Born Romantic Movie

Born Romantic
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Run Time: 97 min
MPAA Rating: R
Released: 2000
Directors: David Kane
Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
Romantic Comedy
Ensemble Film
Urban Comedy
Producers: Michele Camarada
Plot Synopsis by Rebecca Flint Marx
In modern-day London, three men and three women fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers (Ian Hart and John Thomson), who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. In one pairing, Eleanor (Olivia Williams), a sophisticated and slightly anal art restorer, is pitted against Frankie (Craig Ferguson), a smartly dressed divorcee who still shares a flat with his bitter ex-wife. The two meet one night at a salsa club, and a caustic attraction soon flourishes. Another pairing sees Mo (Jane Horrocks), a tough, love-'em-and-leave-'em Liverpuddlian, reunite with Eddie (Jimi Mistry), a clumsy bloke who was in love with Mo years before and now dreams of winning her back. Meanwhile, Jocelyn (Catherine McCormack), a young woman both neurotic and without self-esteem, finds unlikely happiness with the slovenly Fergus (David Morrissey), who bemoans the lack of love in his life. Born Romantic is the second feature of British writer/director David Kane, who made his feature debut with the similarly themed This Year's Love in 1999.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Craig Ferguson Frankie May 17, 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland
Ian Hart Second Cab Driver
Jane Horrocks Mo Jan 18, 1964
Adrian Lester Jimmy
Catherine McCormack Jocelyn Jan 1, 1972
Jimi Mistry Eddie
David Morrissey Fergus
Olivia Williams Eleanor Jul 26, 1968 in Camden Town, Greater London, England
Kenneth Cranham Barney
John Thomson First Cab Driver
Paddy Considine Ray
Sally Phillips
Jessica Stevenson
Martin Savage
Sarah Scott Davis Salsa club dancer

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Review by Michael Hastings
Drab British realism meets gimmicky American romantic comedy -- with mixed results -- in this ensemble piece about breaking up, making up, and salsa dancing. At its core, Born Romantic is closest in spirit to the darkly sentimental films, particularly Lone Scherfig's Italian for Beginners. Shot with handheld camera and little light, the film evinces a certain amount of desperate authenticity from its stellar cast, primarily the three talented women who form its trio of unlucky-in-love bachelorettes, Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks, and Catherine McCormack. But the sad-sack men of the film seem to be on a different page entirely, alternating from the pathetic (Jimi Mistry) to the impossibly sage (Ian Hart) and John Thompson). Ultimately, director David Kane's grungy sense of style can't hold all the diverse elements of Born Romantic together, and what should've been a lighter-than-air souffle ends up with a consistency closer to that of a shoe sole.
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