The Very Thought of You

Starring:Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander, Joseph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Debora Weston, Jan Pearson, Steve O'Donnell, Rebecca Craig, Paul Bigley, Geoffrey McGivern, Hamish Clark, Lorelei King, Steven Spiers, Rob Brydon, Luke de Lacey, Sam Rumbelow, Stephen Mangan, Paul Sangam
Director: Nick Hamm
Studio: Miramax
Product Type: DVD

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The generic title of The Very Thought of You suggests a bland, by-the-numbers romantic comedy, which is probably why it never made it into theaters. Its dialogue certainly doesn't help--there's a lot of piffle about destiny and "having only one chance," etc.--but there are some surprising differences. The plot centers around Martha (Monica Potter), an American trying to start a new life in London. She meets three men (Tom Hollander, Rufus Sewell, and Joseph Fiennes, who played the title role in Shakespeare in Love). These three are best friends and all three fall in love with her, but the one she falls in love with feels like he's betraying the others to be with her. Despite the resulting confusion, she pursues him to the end--which makes it unlike most current romantic comedies in which the woman is a hapless love object to be captured by the right guy. But more entertainingly, The Very Thought of You pays particular attention to the ways men delude themselves, because the two friends Martha doesn't care for are both convinced she's hankering for them, which allows for some fairly subtle skewering of the male ego. It's a flimsy movie, but no more so than Notting Hill, and Joseph Fiennes in particular has a relaxed, winning charm that marks him as a rising star. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Hot stars Joseph Fiennes (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) and Monica Potter (PATCH ADAMS, CON AIR) lead an impressive cast in this sexy romantic comedy about three old friends who unwittingly fall for the same woman! Martha (Potter) has decided to leave her life in the U.S. and start over in London, free of romance and other complications. But then, one by one, she meets Frank (Rufus Sewell -- DANGEROUS BEAUTY, DARK CITY), Daniel (Tom Hollander), and Laurence (Fiennes) ... childhood buddies who each fall instantly in love with her! As the guys compete with outrageous schemes to win her love, you'll be entertained by a funny and charming comedy where Martha gets swept away in three whirlwind romances while pondering which one to choose!

Customer Reviews:

Can you really find your soul mate in 48 hours?.......2007-01-10

I mainly bought this movie because I loved "I'm with Lucy" which starred Monica Potter. This movie was fun to watch. It's crazy to imagine meeting your soul mate within 48 hours and also his two best friends who also like you. I liked how the story was told in each characters point of view, which was different and unexpected. This is definitely a "chick flick" :)

I love this movie.......2006-03-26

It's sweet, funny, and thoughful. Girl meets guy, and his 2 (jerky) best friends, each unaware that they've met & fallen for the same girl. She's unaware that she is also lusted after by the two best friends of the guy she's fallen for. Confusion ensues. Guy makes a life-changing choice, despite the fact that he thinks he's lost the girl, and winds up with the girl after all. The two (former) best friends are left behind, not realizing what actually happened.

A bit confusing in the way it's told: in flash-backs, but all in all a great story about finding love in the least-expected of places, and not letting one's life stagnate.

Darling bunny meets lovesick spaniel, snuffling ensues.......2006-02-26

This movie is one more amiable, if slight, entry in the seemingly endless romantic comedy derby. In this one, Monica Potter turns her special, Valentine's Day adorable bunny rabbit charm on three feckless Englishmen (a well-worn character in the romantic comedy genre on both sides of the Atlantic but increasingly annoying in its English incarnation), the best known of whom is Joseph Fiennes (who looks rather weaker and sillier than I recall him looking in most of his films). The plot is heavy on circumstance and happenstance and weak on character and emotional involvement. I never really felt that there was the slightest chemistry between the two leads. Ms. Potter, a sweet if somewhat cloying actress with almost aggressive American good-looks, works hard to convince us of her convictions which amount to needing to change her entire life from the ground up. Looking at her we can hardly believe that any of the things which she tells us about her terrible past are true. She is just too clean and too terrifically healthy and downright pretty to have had a trying youth and a less than boisterously successful present. As for Mr. Fiennes, we don't get Will Shakespeare, we get Hugh Grant Lite (thanks, Mr. Grant, for raising stammering diffidence from mere character aspect to full character status) a tongue-tied fool who just cannot speak when he needs to. The wonderful Ray Winstone - pre-Sexy Beast - is used here merely as a foil through which this backward-told tale is related. The unfolding of the plot is clever enough and the players congenial enough to make this film easy to sit through. I gave it three stars, but it deserves more like 2 ½.

The Man is Handsome.......2006-01-14

This is a cute date flick, pop the wine cork, and throw the popcorn in the microwave. Sure, the coincidence of three best London male friends falling for one Minneapolis blonde-haired woman in a few days is unlikely in real life, but film is not real life. If it were, we would be watching non-stop documentaries or less contrived reality TV.

So I'll go along with the quirky, desperate attempt by little Miss Nobody, Monica Potter, Marsha from Minneapolis (a Mary Tyler Moore with a bad attitude) attempt to fly anywhere; just get me out of town and on to my new life where little people are appreciated. Then she meets in succession: the wealthy short person in the music business, his friend, the failed child actor, and Joseph Fiennes, a bridge teacher. I think they could have come up with a more believable occupation for cynical Shakespeare in Love, but the man is handsome and your date will warm up for later activities.

I agree with whoever said "Clever, charming, and witty.".......2004-10-31

Highly recommended! Thought it was great! One of the best romantic comedies I've seen.

Average customer rating:

Can you really find your soul mate in 48 hours?
I love this movie
Darling bunny meets lovesick spaniel, snuffling ensues
The Man is Handsome
I agree with whoever said "Clever, charming, and witty."

The Very Thought of You [Region 2]
Starring: Monica Potter , Rufus Sewell , Tom Hollander , Joseph Fiennes , and Ray Winstone
Director: Nick Hamm
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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