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Modern Life Is Rubbish
A romantic story follows Liam and Natalie, a musical couple whose relationship lasts more than ten years.One day and suddenly they have some troubles which lead them to separate. But the music will be the reason which makes them get back together.
9 April 1993, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK
5 April 1981, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
30 April 1967, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
16 May 1986, Donegal, Ireland
8 October 1964, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
9 April 1949, Dublin, Ireland
April 30, 2018
This song [plays] wrong jarring chords.
April 24, 2018
Exploring a relationship by flicking between beginning and end, this British drama is skilfully shot, edited and played. But the story structure is a problem.
April 27, 2018
Despite the obligatory eclectic soundtrack, there aren't many surprises nor reasons to care about why these two should be together.
May 05, 2018
A contrived plot with a predictable twist and overuse of syrupy montages undermine its rock and roll credentials.
April 27, 2018
[Josh] Whitehouse and [Freya] Mavor have great chemistry and give their thinly written characters charm and energy, which keeps us on their side through very predictable ups and downs.
April 26, 2018
The film is full of the signifiers of musical devotion but lacks the hummably acerbic insight of the best music it namechecks.
May 03, 2018
It's like a strange and enervating cross between High Fidelity and One Day where everyone on screen makes you want to thump yourself in the face.
April 27, 2018
"Modern Life is Rubbish" has a song in its heart, and it will put one in yours.
April 24, 2018
For those who delight in candy-coated nostalgia, writer Philip Gawthorne's familiar, cliché-heavy script offers a twee jaunt down memory lane. For everyone else, even a killer Britpop soundtrack...can't save the film from overtrodden territory.
December 26, 2017
Mavor and Whitehouse, both of whom appear poised to break out after a series of smaller roles in TV and indie features, demonstrate a believable chemistry, but more importantly perhaps, a convincing hostility after their breakup.
April 26, 2018
Much of the movie...is an advertisement for male emotional immaturity.
April 26, 2018
There's a depressingly predetermined quality to this story.
