The Truth About Love (2004)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

John Hay

Writers:

Peter Bloore (story)
Peter Bloore (written by)

Release Date:

21 April 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

How far would you go to test your man? How far would you go to keep him?

Plot:

As part of a drunken bet with her sister, a happily married woman sends an anonymous Valentine's card to her husband to see if he hides it...

Cast

Dougray Scott	...	Archie Gray
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Alice Holbrook
David Christian	...	Suppository Man
Freddie Waters	...	Fidgety Teenager
Jimi Mistry	...	Sam Holbrook
Kate Miles	...	Felicity
Tracy O'Flaherty	...	Promotions Woman
Tom Boyd	...	Henry (as Thomas S.W. Boyd)
Elise Rayner	...	TV News Reporter
Frances Valeydon-Pillay	...	Beauty Therapist
Karl Howman	...	Cliff Sharpe
Simon Webbe	...	Dan Harlow
Marc Danbury	...	Supporter #1
Kirris Riviere	...	Supporter #2 (as Kirris J. Riviere)
Jason Speake	...	Supporter #3

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Philippines:R-13 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Bristol Central Library, College Green, Bristol, England, UK

Company:

Piccadilly Pictures

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Outside the courtroom, a crewmember on the right-hand side of the screen next to a lamppost wearing a large greenish-brown jacket is visible, ushering the extras to their marks.

Quotes:

Alice Holbrook: Anonymous never thinks. She does.

Cringe-worthy

I ordered the movie from Korea because I was an extra in it and was interested to see how it turned out.

Having watched it I can say that I am ashamed to have had any part of it. I feel embarrassed not only for myself but for everyone else who had any part in the making of this mockery of British "comedy".

From beginning to end the film is predictable, tedious, dull, monotonous and cringe-worthy to the point that on several occasions I actually looked away from the screen in dis-belief. Until you actually see the movie it is difficult to conceive how un-romantic and un-comedic a romantic comedy can be.

It's not only a bad story, but a badly-made film. In one scene, you can actually see a runner or assistant director showing the S.A.'s when to wipe across. I will post details of this in the 'Goofs' section.

On the up-side, it did fill me with emotions (disappointment, rage, embarrassment…)