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Piper Perabo and Lena Headey in
Imagine Me and You |
Where's Hugh?
Imagine Me and You
Directed by Ol Parker
Certificate 12A
THIS film has the sense that it was written by committee. It has a plot that feels like bored studio execs sat around playing the parlour game ‘consequences’ but forgot to add the ingredient that makes the game worthwhile: a hefty dose of smut.
Rachel (Piper Perado) is a blushing bride, marrying the man of her dreams, whose name, Heck, even appears to be created by a group of people round a studios coffee machine or water cooler.
Heck is the world’s most perfect man – but not good enough for our leading lady. This being a British film clearly marketed to the American audience – we Brits are far too cynical to fall for anything as stupid as this – means the lead should by rights be played by Hugh Grant. Instead we are treated to his sound-a-like Matthew Goode, an actor who is trying to carve a niche as a pleasant young upper class Englishman. He is therefore rather annoying, and instead of feeling sorry for him that his newly wedded has decided to fall for Luce, the lady who did the flowers at their ceremony.
The concept of love at first sight is not explored in any detail: their eyes meet and they get the hots for each other…and, er, that’s about it. The backdrop of London feels incredibly small.
They keep ‘bumping’ into each other unexpectedly. Its just all too far-fetched to be treated like a true romantic tale. And the pair are just too perfect. Luce runs such a successful business, and looks pristine, and seems fairly jolly – but has absolutely no friends whatsoever. Why? Because her character is so flawless she simply couldn’t exist.
Rachel has to decide whether to leave her new husband, who up to this point, has been her bestest friend ever. She can’t help herself, so after making her decision against the suitable backdrop of sunsets, she decides she loves someone else.
This film feels like the BBC Film wing is trying to do what the Channel Four Film people were so successful with around ten years ago.
It’s just this is a rather dry love story. I can only imagine the producers thought the fact it is between two women may make it interesting – but this may have been the case during Queen Victoria’s reign, just not any more. |
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