Crush (2001)

Boring

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

I loved the movie. Beautifully shot with wonderful scenery in great British understatement that resorts to American overdone drama a couple of times. However mostly an engrossing and very English story with a great mix of pathos and stand back watching.I love the wonderful English houses, churches and a crematorium add to the scenery. Who would have thought funerals could be so much fun.A good story with the young male lead portrayed as a functioning adult with wistful teenage angst. Some great hard-hitting one-liners as an English movie at its best should be and a couple of interesting twists.Remember your tissues:-)

My sweetheart and I watched this on cable last night. For a comedy it had too few laughs. The acting was passable, with two strong supporting performances from Staunton and Chancellor and a weaker lead in MacDowell. Given the cable synopsis, we thought this film might have echoes of Notes on a Scandal. No such luck. Yes, the American headmistress of a British school begins an affair with a former student, but he's 25, well past the age of consent. Sure, he's not as sophisticated as his lover and her friends but he is sincere, and they plan to marry. Her friends the doctor and the implausible cop decide to ruin the relationship for her own good. A true friend can advise you not to pursue a relationship but ceases being a any kind of friend when he or she actively sabotages the relationship. Dr. Molly is the worst friend since Linda Tripp. Her malice indirectly leads to the death of her friend's young lover and she expects to be forgiven? Lady, please!

What started as a funny story of three women in their 40's going thru a kind of middle life crisis and their bad relationships with men, then turns serious when an unusual romance blossoms for one of them. The relationship develops unexpectedly well, the characters seem real. The young man who's the love interest delivers some surprising twists and it's all very believable. We actually root for them and their beautiful love story… But just when the film could've built up to some real high class drama (the older woman confronting her fears and other people's prejudices) it whirls downwards into some really deranged nonsense, "pseudo" tragedy and plain silliness. The so well constructed characters and the very good performances get drawn into a not well chewed mess which is irritating to watch. It's a shame really, what had started well and could've turned into a really neat romantic flick, even a little jewel (with a good look on how these two people connect above all their differences and against all social conventions), gets wasted. It's almost as if we were watching two different films. Maybe the script was meant for a short film and didn't add up to the full hour and a half and had to be filled in? Anyway it could've been better written to have a coherent development and ending. What a shame.

Caught this on IFC yesterday, and can't believe the positive reviews! Am I the only one who thought these "ladies" were anything but? Kate tells Jed she could get fired because she's supposed to be a pillar of the community, but puts out for him! Then they suddenly decide they're in love? And she's SO devastated over his death, she doesn't go to his funeral, much less, tell his family the "good news"! By the way, how did an American get to be the headmistress of a very proper British school? Janine should have been kicked off the force for her inexcusable abuse of power, but nothing happens! And she winds up boffing a con she brought in for questioning! And the less said about Molly, the better!As for the guilt Janine and Molly feel over Jed, please! It's the punk's own damn fault he got turned into roadkill! Where's the guilt over poor Gerald, who gets puked on? If only I could do the same to the bozos behind this "movie"!