jsrees OK, there was some good acting but I watched it on DVD and English subtitles were not available. I should have chucked the DVD out when the cleaner(Shirley Henderson) spoke in a monotone at the start of the film with barely a word enunciated audibly. Then Joan Allen(She)appeared and I realised this was an art house film where you have to guess at the dialogue because the actors are too narcissistic to bother to project their voices. Actually Simon Abkarian (He) spoke well and halfway through the film - when I went to IMDb and found that it was in iambic pentameter - it began to engage my interest. It seemed there were some interesting ideas brought up within a banal love story, but I could not engage with any of the characters and the background music drowned out the conversation - maybe that was the director's intention, to create needless obscurity. Another (all-too-frequent) example of the emperor's new clothes.

mcort5 This movie is a refreshing departure from the usual fish-out-of water / Boy meets Girl fare. The sense of dissatisfaction that She experiences in her marriage is conveyed realistically. His loneliness and sense of persecution for being a Muslim in modern U.K. gives the story a contemporary and relevant angle. The courtly and erotic way in which he captures her heart as well as the use of verse injects the right amount of romance.Minor flaw: Since it is told in verse, some of the "fleshing out" of the relationships is missing.Bonus:Great shots of Cuba

tubaman-8 How can anyone say that there is something worthwhile in this film? It came up on Encore and I decided to give it a try even though I had never heard of it. It is rare when I walk away from a movie, even if I'm not paying for it, but I couldn't watch this mess. This movie is trying to teach a lesson but comes across a preachy. The rhyming verse is distracting at best and annoying at worst. There is no story worth caring about, the characters create no interest in what they are doing or what may be going on around them. I found absolutely nothing of value in this movie. A waste of the 45 minutes that I gave this mess before giving up.

bob the moo She is a scientist in a loveless and dead marriage with politician Anthony. He is chef in a London hotel. They meet one night when she comes to a dinner event with her husband. A small bit of flirting turns into a meeting and starts an affair between him and her that is passionate and intimate despite the gap between them in regards race, status, culture, background and income.I was brought to this film out of curiosity more than anything else. The plot summary said that it was written entirely in rhyming couplets and, despite not knowing quite what to expect I figured it was different and interesting enough to be worth a look. At first the novelty of hearing a modern Shakespearian dialogue distracted me from the story but once my brain got into the flow of the words I was taken into the characters and the story. Plot wise I can see why some viewers are put off this because the story is secondary to the characters and the dialogue. That said though, the characters are well brought out with the dialogue – which is something I didn't think would be that easy to do. I was interested in He and She although I must admit that the story wasn't there to make the most of them.Instead the film does delight in the dialogue and holding the audience with the flow as much as with the content. This was enough for me but I understand why this makes this film one of limited appeal which is why the votes on this site number in the hundreds rather than the thousands. The cast respond well to this across the board but none more so than Allen. She enjoys the lead and makes a lot of her character and her lines. Abkarian is almost as good but the film offers him less to do – he works well with Allen even though the dialogue does slightly limit the impression of passion between them. Supporting turns from Neill, Leonidas, Lewis, Johnson mostly produce good individual scenes while Henderson does a good job as the narrator, framing the film as one of several cleaners viewing the stage while also being on it themselves.Overall then a curio piece that is worth a look for what it does well. It flows well to the ear even if Potter's ability as director is somewhat less than that as the writer here. The cast deal well with the dialogue and aid the flow but the weaknesses in the narrative are there for all to see and will put many viewers off from seeing what it does well.