Could Be Better

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2006)

This movie assembles a cast of amazing British actors who are a pleasure to watch on screen. Emma Thompson's performance is moving and Hugh Grant is delightful as the Prime Minister of Britain. However the film includes a couple of inappropriate and unnecessary story lines which take away from the movie. The first of these story lines includes two stand-ins for a movie who meet and fall in love while doing stand-in work for what looks like a porn film. Lets just say there is too much dialog about nipples. Secondly is a story concerning a child who has just lost his mother and finds himself in love with a girl at school. Not that young love is in itself a bad thing. However this movie takes it to the extreme and it just becomes ridiculous.