|
|
|
| Release Date
|
: |
2002 |
| Aspect Ratio
|
: |
2.35 : 1 |
| Color
|
: |
Color (Technicolor) |
| Language
|
: |
English / French |
| Country
|
: |
UK / Germany |
| Runtime
|
: |
Germany:94 min (TV version) / USA:107 min |
| Genre
|
: |
Comedy / Drama |
|
Overwiew :One long, hot summer in seventies London, Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For the troubled, unpredictable Marina, with her seemingly glamorous father and her Valium-addicted mother, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. Meanwhile, Holly buries herself in books out of feelings of frustration with her over-protective mother and a nagging insecurity around her beautiful and possessive best friend. She holds just one secret from Marina, her increasing passion for Marina's brother Nat. As the years roll by, the girls experience everything life has to offer, sex, love, loss and rock 'n roll. But eventually for Holly, a friendship which has never been equal gradually begins to feel like a trap. |
Starring :
Anna Friel, Michelle Williams, Kyle MacLachlan, Oliver Milburn, Trudie Styler, Marianne Denicourt, Nicky Henson, Allan Corduner, Deborah Findlay, Steve John Shepherd, Anna Popplewell
Directors :
Sandra Goldbacher
Producers :
Jonathan Olsberg, Steve Christian, Finola Dwyer, Torsten Leschly, Judy Counihan, Ulrich Felsberg, Lila Rawlings
Writers :
Sandra Goldbacher, Laurence Coriat |
 Critic Reviews
|
Grade
|
|
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Paula Nechak : Buoyed by vulnerable performances by Anna Friel and Michelle Williams... more...
|
B
|
|
San Francisco Chronicle - Carla Meyer : ...powerful... more...
|
B
|
|
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : Too few dramas these days have an arc such as the one traversed by Me Without You. more...
|
B
|
|
New York Post - Lou Lumenick : The kind of chick flick that gives chick flicks a bad name. more...
|
C-
|
|
Film Threat - Merle Bertrand : ... tries mightily if unsuccessfully to engage us in an exploration of a true friendship's depth and changing nature throughout the years. more...
|
C+
|
|
Film Journal International - Ed Kelleher : ...intelligently captures the difficulties that can disrupt even a close friendship. more...
|
B+
|
|
E! Online - This relationship flick...may have been of interest if it had explored why this mismatched p : http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Movies/Reviews/0,1052,86858,00.html more...
|
|
|
Chicago Tribune - Lou Carlozo : Much of the spark in this film comes from the performances of Anna Friel...and Michelle Williams... more...
|
B
|
|
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert : ...has a bracing truth that's refreshing... more...
|
A-
|
|
BBC - (2 out of 5 stars) ...the characters are generally underdeveloped. : http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/01/31/the_claim_2001_review.shtml more...
|
(grade: B) .
|
|
| Total Reviews: | 0 | | Average Rating: |  |
|  |
|
|
|
|
