I Give It a Year

I Give It a Year 2012

• Director: Dan Mazer
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Stephen Merchant, Jane Asher, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng, Anna Faris, Olivia Colman, Simon Baker
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Rose Byrne – X-Men Apocalypse, X-Men First Class, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, The Dead Girl, Troy
• Rafe Spall – What If, The World’s End, The Life of Pi, Prometheus, Hot Fuzz, A Good Year, Shaun of the Dead
• Stephen Merchant – Fighting with My Family, Life’s Too Short, The Invention of Lying, Extras, Hot Fuzz, The Office
• Jane Asher – Dancing on the Edge, Alfie, The Masque of the Red Death
• Minnie Driver – Ella Enchanted, Good Will Hunting, Circle of Friends
• Jason Flemyng – Sunshine on Leith, Great Expectations, X-Men First Class, Hanna, Primeval, the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Star Dust, From Hell, The Red Violin, Rob Roy
• Anna Faris – Brokeback Mountain, Friends, Lost in Translation
• Olivia Colman – Murder on the Orient Express, Broadchurch, The Night Manager, The Thirteenth Tale, Tyrannosaur, Doctor Who, Hot Fuzz, Much Ado about Nothing Re-Told
• Why? A British comedy
• Seen:  25 April 2020

       Marriage, betrayal, threesomes, a marriage counsellor who scream abuse at her husband, an obnoxious friend, exes, good friends, cynics, romantics, petty rows, awkward social encounters. What a mishmash.

       The acting is great. Olivia Colman as the dreadful marriage counsellor and Stephen Merchant as the thoroughly disgusting racist misogynist idiot are both unbeatable.

3 ½ * of 5