Rating: 
Summary: So-SO
Review: Maybe my expectations were too high of this movie. I found myself getting bored, especially with Holly's scenes. I just found the role to be very bland. I know Holly was a more melancholy person, but a different actress would've done wonders with her. I though Michelle was using her Dawson's Creek style of dialogue and applying it to Holly. Anna Friel on the other hand really portrayed the character of Marina very well. And, I can't say enough about the actor who played Nat. He really portrays the emotion through his eyes. I felt a lot of the issues were not given closure and were not confronted.
Anyone who grew up with a best friend will recognize the friendship. However, I'm suprised Holly and Marina stayed friends for so long.
Rating: 
Summary: Girls will be girls
Review: Of course you think you can trust your very best friend. You grew up together and you know eachother so well. You listen to the same music, go to the same parties, trust eachother 100 percent. Why is it then that you can't really rely on your very best friend? Beause even though she is beautiful and bold and seems to have it all, she is really an insecure and scared child. Me Without You is a look at two young English women from the 1970's to 2001. They're in constant competition although neither of them realizes it until the end. Marina, the "beautiful" one, seems to have a hold on Holly, the "smart" one. In the end, Marina is the friend who really doesn't have it all together. GREAT soundtrack! Fabulous English accent by Michelle Williams! I found myself liking these characters from the very beginning of the movie and couldn't wait to see how it all ended.
Rating:
Summary: two thumbs up
Review: the movie was interesting, and kept you watching till the end. Michelle gives an excelent performance. The movie was very enjoyable and is like bridget jones diary only better.
Rating:
Summary: One girl to another: We need to get divorced
Review: 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.
Rating:
Summary: Strong performance - strong movie
Review: This movie didn't need big action scenes, headbreaking stunts or a supernatural plot to be good. One should call a motion picture only movie when you are really moved by it. And this one surely is a big movie. Not the classical-tear-jerking-coming-of-age-stuff we're used to.
The strength of it comes from the actresses and actors in it. I was astonished to see how good both Friel and Wiliams were able to play the same characters in different stages of their lives. I especially enjoyed Michelle Wiliams performance (I admit, I already liked her a lot before I saw this movie), I never imagined she could be that good and convincing (and with a quiet Brit-accent in her voice).
Unfortunately this movie isn't out on sale in Europe yet (...hopefully yet).
Cheers,
FB.
Rating: 
Summary: A better, mindful "Chick-flick"
Review: This movie explores a friendship, that moves through the 70s and 80s, of two girls/women who both need and repel each other. The situations and dialouge were commendable, but Michelle Williams made the material come alive. Her wistful, longing looks, together with her breathtaking beauty, make Holly (her character) sensual and accessible.
I am sure that women will relate better to this film than men. But, that said, some will find themselves within these scenes also.
Make the effort to see this movie, and enjoy it for what it is.
Rating:
Summary: I Can Relate
Review: This movie was absolutely amazing for me. I myself had a very similar relationship to the one that Holly and Marina share. It is a movie that I related to in a very personal way, and it opened my eyes to a lot of things that I myself had ignored about the reality of friendship, especially close friendships. It's a very very touching movie that digs deeply into the way people relate to eachother and how we grow in relation to our friendships. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen and I think that everyone should watch is at least once.
Rating:
Summary: I Can Relate
Review: This movie was absolutely amazing for me. I myself had a very similar relationship to the one that Holly and Marina share. It is a movie that I related to in a very personal way, and it opened my eyes to a lot of things that I myself had ignored about the reality of friendship, especially close friendships. It's a very very touching movie that digs deeply into the way people relate to eachother and how we grow in relation to our friendships. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen and I think that everyone should watch is at least once.
Rating:
Summary: not-so-joyous paean to female friendship
Review: This small, understated film explores the agony and ecstasy of being a friend, tracking the relationship between two British girls, Marina (Anna Friel) and Holly (Michelle Williams of "Dawson's Creek" fame), as they find their way through the 70's and 80's. It is an unflinching, non-moralizing account of two people who grow up and grow apart but who can't let each other go. Early on, Holly's mother says, "There are pretty people, and there are clever people," and it's clear that while Marina falls into the pretty category, Holly thinks the only thing she can be is clever. Marina's glamourous, party girl behavior belies her deep insecurities and neediness, which also prompt her passive-aggressive behavior toward Holly, all attempts to maintain control of a friend who needs nothing more than to break away from her. Holly also carries a torch for Marina's brother Nat (Oliver Milburn) who admits the feeling is mutual, but the timing is never right. It's clear that while the girls were inseparable as children, as young adults, Holly develops a personality and individuality all her own while Marina can't separate her identity from her friend. The film drags in sections and often beats you over the head with the points it attempts to make, but all in all it is an enjoyable little movie. Williams handles the English accent remarkably well and shows that she is probably the most gifted of the actors to emerge from "Dawson's Creek." Friel may get the fireworks, but as Holly, Williams ultimately gets the more interesting character. It is also amusing to witness the changes in fashion and music as the characters go from 1973 to 2001. It may not be the most original subject matter, but anyone who's ever had a friend would find it difficult not to relate to this film.
Rating:
Summary: not-so-joyous paean to female friendship
Review: This small, understated film explores the agony and ecstasy of being a friend, tracking the relationship between two British girls, Marina (Anna Friel) and Holly (Michelle Williams of "Dawson's Creek" fame), as they find their way through the 70's and 80's. It is an unflinching, non-moralizing account of two people who grow up and grow apart but who can't let each other go. Early on, Holly's mother says, "There are pretty people, and there are clever people," and it's clear that while Marina falls into the pretty category, Holly thinks the only thing she can be is clever. Marina's glamourous, party girl behavior belies her deep insecurities and neediness, which also prompt her passive-aggressive behavior toward Holly, all attempts to maintain control of a friend who needs nothing more than to break away from her. Holly also carries a torch for Marina's brother Nat (Oliver Milburn) who admits the feeling is mutual, but the timing is never right. It's clear that while the girls were inseparable as children, as young adults, Holly develops a personality and individuality all her own while Marina can't separate her identity from her friend. The film drags in sections and often beats you over the head with the points it attempts to make, but all in all it is an enjoyable little movie. Williams handles the English accent remarkably well and shows that she is probably the most gifted of the actors to emerge from "Dawson's Creek." Friel may get the fireworks, but as Holly, Williams ultimately gets the more interesting character. It is also amusing to witness the changes in fashion and music as the characters go from 1973 to 2001. It may not be the most original subject matter, but anyone who's ever had a friend would find it difficult not to relate to this film.
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