Advantages: Funny, but sensitive, look at starting life again after a break up Disadvantages: Perhaps most likely to appeal to women in a similar situation
...children - thinks that her life is going well, until her husband Phil throws a spanner in the works. He isn't happy with the marriage and wants some time out to decide what he wants from life. Devastated, Maggie has no choice but to pick herself up and carry on for the sake of the children. Worse is to come when Maggie discovers that Phil is seeing someone - a successful blonde from his place of work - and that she is going to have to go back to ... ...factor' and her zest for life is infectious - a real encouragement to the many women (and, to a certain extent, men) who find themselves in the same situation. I've always been a fan of Alexander Armstrong, although I'm more familiar with his comedy roles than his straighter ones - and as Phil, there are precious little laughs here. That isn't to say he doesn't give a good performance though, because he does. Although Phil is selfish, Armstrong manages ...
sunmeilan 11.09.2009
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
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