Imagine Me & You written and directed by Ol Parker (2005)
3 July 2008Actually quite an enjoyable romantic comedy with the twist of having a newlywed woman fall for a lesbian on her wedding day. And this is not a low quality film, but a very well done and enjoyable film, that shows the dark sides as well as the light of falling for someone other than the one you marry. I actually thoroughly enjoyed this film, with good actors, and well written and directed.
Rachel (Piper Perabo who recently on an episode of House) is marrying her closest friend Hec (Mathew Headey from Match Point), but at the wedding she gets a glance at the lovely Luce (Lena Headey who has recently been in the new Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles) who is doing the flowers, and that glance will change everything for Rachel and her husband. At the reception Rachel loses her wring in the punch bowl, and Luce helps her fish it out, then has to fend off affections of Hec’s best friend Cooper (Darren Boyd). Luce ends up ducking out early, as she realized she likes Rachel, so she bails quickly. At her flower shop, Rachel comes in to thank Luce, and invites her over to dinner. She invites Cooper too, to try and hook them up, not realizing that Luce is gay, which she tells Hec. At first Rachel doesn’t believe, but they run into Luce with another woman at the supermarket. and Rachel realizes the truth. Even more though, she realizes she is in fact interested with Rachel, even renting a lesbian DVD at the video store.
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Hec ends up having to do a job one night, so he talks to Luce and asks her to go out with Rachel that night and keep her company. They go out and to a soccer game, where Luce teaches Hec how to really yell. And they go to a club, and when Luce walks Rachel home, Rachel leans in for a kiss, but when a car comes by, she jerks away and goes into her house.
Now Rachel is really confused, and things aren’t going so well with Hec, who even tries to talk to Rachel’s father Ned (Anthony Head who I last saw on Doctor Who).
Finally Rachel is losing it and goes into the flower shop to tell Hec that it is over, which confuses Hec, and then Rachel leaves and comes back and the two start making out in the back on a bed of flowers. And then Hec shows up to get flowers for Rachel, blaming himself for their problems, and when Hec goes back into the back, Rachel has left out the window. Hec chases Rachel and tells her to tell her to go away, and she will.
Hec decides she can’t take anymore, and plans to leave town, to get away.
Meanwhile Cooper has figured out what is going on between Hec and Rachel and has told Hec. And Hec being the nice and good guy that he is, and wanting to make Rachel who he loves happy, so he leaves her.
Rachel gets Ned and her mom to take her to go to the flower shop and Hec, but Hec’s mom is there, and tells her that her daughter has left for the airport. They rush to catch up, but get caught in traffic. Rachel calls Hec, but Hec won’t talk, but Rachel hears someone singing, and then that person goes riding by on a bike, she knows Hec is close, and gets up on the car and yells for her, and Hec comes out of the taxi, and the two run and embrace.
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Actually quite a nice little love story. More enjoyable than I expected.
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