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we have chalk and cheese characters again, kristin scott thomas who is kate who is uptight and believesal music and we have lisa played by sharon horgan who says, why can't we sing pop songs? or cyndi lauper‘s time after time? if anyone sings cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i lose it. it hit some very obvious button—pushing moments, some of the characters are done in thumbnails, but it is one of those films that just. .. i have seen it twice now and both times i have laughed solidly because there is a great comic chemistry between kristin scott thomas and sharon horgan particularly and there are four or five sequences in which ijust wept because the thing about it is that for all the things that are wrong with it, for all the things that are cliched, corny, it gets little details right. it is amazing how much a small detail, someone packing away their partner's things by the time that they will be away on their tour of duty, somebody asking, how do you cope? do you just not talk about it? and then being greeted by silence. these little moments that mean when everyone bursts into song an
we have chalk and cheese characters again, kristin scott thomas who is kate who is uptight and believesal music and we have lisa played by sharon horgan who says, why can't we sing pop songs? or cyndi lauper‘s time after time? if anyone sings cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i lose it. it hit some very obvious button—pushing moments, some of the characters are done in thumbnails, but it is one of those films that just. .. i have seen it twice now and both times i have laughed solidly...
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we have kristin scott thomas, who is kate, who is sort of uptight and believes in classical music.s played by sharon horgan, who is much more kind of why don't they just we sing pop songs? "why can't we sing cyndi lauper‘s time after time?" incidentally, the minute anyone sings anything from cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i start crying. laughs. you could — you could accuse the film of a lot of things. it is kind of cliched, it's kind of formulaic. it hits some very, very obvious button—pushing moments. some of the characters are done in thumbnails. but it is one of those films that just — i have seen it twice now and both times, i have laughed solidly because there is a great comic chemistry between kristin scott thomas and sharon horgan particularly. and also, there are four or five sequences in which ijust wept! and because the thing about it is that for all the things that are wrong with it, for all the things that are cliched, for all the things that are corny, it gets little details right. and it is amazing how much a small detail — someone packing away their partner's thing
we have kristin scott thomas, who is kate, who is sort of uptight and believes in classical music.s played by sharon horgan, who is much more kind of why don't they just we sing pop songs? "why can't we sing cyndi lauper‘s time after time?" incidentally, the minute anyone sings anything from cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i start crying. laughs. you could — you could accuse the film of a lot of things. it is kind of cliched, it's kind of formulaic. it hits some very, very...
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we have kristin scott thomas, who is kate, who is sort of uptight and believes in classical music.sharon horgan, who is much more kind of why don't they just we sing pop songs? "why can't we sing cyndi lauper‘s time after time?" incidentally, the minute anyone sings anything from cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i start crying. laughs. you could — you could accuse the film of a lot of things. it is kind of cliched, it's kind of formulaic. it hits some very, very obvious button—pushing moments. some of the characters are done in thumbnails. but it is one of those films that just — i have seen it twice now and both times, i have laughed solidly because there is a great comic chemistry between kristin scott thomas and sharon horgan particularly. and also, there are four or five sequences in which ijust wept! and because the thing about it is that for all the things that are wrong with it, for all the things that are cliched, for all the things that are corny, it gets little details right. and it is amazing how much a small detail — someone packing away their partner's things for the ti
we have kristin scott thomas, who is kate, who is sort of uptight and believes in classical music.sharon horgan, who is much more kind of why don't they just we sing pop songs? "why can't we sing cyndi lauper‘s time after time?" incidentally, the minute anyone sings anything from cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i start crying. laughs. you could — you could accuse the film of a lot of things. it is kind of cliched, it's kind of formulaic. it hits some very, very obvious...
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we have kristin scott thomas, who is kate, who is sort of uptight and believes in classical music.is much more kind of why don't they just we sing pop songs? "why can't we sing cyndi lauper‘s time after time?" incidentally, the minute anyone sings anything from cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i start crying. laughs. you could — you could accuse the film of a lot of things. it is kind of cliched, it's kind of formulaic. it hits some very, very obvious button—pushing moments. some of the characters are done in thumbnails. but it is one of those films that just — i have seen it twice now and both times, i have laughed solidly because there is a great comic chemistry between kristin scott thomas and sharon horgan particularly. and also, there are four or five sequences in which ijust wept! and because the thing about it is that for all the things that are wrong with it, for all the things that are cliched, for all the things that are corny, it gets little details right. and it is amazing how much a small detail — someone packing away their partner's things for the time that they will b
we have kristin scott thomas, who is kate, who is sort of uptight and believes in classical music.is much more kind of why don't they just we sing pop songs? "why can't we sing cyndi lauper‘s time after time?" incidentally, the minute anyone sings anything from cyndi lauper‘s time after time, i start crying. laughs. you could — you could accuse the film of a lot of things. it is kind of cliched, it's kind of formulaic. it hits some very, very obvious button—pushing moments....