Movie Review

The Trouble With Men + Women (2006)

Reviewed by Scott Brown | Aug 09, 2006

Scott Brown

Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

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EW's GRADE

D+

Details Limited Release: Aug 09, 2006; Rated: Unrated; Length: 74 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Joseph McFadden and Matthew Delamere

$LOSERS\' LOUNGE McFadden (left) and Delamare ponder The Trouble Between Men + Women — but we\'ve heard it all before$

LOSERS' LOUNGE McFadden (left) and Delamare ponder The Trouble Between Men + Women — but we've heard it all before

Some movies make love look schematic. The Trouble With Men + Women makes those films look stunningly insightful as it maps the mopes of Matt (Joseph McFadden), a just-dumped London romantic with no ambition beyond ''finding someone.'' Making matters worse, his best friends are a couple in crisis: One's a pseudointellectual cad (Matthew Delamere), the other a neglected hipsterella (Kate Ashfield). I won't spoil the anticlimax, but we learn love is both (a) hard and (b) sometimes right in front of you!

Originally posted Aug 09, 2006 Published in issue #891-892 Aug 18, 2006 Order article reprints

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