from Jennifer Ehle too, especially a rather sad scene. There is only one silly scene, Marey and Liam bed-wrestling, with Liam still in his undies… and I 'm wondering, maybe that's how they do sex in Camden? Silly, but hilarious too. A final brief dialogue clip, Danny at the airport bar "She's not going to come…" and the guy next to him says… "I can't imagine why". But Hannah does run in and off they go to Corfu. Great.

fedor8 Could just as well have been titled "This Month's Love", the characters here being as fickle as they are. Very early on things get predictable; it's obvious the newly-weds would hook up at the end again, and it was obvious that everyone would get to screw everyone else. There is nothing wrong with a (romantic) comedy/drama of this kind, and a typical 90s British one at that (i.e. not too original), but when it professes to be a movie about love that's when things start to get ridiculous. The cheated-upon groom gives a speech about love at the end that is a scene straight out of the most formulaic Hollywood piece of crap imaginable. He talks about love and forgiveness – but it has nothing to do with the real world! Forgiveness is all well and fine, but how are we supposed to take McCormack's character seriously? She cheats on her man with his best friend/best man, days before the wedding, and we're supposed to root for them to hook up again. Does he really believe such women can be this likable? In what kind of a world of twisted morals does the writer dwell in? Does he engage in orgies? Is he a swinger? It'd be alright if this were an all-out comedy, but there is little to take too seriously here, like McCormack becoming a lesbian (ha-ha…), the absurd transformation of the comic-book nerd (and why the suicide attempt? suddenly it was heavy drama!… huh??), and even the comparatively tiny – but very silly – detail about McCormack being stuck in London because she can't get a cab for Heathrow. (What about the damn subway?! There's a direct line to the friggin' airport!) The acting and dialogues are not bad, the characters are relatively fun, but by half-time the film has used up most of the stuff in its limited bag of tricks, and it even becomes hard to follow who has screwed whom, and who'll be next. (It helps to take notes.) As far as the comedy is concerned, there is barely anything that should have you laughing here. You might grin 2-3 times but that's about it.

sellishall found this film by mistake and wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised, a real gem of a movie. Cathy Burke singing was a surprise and she wasn't that bad, The characters were realistic and I know the area well so can attest to this, happy endings were not mandatory in this film which makes it more poignant. Could imagine another film with these characters being made five years down the line and still holding our interest. Dougray Scott was surprisingly attractive even with greasy hair, he showed a good understanding of the character. All in all the actors in this film showed why British film-making is up there with the best.

CharltonBoy I should have known what this film would be like because it was premiered on a hardly ever watched Cable channel but i was determined to watch it symply because it starred the Brilliant Kathy Burke. It just goes to show no matter how good an actress is if she is in a film that is as dull as this she will still look poor. This film is about a group of 30 something batchelors who's lives are intertwined while they sleep and argue with each other and in the mean time bore the viewer silly. You may be mistaken in thinking this is set in glasgow not London because of the amount of Scottish actors. This film is a typical case of casting a great actress in a lousy film in a roll that does not suit her at all symply to have her name in the credits to sell the film. I would advise you to steer well clear. 5 out of 10.