This movie is not a chick-flick.

Rating: Null/10 (2 December 2004)

I watched this film at a sneak-preview tonite. The story follows the lives of four people (2 male, 2 female) as they meet and interact in friendship and "romance". I use the quotes because this is about struggle more than anything. The darkness of the characters' lives and their struggle is somewhat borne out by the dreary weather of London (the setting). While most films about struggle invite the viewer to empathize with at least one character, this one offers no such invitation. We care very little for any of the four, especially by the end of the film. There is no love story here, only painful emotion, foul language, and deep sorrow. I'm dubbing this one the Anti-Chick-Flick Chick-Flick. Don't let the adverts fool you, and don't see it if you are easily offended by sequences of graphic sexual dialogue (MPAA's words, not mine). -mikey