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Imagine Me & You
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Imagine Me & You reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 49 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.0 out of 10
based on 25 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for some language and sexual material

Starring Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Anthony Head, Sue Johnston, and Darren Boyd

A refreshingly unconventional and witty comedy about love's myriad forms and constant surprises, Imagine Me & You begins as a young bride discovers love at first sight on the day of her wedding. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Foreign  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Ol Parker  
DIRECTED BY: Ol Parker  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: June 27, 2006 
Theatrical: January 27, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 94 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: UK / Germany 

What The Critics Said

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75
TV Guide Ken Fox
Where "Brockback" leaves its lovers where gay love stories have left them for centuries - isolated, ostracized and miserable - this small comedy finds a far more liberated alternative for everyone involved. In its own modest way, it's the far more radical film.
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75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
The fluffmeister here is writer-director Ol Parker, and say this for young Ol: This may be his feature debut, but the guy is one hell of a smooth engineer.
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75
Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Beyond the lipstick-lesbian twist, this is a formula flick, but the acting is excellent. It also has genuine laughs.
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67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
The snappy wit of the script make Ol Parker's British romantic comedy the equivalent of comfort food a pleasant cinematic snack.
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67
The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
The film nearly works in spite of its adherence to formula, thanks to clever one-liners and appealing, sharply drawn supporting performances.
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63
ReelViews James Berardinelli
Imagine Me & You isn't unpleasant, but it is unremarkable. If nothing else, it proves that gay romances can be just as uninspired as their heterosexual counterparts.
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60
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
A pleasant if pedestrian British romantic comedy.
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60
Variety Leslie Felperin
A slick but slight Brit pic, chockfull with tart one-liners and pretty posh people, with one major twist: The romantic leads are both women.
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50
Village Voice Laura Sinagra
Not only is there not enough panting to bunch any panties, this polite romp could use more of that other L-word: laughs.
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50
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Congratulations are in order for Rachel's sexual awakening, but we might as well applaud the dull girl for falling in love with the nearest bunch of lilies rather than the florist.
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50
Dallas Observer Melissa Levine
If you're going to fall for this movie, you're going to have to buy not only the idea that adultery is excusable if you're "following your heart," but also that following your heart amounts to falling in love at first sight, a formulation that seems adolescent at best.
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50
USA Today Mike Clark
A year ago next week, Debra Messing's "The Wedding Date" arrived DOA. And now this. In terms of movies that matter, it looks as if the wedding-funeral motif will continue.
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50
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Imagine settles disappointingly for rom-com cliches. It doesn't even bother to explore its own premise.
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50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Offers a few laughs - and little sexual heat.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
An innocuous, fluffy little nothing of an almost-pleasant movie.
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50
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The sex in the movie is so mild that I assumed the R rating was generated primarily by the gay theme, until I learned the R is in fact because of too many f-words.
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50
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Unapologetically cliched and determinedly upbeat (even when it shouldn't be).
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50
Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
Has its charms, but for a movie about loving radically, it sure plays it safe.
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50
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
A safe same-sex movie the family can embrace. At heart, it's a Britcom: a British situation comedy with superficial characters, mildly naughty humor and a familiarity that may make even homophobes comfy.
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50
Miami Herald Connie Ogle
A tepid sort of romantic comedy, with lengthy stretches during which nothing much happens punctuated by bouts of paralyzing boredom or, on rare occasions, random but fleeting hilarity.
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40
Empire Liz Beardsworth
Parker has a sensitive approach to the crise d'amour, but his lacklustre leading ladies contribute to an uneven tone.
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40
Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Strains so hard to be upbeat you can almost hear gears shifting.
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40
LA Weekly Tim Grierson
But while the film's tasty London settings add a whiff of elegance, Parker's confection collapses because we never believe Rachel and Luce as destined soul mates. The blame rests entirely with Perabo's meager performance.
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40
The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Enervating trifle.
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38
Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt
I guess there's something progressive going on when a lesbian love story gets to be just as dreadful and tacky as most straight ones.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Claudia P. gave it a10:
Excellent chemistry btw the girls, fantastic supporting actors (Rachel's parents were awesome). And, the movie itself was cute, light and perfectly showed what love at first sight means. Only people who had such experience or who are open for love can understand this movie and appreciate it.

Liz Chair gave it a10:
The perfect romantic comedy.

Marta G. gave it a9:
I enjoyed this movie even though I didn't understand most of the dialogue, because I'm Catalan and I saw it in English, without subtitles. If I had seen it with english subtitles I would have understood it more. But, well, I have understood the argument and I enjoyed it a lot and I cried, too.

Frans S. gave it a1:
Poor movie, nothing is happening in it accept promoting lesbians and gay love-life. I feel it was a total waste of money. Walked out halfway through the movie and went home.

Maria K. gave it a2:
Tedious, boring and so predictable it almost made me cry.

Caitlyn gave it a10:
I thought it was excellent i wanted to rent it for longer but dad said no lol i thought there was some great acting in it and the love at first sight concept was well grasped.

En L. gave it a10:
This movie was something that I fell in love with at first site at the movie store. I glanced and for some reason ran over to it, read the back, and about died of happyness. So I snuck it in the stack that my family was renting and for the past 3 days I've been watching it non-stop. The critics don't bring any justice to the witty writting and the unique way that the gay issue is handeled and spun upon. ^^ I hope for many more like it.

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