Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
A group of friends get together after the death of one of their member and decide to go on a European trip.
Frankly there just isn’t anything new about this film, you have seen this film before and no the film doesn’t do anything new with it.
A bigger issue with this film is the fact that it is overly sentimental and that none of its emotion comes across and genuine or heartfelt. Rather it comes across as depressing. All of the emotional moments in this film feel cliched and predictable and as such have no impact. By the end of the film you are left feeling depressed and as though you might have wasted your time.
This film makes a big deal out of the fact that it heavily features the music of Blondie, even having the characters singing lyrics in supposedly sad moments for some reason, however even as a Blondie fan I didn’t find anything particularly impressive about this. Other than the very ham-fisted way I have already mentioned the catalogue of songs are not used for any real purpose.
Overall, though I like Sally Phillips, and she is a saving grace here, this film is simply depressing and played out.
Pros.
Phillips
It is short
Cons.
It is depressing
They waste Blondie
The emotion doesn’t land and feels fake
Judy Dench is forced in for no reason
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