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  • Starring: Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena
  • Summary: Adam and Morello have a big problem. It’s not that Adam is the heartthrob lead singer in a famous electropop band or that his girlfriend is a spoiled supermodel. His problem is Morello’s problem. Morello’s problem isn’t that she’s lead singer in a struggling post-punk riot girl band or thband or that she’s dating a banker. No, her problem is that she has to perform the biggest gig of her life at a music festival while handcuffed to the kind of person she totally despises – Adam. So begins an out-there odd-ball romantic comedy filled with lust, mud, betrayal, booze, portaloos and a hundred thousand people partying to the greatest music in the world. None of whom seems to have the key - not to the meaning of life - but to the handcuffs. (Roadside Attractions) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    May 10, 2012
    70
    The look, the rhythm and the scruffy, on-the-fly ambience of the film make it feel unusually fresh and lively. It may be the same old song, but it's also a catchy remix.
  2. Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    May 5, 2012
    60
    It's not quite "Before Sunrise" with mud and portaloos then, but warm vibes, buzzy crowd scenes and the two leads' enthusiasm will pull you through to the morning after.
  3. Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    May 12, 2012
    60
    If the film is to work at all - and it eventually does - the two 27-year-old leads must radiate enough star quality to obviate the ramshackle plot. They just about do.
  4. Reviewed by: Amy Biancolli
    Jun 14, 2012
    25
    The script is as bland as they come.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. 6
    Two musicians met on a festival, but initially they don't like each other. Some mysterious guy hold'em with handcuffs and they are forced to get to know and eventually fall in love. This is a simple story about genuine connection and finding the true love wherever it is to surprise us. May not be an elaborate script, but the inherent feeling grabs us to an emotional and rocknroll action style transporting to the festival spirit. Expand