the audience applauded

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

My sweetheart and I watched this on cable last night. For a comedy it had too few laughs. The acting was passable, with two strong supporting performances from Staunton and Chancellor and a weaker lead in MacDowell. Given the cable synopsis, we thought this film might have echoes of Notes on a Scandal. No such luck. Yes, the American headmistress of a British school begins an affair with a former student, but he's 25, well past the age of consent. Sure, he's not as sophisticated as his lover and her friends but he is sincere, and they plan to marry. Her friends the doctor and the implausible cop decide to ruin the relationship for her own good. A true friend can advise you not to pursue a relationship but ceases being a any kind of friend when he or she actively sabotages the relationship. Dr. Molly is the worst friend since Linda Tripp. Her malice indirectly leads to the death of her friend's young lover and she expects to be forgiven? Lady, please!

Editing barely OK, some of the cinematography was OK. Acting was generally poor, and the story line was bare of detail, full of elisions, and generally boring. Older woman, yadda yadda, wild sex with young man, he's not cultured enough for her so her friends take her off to bone an old french guy, then when she wants to marry him the friends try to make a video of one of them seducing the other.This causes the young man to walk down a dark road at night and get run over and die.Then the older woman decides to marry her minister, but the friends decide to break that up as well. So they arrest her during her wedding ceremony.Naturally they all remain good friends forever.The male characters are about as carefully drawn as a Scooby-Doo cartoon, and the women are without histories, backstories, or motives.If someone gives this to you, don't watch it -- burn it.

I saw only one comment how an American could be headmistress of a prestigious English school. A good point. Another would be - how would they allow her to stay at the school pregnant, with no husband? Not likely! Kate's friends were hateful, Molly particularly, and in reality, could they be forgiven? Is it possible the scene between Molly and Jed was the future? If Jed had been shown with more depth of character, he might have been more believable as Kate's future. Perhaps, that is why she was having qualms about the pending marriage.A series of events with good music, photography; some amusing scenes, some reasonable dialog. But all in all, it went astray more than once i. e. the wedding and abduction; the "I'm sorry" from Molly, the silly ending among others. Too bad as there were all sorts of possibilities for a better movie.

It's a pretty decent film, all told! I actually stumbled across it one afternoon. Clicked on the Blurb that Comcast had for it and They claimed it was the Cary Elwes version! LOL! Anyway. I Do agree with David from San Francisco about one thing. Anne Chancellor plays a character I'd gladly nuke if I could. Absolutely evil. Her role as Molly Cartwright seems to relish destroying happiness at every turn, simply because her "personal views" are so cynically skewed... Her "gay" ex-husband turns up at a party with his New Wife, (a Female! Gads!), And, their two naturally borne children! Add to this, her "other" two Ex's and Their 'trophy wives" (who seem to have been sorority sisters!), and you Almost feel sorry for her when she douses herself with her wine! Out of shock and embarrassment at having not only her three ex's at the same party she's attending, but, also their "happy families" in tow, she's "exposed" as "being in attendance" when she yelps at the event of spilling her wine. Out of embarrassment for "being alone", she grabs the nearest person, (a woman!), and starts Kissing her. Thankfully for her, the woman Responds in kind - and once the "first kiss" is past, the "stranger" goes in for another one - which is how Molly "learns" she's "BI"! Geez! Whatever! And, Andie's character lives 'happily" ever after.. It's not nearly as bad as you would think though... Sort of a "Four Weddings and a Funeral - Part 2" - only without Hugh What's-His-Name and the fact that the "hot hunky guy/stud" is Way younger than Andie's character and the fact that she goes from "Uptight HeadMistress of a Posh School" to "Slut/Tramp/Slapper" in a filmed "nano-second"; with this "other guy"... Really - it's Not as bad as you think - and - no - it's not Worse... It's just - different from what you'd expect it to be. But, I Have to Say - when Imelda's Staunton's character saves Andie's character from making a Matrimonial Mistake the size of a Mushroom Cloud, (aided by a Lot of Studly Young Policemen! Yum! LOL!), all I really wanted to do was tap Ms. Staunton's shoulder and ask, "So- you can make them charge into a room like that Anytime you want to?" It Really did have it's redeeming qualities! (Double Coupon days at that!)