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#1 Post by RAZORBACK » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:50 pm



Just back from the unlimited screening and have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie.

The trailer above led me to expect a relatively forgettable romantic comedy but instead it turned out to be an incredibly sweet comedic drama with a great collection of extremely likeable characters.

Overall it did enough to get an 8/10 from me & IMO it's well worth a voucher when it goes on general release later this month...
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Re: What If

#2 Post by The Sparrow » Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:20 am

Mediocre but then again, the idiots I had sitting in front and behind me, didn't help. I had higher hopes for this as I do like Dan Rad but it didn't do a lot for me.
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Subject: What If? - Thursday 14th August - Showfilmfirst

#3 Post by trevmovfan » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:11 am

Hi
Just to confirm it says in the terms & conditions that a copy of the page in the Heat magazine is required to validate ticket? is this checked at the gate? :confused:

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Re: Subject: What If? - Thursday 14th August - Showfilmfirst

#4 Post by valda » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:32 am

I've never seen it happen myself vx
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#5 Post by valda » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:35 am

I don't see him in any sort of romantic role sadly
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#6 Post by Yinster » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:38 pm

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Back from Hamilton Vue.

This is a pretty average film. Some good bits, some not so good bits but basically the story of boy meets girl, girl has boyfriend, can they just stay friends? Well it didn't really do anything for me.

And I thought the cast were miscasted if that is a word. Daniel Radcliffe isn't the tallest guy in the world but to put him beside Adam Driver made him look like a hobbit. Whilst I wasn't sure what accent British Rafe Spall was putting on. And why Daniel Radcliffe's Wallace was living in Toronto. It took me ages to work out that was where it was set too. 5/10
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Re: What If

#7 Post by Beate » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:51 pm

Totally forgettable. Miles better than The Congress but still mediocre. We have had this story so many times before and it didn't work for me this time as I would choose Rafe Spall over Daniel Radcliffe any time! God know why they didn't call this "Fool's Gold". Also didn't agree with some of the language in the film, I swear myself but I didn't really need all those conversations about poo and other crap (hohum). And does the romantic lead always have to have an idiot friend? And did she go to Taiwan in the end? And do I really care?

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Re: What If

#8 Post by katekatrin1981 » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:58 pm

6/10

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Re: What If

#9 Post by alythonian » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:59 pm

I quite enjoyed this. It was fluff but perfectly acceptable fluff. Did feel like a British film rather than a Holywood one.
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Re: What If

#10 Post by Yinster » Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:05 pm

Beate wrote:And did she go to Taiwan in the end? And do I really care?
If you stayed till the end and before the credits where the names came up you would have seen with the girl and boy in animated form. It was pretty clever and better than the actual film.
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