I cannot watch this enough-- guilty pleasure
Added 7/5/2009
This film is heartbreaking and believable. Marina is a force of nature-- and comandeers and uses her friendship with Holly from the very start. When the girls combine their names as children into "Harina," instead of "Hollina," it is obvious that the friendship is more about Marina than Holly-- for both of the girls. Marina needs Holly more than Holly needs Marina, although they love each other deeply. Marina sabotages Holly's hopes on more than one occasion, and attempts to be more and more like Holly as the two grow up together. Marina's most petulant and hurtful sabotage of Holly takes place in a fit of anger and jealousy after a night that was wonderful for Holly, but Marina's worst nightmares are realized. Although somewhat understandable, her action causes the audience to gasp, "Oh, no!" and resent what Marina has done to Holly in this moment. Marina holds onto this anger, and breaks Holly's heart many more times before Holly decides to break her ties to Marina. This is a perfect movie for rainy afternoons, and get-togethers with sisters.
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Nostalgia For Me
Added 7/28/2007
I'm not a movie person, I'd rather read, but every so often I look for a chick flick or foreign film that's not totally mainstream. I also want to watch a movie that my husband wouldn't or couldn't get just because he's a guy. I loved this movie. I grew up then, I remember these times and these situations, and while life wasn't perfect I had hopes and dreams and friends that I don't have now. So I say if you want some nostalgic and different chick flick watch this(AND by the way I loved Hysterical Blindness as well!), but don't bring a guy.
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This movie captures the essence of Best Friends Forever. Your best friend is the one person you connect with and share secrets with but as you grow older the relationship must change or it becomes confining. The actors do an excellent job of showing how the relationship can be loving or painful but that imperfection is what sets this movie apart from the hollywood fluff stories. I love the 80's setting.
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It follows you home
Added 2/3/2006
At the end of the first time seeing this I didn't like it. Then as the days passed, I kept thinking about it and it snuck into my heart. I watched it two more times before returning it to Blockbuster.
This is a story of a not so perfect friendship. Michelle Williams plays the part of Holly, "the sweetest girl in all the world." She is convincing and charming as an intelligent, shy, overlooked beauty. Her best friend's brother, played by Oliver Milburn, is absolutely captivating and charming. If you don't fall in love with this movie, you'll fall in love with him. The music used fits perfectly into every mood and emotion that is explored in the lives of these two girls.
Anna Friel does a capital job as the loud-mouthed, self-obsessed friend. The contrasts between their personalities and the events that unfold are both heartbreaking and heartwarming.
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Friends Can Be Too Close.
Added 9/19/2005
Marina and Holly were best friends as children and vowed to always be together. But as they grow older, the nature of their relationship changes for the worse. Although Marina (Anna Friel) is an outgoing party girl, she seems unable to find an identity of her own and instead relies on the smarter and more introverted Holly (Michele Williams) to provide her with one. Holly is in love with Marina's brother Nat (Oliver Milburn), but Marina's jealousy has always come between them. Holly can hardly have a relationship with any man before Marina claims him for herself, leaving Holly heartbroken. After college, Holly pursues a writing career and Marina seems to make a career of forcing herself into Holly's relationships. For some reason, although she blames Marina for her misery, Holly allows Marina to turn her life upside down.
"Me Without You" is an especially true-to-life character drama. Marina and Holly are both interesting people, and each is sympathetic in her own way. The film's characters, their actions, and their feelings are all believable. Anna Friel and Michele Williams are exceptionally effective in their roles. It turns out that Michele Williams, probably best known for her teen roles in "Dick" and in television's "Dawson's Creek", is a very fine actress. Kyle MacLachlan has a small role as Daniel, one of Holly's and Marina's love interests. A story about a childhood bond that gets out of hand and becomes a co-dependent relationship of disastrous proportions sounds like it might be either a colossal bore or a horror flick. "Me Without You" is neither. Sandra Goldbacher's adept direction moves the story along at a fair clip, and it is easy to share these characters' frustrations.
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I cannot watch this enough-- guilty pleasure
Added 7/5/2009
This film is heartbreaking and believable. Marina is a force of nature-- and comandeers and uses her friendship with Holly from the very start. When the girls combine their names as children into "Harina," instead of "Hollina," it is obvious that the friendship is more about Marina than Holly-- for both of the girls. Marina needs Holly more than Holly needs Marina, although they love each other deeply. Marina sabotages Holly's hopes on more than one occasion, and attempts to be more and more like Holly as the two grow up together. Marina's most petulant and hurtful sabotage of Holly takes place in a fit of anger and jealousy after a night that was wonderful for Holly, but Marina's worst nightmares are realized. Although somewhat understandable, her action causes the audience to gasp, "Oh, no!" and resent what Marina has done to Holly in this moment. Marina holds onto this anger, and breaks Holly's heart many more times before Holly decides to break her ties to Marina. This is a perfect movie for rainy afternoons, and get-togethers with sisters.
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Nostalgia For Me
Added 7/28/2007
I'm not a movie person, I'd rather read, but every so often I look for a chick flick or foreign film that's not totally mainstream. I also want to watch a movie that my husband wouldn't or couldn't get just because he's a guy. I loved this movie. I grew up then, I remember these times and these situations, and while life wasn't perfect I had hopes and dreams and friends that I don't have now. So I say if you want some nostalgic and different chick flick watch this(AND by the way I loved Hysterical Blindness as well!), but don't bring a guy.
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This movie captures the essence of Best Friends Forever. Your best friend is the one person you connect with and share secrets with but as you grow older the relationship must change or it becomes confining. The actors do an excellent job of showing how the relationship can be loving or painful but that imperfection is what sets this movie apart from the hollywood fluff stories. I love the 80's setting.
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