Pierce Brosnan plays a disgraced TV host who attempts to commit suicide on New Years's Eve but, would you believe it, there are three other unhappy people who also want to hurl themselves from the top of the same London skyscraper. After learning a little bit about each other they come up with a plan to stay alive and stick together until at least Valentine's Day. Two men. Two women. Valentine's Day. What could possibly happen? How will this resolve itself?
Jeez....
A feel good black comedy without any laughs is bad enough, but a feel good British black comedy starring Pierce Brosnan based on a Nick Hornby book without any laughs and a mildly offensive tone of casually dismissing mental health issues is something that may just push you over the edge. It's awful.
I don't mind the set-up. I mind that it unfolds in such a predictable, unfunny and condescending fashion. There's no comedy in this; no fun at all. There's no ear for dialogue, or any sense that the writers' have any sense of the way people really talk or behave. It would be poor as a one hour tv special. As a feature it doesn't have anything going for it at all.
The message of this movie seems to be: "Feeling suicidal? Go on holiday and forget about it." Be selfish, talk your problems through with some strangers, continue to be selfish, meet some great people, maybe get off with one of them and maybe get to enjoy your next Christmas.
Awful.
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