One of the best films i have seen

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The only reason I enjoyed this film was the Swiss-born French actress Irene Jacob. She is both an exquisite and earthy beauty and a very fine actor. Her portrayal of the sex-and-love starved Fiona was the best aspect of this film. I also have a great bias because of her work with Kieslowski and her presence in films that would have been mediocre had it not been for her. She's a real charmer! I would venture to say that the variety of compositions by the Canadian composer Robert Farnon added a great and colorful sparkle to the brilliant photography of this film: it goes back to the days of the late Fifties and early Sixties art movies like David Lean's Summertime. The charm of this film is in that music and the beauty of Irene Jacob. The other actors are good but she is exceptionally fine.

Other than saccharine shots of West London, if that appeals to you, and a lesson in "how not to do it" this film has relatively little to offer. The problem is in the writing. Many scenes are badly written, painfully unfunny - such as the sessions with the Stephen Fry's "labour relations" counselor -, or simply misjudged - the late night pub brawl which seems to be trying to reprise the excellent fight at the end of Bridget Jones' Diary, but looks more like a sick sub-Ritchiesque gangland denouement. To their credit, the actors do a good job with the material they are given. The plot is promising, and somewhere there was a good film in here but one feels that combining the roles of writer, director and lead actor lead to a fatal loss of internal critical tension.

Not a true representation of us Brit's, I do not think, (hope!) but then I am not a Londoner. It's very quirky and has a honest feel in it's style, and some lovely shots of London, beautiful lighting, gives it this dreamy glow.Bit of a fore runner for love actually this film.Colin Firth fan's, looking for Mr Darcy fans will be disappointed, more the Fever Pitch character here probably, but he plays it brilliantly as usual.It is a really modern, deep look at relationships, which could tee of some great conversations.Also very funny in places, Stephen Fry is so funny as the therapist and Jack Dee is his usual wonderful self, although it is strange to see him sharing a stage. Definitely worth a watch this film.

"Londinium" is a journeyman comedy set in London which is all about the core cast, two couples, all friends (Binder, Firth, Jacob, & Hemingway) and their struggle to find happiness in their relationships. Like so much Chinese food, the film is unsatisfying and inclined to leave the audience yearning for more substance by film's end. Sans an emotional anchor, the audience is left to play voyeur to the on screen antics as the players dutifully make their way from beginning to end in a bland screenplay with an incongruous stringed musical score out of the 40's. "Londinium" offers some mildly amusing moments, some quirkiness, and makes for an easy going small screen watch for mature couples. (C+)