Imagine Me And You Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

new heritage

You can't help feeling this film is aimed at foreign audiences who lap up idealisations of 'quirky Englishness' - the odd characters; the predictable, cutesy situations (specially with precocious children); the clipped dialogue; the corny lines; the unrealistically odd-but-glamorous settings; the sweeping panoramas of London from Primrose Hill: it's all a little coffee-commercial.

But where it's brave in its way is that the relationship at the centre of the story is gay: it may seem obvious and boring and so-what, but - let's face it - this is not an often-seen theme, nor is it usually handled matter-of-factly, as it is here.

So: it may be more than a little toe-curling at times, and about as convincing as the Gold Blend ads, but full marks for extending the boundaries of an existing cliché.

(The two female leads are too alike, though - both gorgeous, wide-mouthed and with tumbling locks. But that's a minor gripe.)

A feel good film

I loved this film. It's got a great leads(Lena Headey as Luce is brillant) and a great supporting cast. The subject of falling for someone else whilst married is well tackled with sympathy for both the two women and the husband who's wife is falling for someone else. It's good to see a 'mainstream' lesbian film with a happy ending which should appeal to everyone.