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StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

amarobenq This movie immediately seemed another boring and predictable romantic comedy. Its first 5 to 15 minutes are almost annoyingly predictable, but manage to keep you going on watching, at least if you have any hope on a change of story. But just after that predictable, annoying start, things start to change in a more realistic way, giving the story its own sense of reality that seemed to be a bit wobbly. The movie quickly gets amusing to watch, as the main character (played by Hugh Grant) starts making some remarkable, but also extremely funny and joyful remarks. The movie improves by the minute, and Holly (played by Marisa Tomei) brings out the best of the movie from the first moment she shows up. The combination between both main characters is surprisingly addictive movie-wise, perhaps more-so than some of the best romantic movies of all time. The movie improved by the minute and it actually sends a beautiful message of autonomy, respect, cooperation, resilience, love and care. In the middle of all this comes the remarkable and humorous parts the movie has, taking some weight out of the romance, thus turning it into a romantic comedy. To sum up without trying to be more of a spoiler: First 10 minutes can be quite boring and give you a sense that it is going to be a dull, romantic movie. But after Holly (Marisa Tomei) shows up and Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant) lightens up the mood with his incredible remarks and sense of humour, you will just get addicted on it and enjoy every second of it until the end.

Rob-O-Cop There were a lot of really good ideas in this movie and practically everyone of them fell flat either from lackluster delivery or just plain mishandling. Hugh Grants character had no focus, he seemed tired and old, and not at all the result of his circumstances. This is the 4th movie the Director and Grant have worked on and each one gets more and more of a phoned in event, and Grant is obviously capable of much more. I can only assume that he was directed to deliver this character, which is just a phone in Hugh Grant really, but Grant is most certainly capable of reinventing himself as he has done on many occasions so far, and this would have been a perfect opportunity to do so again as the narrative of his character is dubious and morally askew at best. He goes from having a relationship with a student at the start to aiming for a relationship with an older student at the end. Both illegal for his position as teacher. What a character development curve. And I didn't mind the politically incorrect nature of it all if they had actually followed through on it better, but they Hollywood rom comm'd it right through from the cheesy music to the slow paced delivery. I could have really played on the Meta nature of evens, reflecting Grant's passing light and the writer's own checkered history of success but it fumbles it all and makes 1/4 the impact it could have. And poor old Hugh Grant, moved like his joints ached and he was 20 years older than he is.

socrates99 Grant's a lesson in urbanity and wit in most of his movies but never as convincingly as here in this low budget but perfectly cast and beautifully written light comedy set in Binghamton, New York. The movie is about a Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a hit in years whose agent gets him a paying 'gig' as a college instructor teaching screen writing.Marisa Tomei gets into his class, J.K. Simmons is Head of his department, and Chris Elliott also teaches at the college and lives next door. Allison Janney plays a pivotal part as the fearsome Professor Weldon, the Head of the Ethics Committee, in front of which Grant is taken for having an innocent affair with one of his students.All in all I thought the comedic timing and direction near perfect and more than a little enjoyable. Clearly the stars here read the script and thought it delightful. With one caveat, that I've taught and live in a college town, I highly recommend. Hugh Grant fans will be especially enthralled but this should be a good choice for any guy too.

Cinema_Love First i must say i am not the biggest fan of Hugh Grant acting. I find him good in Love, Actually... Nothing Hill and recently in The Man from U.N.C.L.E... what i have to say is that we finally have a serious actor here. An actor that seems to love what he is doing again. Like the old days when he start in the UKs. This movie is all about art, literature but explain not in a boring way but in a smart and funny way. Our protagonist, Hugh Grant is a loner, alcoholic, he is divorced and has not spoke to his son since a year.Here, he start by developing a romance with a young student about 20 years old (yeah he is really 50+) but really he don't look like a 50 years old man. I had to check here in IMDb because i was thinking he was like 43-44. So, his romance start and secretly, but soon many will knows and it won't help our ''anti-hero''.He need that ''kick in the arse'' to get back on track on his life, and he start to enjoy what he is doing. I love where they go with that film and i also love the non-happy ending Hollywood like to give to us. Sure, it is more of an independent film but it is very professional and i'm impressed also by the acting of Marisa Tomei and J.K. Simmons. Recommended.