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Back in the day, Benjamin (Colin Morgan) was the enfant terrible
of the indie movie scene, but it has taken him years to make his latest
movie, and now he's just terribly unsure whether he hasn't missed every
beat there was. With the premiere only days away, Benjamin's PR manager
Billie (Jessica Raine) takes him to a concert, and he, having just made a
film about his inability to love, falls head over heels in love with
singer Noah (Phénix Brossard) - and fortunately the feeling is mutual,
and the two spend the night together. However, Benjamin is too socially
awkward to keep a relationship between him and Noah going, which
ultimately leads to Noah refusing to be there when Benjamin needs him
most, after the big premiere of his movie. And when the film receives some
bad press after the premiere that really crushes Benjamin's self
confidence - so much so that he lets Billie talk him to write a screenplay
together with her actor boyfriend Harry (Jack Rowan), something Harry, a
self-absorbed wannabe artist, is clearly not up to, but Benjamin lacks the
courage to tell him ... and ultimately the two land in bed. This one night
stand though only convinces Benjamin that he wants Noah in his life again,
but his efforts to get him back are crowned with varying degrees of
success - until it's almost too late ...
A very nice quiet romance that works quite as well as it's
completely unpretentious, invariably favours intimacy over spectacle, and
tells its story in a slice-of-life sort of way, and that way changing
paces between comedy and drama and back repeatedly without seeming in the
least forced. And of course, a very solid cast playing very palpable and
likeably flawed characters, and a directorial effort that gives them
enough space to come into their own help to make this a movie that's
touching in its seeming simplicity.
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