Beginners

[Beate]

Yeah, that adds to it, LOL.

[ejwrank]

So you're not tempted by this Liverpool offer?

[Beate]

I've already seen the film, LOL.

[thanks]

This was an awful film. As slow as watching paint dry. Give me Bridesmaids any day. We left after almost an hour - it never warmed up - and it felt like we'd been there a week.

[Ms Thrifty]

I expect this was meant to be a quirky and charming film but I just found it tedious and a waste of a good cast. Nothing new to say but it took a long time (not) saying it. I nodded off (in my defence I had been up since before 2 am) and woke with a start but doubt anyone noticed as the audience was very small and everyone else was probably asleep, too.

[superhero]

I have to agree with the above reviews, I was actually liking this quirky, charming film at the beginning, but it all goes downhill from the 2nd half. It just meanders on and on with numerous false endings. Here's the problem, as it's semi autoboigraphical, Mark Mills just can't stand back and know when to stop, the film has no direction in the 2nd half and hence the audience hardly cares for any of the characters. 6/10
Whilst the audience was full to capacity at the Curzon Soho, I felt everyone was being far too generous. It's always the problem with these Q&As, everyone who puts their hands up is so polite about the film, it's slightly grating. The only controversial question was a backhanded compliment about Ewan MacGregor's american accent.

[alythonian]

I enjoyed the film and was touched by the performances of the three leads. Yes it was pretty slow and a bit long.

Me and OH lowered the age demographic by about 40% of those attending in Edinburgh. I guess the subject matter wasn't to the liking of some of teh Telegraph subscribers in Edinburgh as a few of them left and didn't come back.

Maudlin, but enjoyable.

7/10 from me.

[June]

I left after 10 minutes, not like me but this was an exceptionally tedious film, I would not recommend it to my worse enemy, actually I would but I don't have any that I'm aware of. lol

[stuartboy]

I enjoyed the film and was touched by the performances of the three leads. Yes it was pretty slow and a bit long.

Me and OH lowered the age demographic by about 40% of those attending in Edinburgh. I guess the subject matter wasn't to the liking of some of teh Telegraph subscribers in Edinburgh as a few of them left and didn't come back.

Maudlin, but enjoyable.

7/10 from me.

Me too. Lol. I noticed a larger than normal proportion of older people. Film was really slow, not helped by 3 false starts without sound delaying film start by 20 minutes. Very poorly attended too.

I'm afraid I can only muster a measly 3.5/10.

[Celini]

I was at Curzon as well where I joined ejwrank and family (I forgot to ask, is David our David?) and I think I am a minority here as I quite enjoyed it and I definitely think the trailer did not do it justice.

When ejwrank's OH asked me what I thought of it I said "it could have been a French movie" and then I realised why I liked it I like sad and melancholic movies!

About the Q&A, how poor was that! The Guardian guy did not do his job properly, the audience never connected with the guests. And he should know that self depreciation is never a good way to address an audience, it is not funny and your public will just pity you!
It was all a bit awkward and I would have prefer Christopher Plummer or Melanie Laurent rather than Ewan McGregor; he seemed really bored and was not very interesting to listen to!

I'll give it a 7/10

(I also met some other FMUKers )