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6.6/10 • 955

2015-05-291h 28m

RomanceComedy

If you can't get a date... just steal one!

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

Directors
Ben Palmer
Writters
Tess Morris
Editors
Tess Morris, Paul Machliss

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Simon Pegg

    Simon Pegg

    Jack

  2. Lake Bell

    Lake Bell

    Nancy

  3. Rory Kinnear

    Rory Kinnear

    Sean

  4. Ken Stott

    Ken Stott

    Bert

  5. Harriet Walter

    Harriet Walter

    Fran

  6. Sharon Horgan

    Sharon Horgan

    Elaine

  7. Ophelia Lovibond

    Ophelia Lovibond

    Jessica

  8. Olivia Williams

    Olivia Williams

    Hilary

  9. Stephen Campbell Moore

    Stephen Campbell Moore

    Ed

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Reno

Dec 14, 2015

8/10

Sometimes the right thing comes from the wrong.
Another excellent Simon Pegg movie. This is his fourth movie I'm seeing inside a month and I enjoyed them all, especially 'Hector and Search for Happiness' was my favourite. This was a romantic-comedy that takes place in just one evening. A story about blind dating, boy meets girl, they spend a quality time by sharing the details and later turn against each other. So a recycled old theme that was very well crafted. If you see the poster what does the tagline says, well, that's what I was looking for. I had 'Date Night' in my mind, and thought it might be an altered British version. Other than that I was truly not expecting anything special, but a normal comedy, maybe sloppy. And it does only until a certain stage of the story, but 30 minutes later it overturns. So the best narration briskly took a slide towards joyous ride in the remaining 1 hour. I think, for right now Simon Pegg is my favourite British actor and you know the reason that I stated in the first paragraph. Lake Bell, who donned in a director's hat in her recent feature was so good on a 34 year-old role she played in this film. Together they were so perfect, one of the best on-screen couple with a wonderful chemistry. It was a story of two middle aged odd guys whose lives were shattered for some reasons. They meet accidentally and bond well. Once the truth got out, they repel away, but they both have something in common and that puts them on a test once they decide to correct the mistakes they have made.
"After this shot I will stronger,
wiser and finally moving on."
At some stage in the life every person will going to be in their 30s and 40s (and some were had been there) like the couple from this film. The life won't be the same for everybody like that shown here, but can be understood, because that's the experience that define it. Despite romance crisis about the middle-aged guys, many dialogues were excellently written and funny as well. A couple of lines really made me worry and I can't just ignore by saying it was just a flick. Kind of easy to begin a story, like we're standing in an open ground and decide to move any direction we want in our 360º angle. But development is the key factor in the movie making and this film outshines. The real challenge was how to end it and once again it was a beautiful conclusion, even though I knew it was so cliché for a romantic-comedy. Overally looked a fairy-tale like theme, which irresistible if you love touching romantic stories. Definitely a good movie from the director of 'The Inbetweeners' and I'm going to recommend it for those who also liked the similar movies below I mentioned. But remember it's only cinematically amusing than being realistic. 7½/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$3,000,000.00
Keywords
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