Remember the comedies of remarriage, My Favourite Wife or Move Over Darling? Well imagine them played straight as the tragedies they would be, with your most charismatic cast member relegated to bitching about how life isn't fair. Simu does get to sing the theme tune though
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Upgraded 2024
Weirdly this has almost the exact same set up as last year's Love At First Sight, a meet cute on a plane, romance in and around London, but this is more of a workcom than romcom. It is going for an out of control lie comedy mixed with The Devil Wears Prada, which ends up being more successful that Love At First Sight, if only for Lena Olin in the supporting cast camping it up royally.
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Florence Foster Jenkins 2016
Its all about ethics in music journalism.
A strange, low stakes movie which bubbles along with jolly bonhomie whilst the elephant in the room (Florence's singing voice) gets showcased to laughing at hilarity. Like Hugh Grant's husband, the film tries to have its cake and eat it, laughing at Florence whilst also sharing her passion for music. It also manages pathos with hints of a less than happy past. It does all crumble to dust in the final reel, though…
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Carol 2015
Sheer cinematic perfection, I am not sure I have seen the full flush of romance depicted quite this well: the nervousness of entry, that joy and edge of being in the partnership, and the stomach-churning horror of a break-up. Its all here and its all shot and dressed up it a swoonsome package. And the ending surprised me (and was well earned and made me cry).