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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Cleopatra Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Cleopatra Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessarily work long-term. Making the difficult decision to separate, they must split their prized music library. But the sound track that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back toget...

Directed By: Daniel Jerome Gill

Written By: Philip Gawthorne

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Cleopatra Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Cleopatra Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessarily work long-term. Making the difficult decision to separate, they must split their prized music library. But the sound track that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back toget...

Directed By: Daniel Jerome Gill

Written By: Philip Gawthorne

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Apr 26, 2018
As the name suggests, Modern Life Is Rubbish romanticizes analog relationships — and is meant for anyone who does the same.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 26, 2018
Britpop is a musical genre I had neutral feelings toward before sitting through Modern Life Is Rubbish, a uselessly nostalgic movie named after Blur’s 1993 album. After it, I wondered whether I had been too generous.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 25, 2018
For those who delight in candy-coated nostalgia, writer Philip Gawthorne’s familiar, cliché-heavy script offers a twee jaunt down memory lane. For everyone else, even a killer Britpop soundtrack teamed with the leads’ palpable chemistry can’t save the film from overtrodden territory.
By Tatiana Craine FULL REVIEW
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Apr 25, 2018
It is full of the signifiers of musical devotion but lacks the hummably acerbic insight of the best music it namechecks.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Serotonin Films, BFI Film Fund, Lipsync Productions, Masnomis, Modern Life Pictures
Release Date Apr 27, 2018
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://nakimushiguitarist.com/
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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Nomination

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