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4.0 out of 5 stars My New Favorite Romantic Movie, Jun 14 2004

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J. Burns (La Jolla, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Me Without You (Widescreen) (DVD)

Worth it to witness the hard, ugly truth of friends who love each other and will spoil everything for one another to prove it. Also worth it for the well-crafted acting and very accessible script. However, for me, this tale of friendship became the mere backdrop for a surprisingly romantic story of longing and disappointment.

Michelle Williams does a remarkably subtle job throughout (I didn't expect this performance from her), and she is able to convey her character's infatuation for Marina's older brother with a truth never seen in the lovesick characters of Dawson's Creek. But the true revelation here is Oliver Milburn, who adds layer after layer to the cool but kind Nat. It is no wonder that Williams' Holly can't let go of her crush on this young man; in the skilled hands of Milburn, Nat becomes a "real boy" and is one of the most endearing "objects of affection" that I have seen in the movies in quite some time.

All performances are wonderful, with some small, very funny moments that can be easily missed if you aren't paying attention (I caught many on my second viewing).

Why not 5 stars? Well, I must confess that the ending left me wanting more. Also, don't expect extra's on this DVD. Except for the typical scene selections, subtitles (which was actually helpful - there is a lot of whispering in this movie) and 3 previews, there is nothing really added to this DVD.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One girl to another: We need to get divorced, Jun 6 2004

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Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Me Without You (Widescreen) (DVD)

This excellent film follows two girls who have been friends from childhood. They've lived next door to each other and are in and out of each others' houses daily. Holly is a sky, bookish, Jewish girl whose mother 'comforts' her by saying "Some girls are pretty, and others are smart." Thanks, Mom. Marina, OTOH, is a knockout, has glamorous but unstable and unreliable parents, and a brother whom Holly secretly lusts after. As they grow, their friendship remains the one constant in their world - but one does wonder that it takes so long for Holly to realize that Marina is just using her and being very mean about it in the process.
Without either knowing (but of course all is eventually revealed), they have an affair with the same college professor, but throughout, there's this underlying attraction of Holly to Marina's brother, Nat, even after he's married a French actress.
Great flick with a touching ending. Terrific acting by everyone.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Friendship Through Thick and Thin, Jun 2 2004

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Diaspora Chic "diaspora_chic" (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews

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I saw this movie on cable and thought it was good. Focusing on the friendship between Miranda and Holly, the movie made me think of what friendship what is about. It's about caring, loving, struggling, coping, changing, etc. The girls were different but remained close. Their friendship at times was rocky because Marina was controlling and Holly was reserved and held herself back. Both have an affair with the professor which doesn't go well. He's married. Then there is Marina's older brother Oliver. He and Holly are in love but they can't be together. He marries a French girl but is she the one for him? It is when Miranda finally falls apart, Holly can only take but more than she can.
Their friendship had been through some odds and ends. One should let the other go so that one could make her own decisions and see what is in store for her. It could have made them or break them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Me Without You - excellent movie about friendship
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Published on May 14 2010 by Kathryn Philipps

5.0 out of 5 stars Un de mes films préférés
Un film magnifique sur l'amitié "entre filles". Très touchant, très vrai.
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