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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

This comedy-tinged relationship drama finds middle-class Birmingham couple Nick and Meg (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) taking the Eurostar to Paris in order to revisit the haunts of their honeymoon, 30 years previously. Appalled by the state of their hotel, Meg insists they move somewhere much more upmarket, even though they clearly can't afford it. After many turbulent years, their marriage is finally on the rocks, but a chance reunion with Nick's urbane college friend Morgan (Jeff Goldblum) offers a momentary distraction when he invites the pair to an arty dinner party. Roger Michell's film contains frequent nods to the French nouvelle vague (notably Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à Part), while Hanif Kureishi's screenplay may be a trifle bookish and spiky for some tastes. The performances are terrific, though, especially Duncan as the waspish, unfathomable Meg, while Goldblum steals every scene as the upholder of all the ideals that the downtrodden Nick has long since abandoned.

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Credits

Cast

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Nick BurrowsJim Broadbent
Meg BurrowsLindsay Duncan
MorganJeff Goldblum
MichaelOlly Alexander
EveJudith Davis
Jean-PierreXavier de Guillebon
Victoire La ChapelleMarie-France Alvarez

Crew

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DirectorRoger Michell

Details

Theatrical distributor
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Released on
2013-10-11
Languages
English | French
Guidance
Swearing, drug abuse.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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