Mr Right

[Beate]

I won tickets to this at the Prince Charles Cinema, they gave me a choice of either tonight or tomorrow night, I think I might go tonight. A hom-com, that should be interesting!

[Beate]

We saw this film tonight at the upstairs screen of the Prince Charles Cinema which is infinitely preferable to the downstairs screen, but as usual, the film started 15 minutes late, after we had been left waiting in the draughty lobby for what seemed like ages. I think someone once said that every screening at the PC as a matter of course starts late, and it seems to be true!

I am going to post a ViewLondon review below which I largely agree with but I wouldn't give it that low a mark as it was quite watchable and frequently came out with some really funny one-liners, but the story was a bit unfocussed, the characters not enough explored (to be honest, there were too many of them), and the ending a bit sudden and illogical. Maybe some scenes are funnier to a gay audience? The gay couple next to us seemed to find almost everything screechingly hilarious, but to be honest, I think they were tanked up.

The cinema was only a quarter full btw.

6.5/10.

[Beate]

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/mr-ri ... ewsletters

The ViewLondon Review

Review by Matthew Turner
25/11/2009
Two out of Five stars
Running time: 95 mins

Watchable, occasionally engaging romcom with some strong performances but it's neither funny nor romantic enough to really work as a romcom and it's ultimately let down by an unfocussed script and some unlikeable characters.

What's it all about?
Written and directed by brother and sister team David and Jacqui Morris, Mr Right is a gay romcom (or hom-com) about the various relationships of a group of London men. Set and shot within a stone's throw of Old Compton Street, the film is framed by Louise (Georgia Zaris) complaining that she should never have introduced her seemingly perfect (and seemingly straight) boyfriend Paul (Jeremy Edwards) to her gay friends.

However, the film then largely ignores this plot in favour of Louise's friends, primarily Alex (Luke de Woolfson), a caterer-slash-wannabe actor in a relationship with TV producer Harry (James Lance), who's tempted by sometime model Lars (Benjamin Hart), who in turn is the kept boyfriend of successful artist Tom (writer-director David Morris). Meanwhile, ex-rugby player turned antiques dealer William (Rocky Marshall) struggles to balance raising his young daughter Georgia (Maddie Planer) and maintaining his relationship with TV actor Lawrence (Leon Ockenden).

The Good
The performances are something of a mixed bag; Lance and Marshall are both excellent and feel like believable, well rounded characters, whilst Hart, Ockenden and de Woolfson (coincidentally, all playing actors or models) seem like shallow, superficial caricatures and are largely unlikeable as a result.

To be fair, there are a handful of good scenes, such as a central dinner party in which all the main couples break up (observed by a fascinated Paul) or a promising but unexplored sequence in which Alex goes home to his family and is suddenly softer and less petulant. Similarly, William's story is by far the most interesting in the film but gets frustratingly little screen-time compared to Alex and Harry.

The Bad
The main problem is that the film chooses to focus primarily on Luke de Woolfson, who is simultaneously the worst actor and the least likeable character. The result is that other more engaging plot strands remain underdeveloped or get ignored altogether (Louise and Paul).

Worth seeing?
There's a halfway decent film buried somewhere within Mr Right but it never quite emerges, thanks to an unfocussed script, unlikeable characters and a couple of dodgy performances.

[superhero]

This film was made quite a while ago maybe 3-4 years ago, my friend had a very very small scene in it. Was there a scene in a bar/club, where the main character dumps his bf in like 10 secs. I think my friend said it's a non-speaking 10sec scene or something like that and this was more than 3 years ago..

[Beate]

LOL, I wish you'd told me before to look out for it - I must admit I don't recall that scene, but yes, imdb says the film is from 2006.

[superhero]

Well it's one of those blink and you will miss scenes I think. I went with my friend to their production company when they were looking for extras 3years ago, but it was one of those unpaid gigs and I couldn't really take time off work, but my friend loves doing that kind of thing. I didn't know if you were going tonight or Fri. I got tickets for tonight but fully expect to walk out within 15 mins if it's bad...

[superhero]

I went to watch it on Sat night and they put us in the screen downstairs, hence the cinema was probably only 10% full. I think the reviews above sum it up quite well, Queer as Folk without the rauchiness. Some people did laugh out loud, I didn't find it too funny, but it got my interest with all those london sites that I've been to Southbank, Brick Lane, Soho. My friend had like a 30sec scene right at the end. The disco scene was at the end. 6/10 for me