Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

pavanefaure The premise is really good: two people meet by chance in London. One is a New Yorker on a visit; the other is a Londoner. They are both young, single, and relatively educated, but polar opposites in terms of outlook on life. There is an initial spark at the first meeting and Michael (the Londoner) takes a chance to pursue it.**Spoilers**Edie and Michael have to work through the long distance relationship thing and whether it is worth doing something so costly. He is a banker with a heart of gold, and she is an idealistic young woman who teaches adult literacy and works as shop clerk. Her friends are grungy musician types (except for one) and she is estranged from family. Michael has working class roots and helps his dysfunctional family. His friends are mostly professional types. The challenges are believable; however, the character of Edie is portrayed as incredibly immature, selfish, and hostile most of the time. She has baggage--fine--but no less than Michael, who seems to be the adult in the relationship. There are some sweet moments, but the relationship is ultimately unconvincing and frustrating, mostly because Edie (and occasionally Michael) does not want to make sacrifices to be together--or even make an effort to understand another human being. Side note: Michael's London friends are portrayed as genuinely nice people while Edie's friends are judgmental and unstable. Perhaps the writers' commentary on British and American cultures? Stephen Moyer makes a real effort portraying Michael as an earnest and vulnerable person wanting a relationship. Rashida Jones overplays the American brashness, I think, or perhaps she is just miscast. The dialogue is okay, but missing that British comedy snark and sparkle. (How many times must Edie call Michael "pathetic"?!) The series could have had SO much more humor and soul. I hope someone takes this basic story line and rewrites it into a satisfying series or film. **Ending Spoiler** Michael proposes. Edie says she doesn't believe in the institution of marriage. They argue and return to their respective cities. Afterward, they each call each other once and leave voicemails but ultimately do not connect, leaving things open ended. Also, this was 2004! I don't care if Edie says she hates email. People email as a basic form of communication!

lucky_marauder This show feels like it was written by a team of hormonal teenagers. The conversations do not flow, and characters get into fights over insignificant things but then are fine 20 seconds later. The writing is probably the worst I've ever seen, and it absolutely kills this show.Characters have contradictory "quirks". Like Michael. He's a money/power-hungry stock broker in London but he is a romantic and willing to sacrifice it all for his nephew or for Edie. Edie works in a used record store and teaches illiterate adults at night; so she's obviously a caring individual with a lot of compassion for the human condition. But she drops it all and abandons her job and one of her students for a weekend in a lame attempt to be "spontaneous".Basically, there was no connectivity between events, characters, or episodes.This was an okay premise and could have a been a hit, but the writing ruined it.

todedina In summary: girl meets boy , straitlaced meets hippy dippy , transatlantic snogfest , love blooms in spite of , the true course of love never runs smoothly , heartache , wonder , turmoil , Ecstasy , anguish , elation , protagonists easy on the eye and stonking good music.This all happens through the course of various transatlantic jaunts between New York and London. The Major protagonists are a British Banker and an American Record Shop girl / Night school Teacher Fabulous ! Although it was aired in the UK on Channel 4 in 2005 and by BBC America in 2005 we are still awaiting the release of the DVD !!!!PS: The soundtrack and music from the show are available on CD

pepekwa i enjoyed this series immensely despite it ending in the worst possible way. This show more any other needed a second series to tie things up, go into characters' details in more depth which would hopefully explain a few things that had happened before eg, some info about the respective dysfunctional families of michael and edie. Low ratings and the producer jumping ship means we'll never know what happened when michael calls edie back after the last bust-up. That aside, if you liked in your face hip shows like "This Life" and "Teachers" (both uk shows) you'll like this a lot. The acting was very good i thought and there was some good development of the other characters when in fact it would have been more helpful to find out more about michael and edie. As the world gets smaller, there will be more shows like this highlighting the doomed long distance relationship. Just one more point though, a long distance relationship is not one when you don't see someone for 3/4 days and all of the buying last minute plane tickets in reality would cost absolute fortunes.