The Very Thought of You

PG-13 6.4
1999 1 hr 28 min Comedy , Romance

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture

  • Cast:
    Monica Potter , Rufus Sewell , Tom Hollander , Joseph Fiennes , Ray Winstone , Paul Bigley , Steven O'Donnell

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Reviews

Exoticalot
1999/08/27

People are voting emotionally.

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Nayan Gough
1999/08/28

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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Fatma Suarez
1999/08/29

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Kayden
1999/08/30

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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talya-5
1999/08/31

Joseph Fiennes acts unbelievably badly in this movie, it was really painful to watch. His brother Ralph must be appalled! He wasn't quite as bad in Shakespeare in Love. It could have been an OK piece of fluff to watch on the couch if it weren't for his acting. At least he's really good looking which gives a slight compensation! Rest of the cast range from bad to ordinary acting- wise, and the characters are all quite irritating - especially Rufus Sewell's character. The character of the neighbor was OK. Monica Potter was reasonable. Production values were fine - it looks like a regular film with an OK budget, and the camera work etc. were all fine for a B movie. The plot wasn't in any way credible and despite the premise that three guys are attracted to one girl there didn't seem to be any chemistry between anybody at all. I didn't feel that I cared in the slightest about what happened to anybody. I really disliked this movie, in case you can't tell already!

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Cezzie
1999/09/01

I'm a fan of Joseph Fiennes, so naturally, this was a film I've been wanting to see for ages. And it didn't disapoint me one bit!The plot is basiclly three English friends meet an American girl within three days, at seperate times, and they all fall for her. First, I was excited to see a romantic comedy set in Britain ... I always look forward to those. And then, despite the ending being pretty predictable, I came to the conclusion that this is definately one of the best Romantic Comedy films I've ever seen.Monica Potter does a great job at Martha, the American girl who's had enough of her life in America so buys the first plane ticket to anywhere for $99, and ends up in London. There were one liners from Martha that made me laugh so much.Tom Hollander is a great Daniel, the rich and spoilt British guy who's a bit of a ladies man, and just loves to get a rise out of Frank. It's by not trying to be funny that makes us love and laugh at Daniel. Hollander does a great job at achieving this.Joseph Fiennes ... is there any criticism you can give this man? He's perfect for the role of Laurence, and that's why it works so well. When you look into his eyes, you can dive deep into his soul, and he has the sort of face which you love. Laurence is the romantic and sensitive character, and I can't imagine a better person than Fiennes playing him.Rufus Sewell as Frank steals the show. Frank is the funniest character, despite how serious he is. Frank, the depressed and failed actor who is constantly getting into arguements with Daniel, will have you laughing your ass off! I can't think of a time when he said something I didn't laugh at. If you're not a big fan of Romantic Comedies, this movie is worth watching, just for Sewell.Stars out of 10 : 10

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Jonathan Fain
1999/09/02

This movie is touching, the plot is built nicely... The way we go back to see what happened with each of the charachter...Soundtrack has some nice songs in it too...A movie to watch with your girlfriend.8 of 10. For the nice time watching this film.

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smokecat
1999/09/03

I can understand people in the US wont rent this movie, the cover seems really like false advertising! I mean Potter looks totally different - she does't look like that in the movie! and it says sth "sexy" film- which is totally the opposite from what it is!!!

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