It was pretty crap

Rating: 5/10 (5 January 2008)

My feelings for this movie are ambiguous, to put it lightly.
The characters couldn't have been more two-dimensional. There was no effort put in to make the characters believable. Instead of trying to expand on different aspects of potentially brilliant characters, several more uninteresting, 'flat' characters are shoved in our faces.
So many story lines were pointless. So two people are body doubles in a porn film. And they fall in 'love'. So what? What is the point of that storyline, other then to have multiple sex scenes shoved down our throats? And what was the point of the 'secret admirer' of Keira Knightley? Admittedly there were a few good scenes in this storyline, but there was no climax. He tells her how he feels. Then what? Did the writers forget this storyline? I would include the Bill Nighy storyline here too, but there were several redeeming scenes. The story was pointless, but somewhat entertaining.
The swearing was overdone. Yes, have swearing if you wish. Swearing can work well to develop characters, add tension to a storyline. When used in the right places it can also add comedy. But the writers don't take any notice of this-they include swearing for the sake of it. After the first scene it just wasn't funny anymore. Martine McCutcheon's swearing seemed very forced-if it seems forced, that indicates that it has no purpose there.
I could go on, but for now I'll just give some credit to the actors. They worked with what they were given, they did their best (overall) to add characterization to the cardboard cutouts they were given to work with. Some were more successful then others.
Five out of ten. But only because of the acting and one storyline. Anyone who watched the movie will know which storyline I mean.