Absolutely brilliant

A Brilliant Conflict

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Where do you start with this movie? OK...well...The attempted British accent - think Dick Van Dyke...enough said.Storyline; as has been said by other people is implausible from a number of different aspects. The main one being that the two girls sit down to write a list of situations to try and get Heather pregnant...and miss out the 'go down to a bar every night for the next four nights and pick up a different guy each night' option...Heather wouldn't last more than ten minutes in a bar without being chatted up! She would have the pick of the bar. Also, she's a boss on a building site???? OK...?Casting; Why do filmmakers continue to cast British people as Americans and Americans as British...is it just so that we can complain about the bad accents...instead of concentrating on the bad movie? I'm unsure. There must be so many aspiring actors and actresses that could have been in this film and been more suited!Filming; OK in the main...but is a little amateurish in my opinion in quite a few places. It almost struck me as though certain shots were straight out of the how to film a movie book.Will Mellor; Was Will Mellor...He's just Gaz of Two Pints! He's OK in this.Comedy; I've heard that it's all about timing...and this movie misses every cue.Fight scenes; OK I am being generous...there is some arm holding followed by a severe case of slapping! Yes slapping...between two heterosexual men! I am to believe that her ex is so mad that he grabs his best friend's arms, wrestles at arms length (it's more like an extended hug) and then slaps him! Nope! I don't buy that!Predictability; Go with your instincts on this. Fast forward to the end and get the (lack of) surprise over with.Script writing; Well again I'm being generous here...I would say a 12 year old girl wrote this (sorry to all the 12 year old girls out there...I didn't mean to insult you!). Absolutely no twists or turns with this movie. Even down to a turkey baster making an appearance!Key phrase in movie; When the male dancer chats to his mate over the phone while Heather goes into the hotel bathroom to get ready...he says that he thinks that she's a little soft in the head...and to be honest...that's actually remarkably accurate for her reactions to all the encounters she has in the movie in my opinion.Travelogue; Her (ex)boyfriend doing the trains, planes and automobiles thing getting back from Ireland to the UK...to be honest, I don't understand the whole getting a taxi from the port back home...needing money...walks to the service till...then gets to a random road somewhere - that not being home. This adds nothing to the movie! When I've needed a taxi and not had enough money, the taxi driver has more than usually taken me to the nearest working ATM and waited for me to get the money out and then taken me (surprise, surprise) to the address that I ask to go to.Heather; Great looking girl...but must be struggling to get quality film roles to accept this sort of nonsense this late on in her career. It's not as though she is just starting out...and she does actually IMHO have some acting talent...usually!Am I the target demographic for this movie...absolutely not. Why did I watch it? Well I was flicking through the channels abroad found an English speaking movie channel and it was on. I should have carried on flicking!

I give this movie a 5/10. For most people who intend to watch this movie there maybe somethings you'd like to know in order to decide whether to go ahead and rent it. So I'll provide the ups and downs.Downs : Heather Graham doesn't do a very bad job at portraying the character she plays, the movie's characters are just a little weak. For a character (girl) who is trying/wanting to get pregnant in the movie, almost every scene has alcohol in it. And in this age or say generation where communication is much more prevalent than the middle ages, its not so hard to get in touch with your half broken up boyfriend for 4-5 days. The movie is supposed to have some jokes I heard. I didn't really succumb to any of them.After having said all that some Ups : Despite have weak characters play the movie, the storyline wasn't so bad. Every move was intended to be a little suspenseful and Heather of course looks terrific in the movie.

Recently I have seen a slew of low budget independent films with Heather Graham staring. I'm not sure if she can just not find work in the Hollywood main stream or if maybe she is trying to hone her craft in the independent scene. Well, I'm going to have to go with Hollywood rejecting her, because her choices in films have not been great. In my opinion she is a beautiful woman who has done some pretty good work before but to me it's beginning to feel like just another Heather Graham movie, like this film here. OK, to be fair she does have an accent (no matter how bad it is) in this film so that is something to separate it. My point being she always delivers the same performance, exactly what the her character is and adding nothing new or unique, just a simple cookie cutter character for each film. Here is no exception, the premise could have been unique but is not, it could have brought about some very genuinely funny moments but does not in fact like Heather Graham this film does nothing more then it's simple story requires. In fact what is scary is that in most romantic comedies I feel it's the pointless supporting cast the can kill a film a take screen times away from your leads. Well in this case believe it or not the supporting cast is actually better an d more of them would have made for a better film instead we have same old Heather Graham and her on again off again boyfriend who is a jerk every time they are on screen together but then some how is the nice relatable guy when they are separate hmmm. Well, I have already drug this review on more then the film deserves, it's a waste of a good idea and just all to typical.

OK so let's get this over with..... Heather gets ONE point for the accentWe've all done this before ;Watched a movie with the fast forward button ?, Sometimes it's just the first three minutes of the movie that we realise that we have been cheated once more by life ?, No mater that you checked the review, No mater that there was the front picture of a scantily babe ( or guy depending on the day ? ) No, No NO you scream ?!, My only hope can be that None of my hard earned money from a Lottery Scratch Card has gone on this utter waste of time ? for far to long lottery cash has gone on holding up this type of movie/Star time and time again...This is NO Richard Curtis film, Lacking Heart, Interest and Humor You might as well save your money and buy a Lottery Scratch Card instead at least you'd know that you weren't wasting your money............Oh wait ?!K