Imagine Me & You

Let me say upfront this is my personal favourite film of all time, so I am a bit biased.Being a lesbian and Scottish I have always been a little bit cross that most films in the UK that have to deal with the LGBT community are about gay men. Its nice to have such a modern, fresh, well acted, real, and thoughtful film. I also really like the fact that they don't shy away from the fallout of what happens when this sort of relationship occurs. Somebody always gets hurt and in this film they did not portray the man as "the bad guy" or deserving of what he got. He is a wonderful, handsome, funny man that most any women would be happy with, if they were not gay. Both women had to deal with guilt and a huge feeling of hypocrisy of what they do.In a nutshell, this film is about a woman who marries her best, life long, male friend but at her wedding she meets a woman and discovers that she is very attracted to her. The film then goes on with how she deals with it and eventually the decision she makes. The fallout is not candy coated but also not overly dramatic which really adds to the film. And speaking of that the film does a wonderful job of adding light hearted moments and some comedy that keeps it from being "over the top". There are several scenes in this film that are just magical and the little girl who plays the main characters younger sister nearly steals the show. Just seeing that wonderful wee girl act her arse off is worth the price of the disk alone. And for those of you who like Anthony Head, he does a nice job as the main's father.Also, a rare thing these days, every role in this film is wonderfully cast. IMHO it's an LGBT masterpiece AND a very good film on its own merit. Most LGBT films may be good LGBT films but lack that something that makes them overall good films. I think this film is every bit as good if not better than Brokeback Mountain but as there is no big name talent and a smaller UK production it didn't get the exposure BM did. (And not to be mean, lesbian films just don't get the respect that gay films do.)And lastly the film has a wonderful sound track. If you want a nice, well written, not to preachy film about a modern day lesbian fairy tale, this is about as good as it gets. Enjoy!

I adore this movie - it's fantastic!

Worth the watch.

Love this movies I’ve watched it several times and it hits perfectly every time :)

With 300+ mostly positive reviews, readers have ample reason to decide this film is well worth watching, so I see no need to add another review. My reason for writing is to address the discussion among some reviewers and commenters as to whether or not this is a "lesbian" film. I can understand some wanting to emphasize that this is primarily a love story and that it doesn't explore the often struggle/angst when discovering love for one's own gender. However, a few of these writers suggest viewers can overlook the fact that the two who fall in love are both females, as if this is a shortcoming. That, I think, is a disservice to the film and the readers.Those that state this is not a lesbian film make me wonder what they would consider a lesbian film. Would there have to be steamy scenes of the women naked in bed? Would the situations and appearances of the women have to be stereotypical? Would the women have to be faced with internal, familial, and/or societal homophobia? Keep in mind that this is a romantic comedy, not meant to explore complex dramatic issues such as in The Kids Are All Right.For me, what makes this a lesbian film, first, is that a main character (Luce) identifies herself as a lesbian and the other female lead (Rachel) clearly has a strong emotional, romantic attraction to Luce unlike any we see to her husband, even at their wedding. (During her toast she explains she married Hec because it's always been smooth sailing for them and he is her best friend.) Further, during the credits at the end of the movie, we see Rachel in what appears to be a comfortable and settled relationship with Luce.Secondly, the chemistry that builds between Luce and Rachel is clearly based on interactions between two women. The scene that most clearly illustrates this is when they go dancing at an arcade, a scene that is girlishly playful, flirty, and downright sexy. Likewise, the conflicts and dilemmas they face in pursuing a relationship when one is already committed are shown from distinctly female points of view. Not that men don't suffer guilt in romantic comedies, but they get over it far more quickly.Overall, I don't see the need to view this movie as a universal love story OR a lesbian love story. It's both. Still, while labels can be confining, they can be useful. One reason we watch movies is to see reflections of our own lives, to see that we are not invisible to the world. If a label tips off to a community that here is a film you might relate to intimately, then the label has been valuable. While I dearly love the romantic comedies featuring straight couples from the 1930's up to the present, "Imagine Me and You" holds a special place. It says a story from the perspective of my kind is also worth being told.

Amazon has been recommending this movie to me for a long time, but I kept ignoring it, thinking it was going to be another cheesy fall in love with a woman who is married, hot torrid romance thing, and then end in sadness. I guess I should have read the description, because I finally broke down and rented this and watched it. …and I’m absolutely in love with the movie now, I keep finding myself going back to various scenes and re-watching it. It’s adorable and witty, and beautiful on so many levels.It’s not a coming out movie, it’s a movie about someone falling for someone else during her wedding. There’s a realistic emphasis/conversation about cheating, but in a positive way with characters who support one another through the process. No, they’re not rooting for one another, but this isn’t a movie that is about lesbians being lesbians and the coming out process, etc. It’s about two people who fall in love a little late.It’s funny that I’ve read some reviews about the movie being implausible. However, it’s not so much the plot that I would focus on in that regards. The small little thoughts, tiny day dreams about someone else, the warmth that you feel when you see them, or the desire to just be around them. Those are the little moments in the movie that stands out to me and remind me a lot of young love. It’s in those moments, which I feel are well portrayed, that makes this movie one of my all time favorites in a very short span of having seen it. I can finally watch something on the screen that is the most plausible to my own experiences in that regards.

Movie is so well done. Casting was fantastic

I have to disagree with many of the comments about this movie. Anthony Head played a blinder & was a perfect antithesis to Celia Imrie. Very funny.Someone else wrote: "Anthony Head's performance concerned me a little; for a man who is handsome and cultured and altogether rather dashing, I did wonder why he chose to deliver his lines in such a peculiar bumbling (and difficult to hear) manner, slurring his words to an unnecessary extent. Was he supposed to be permanently sloshed, I wondered? Or was it that his overbearing wife had henpecked him into a state of premature senility?" The answer, for me... he was acting!Up there with "Three weddings & a funeral," not quite. "Notting Hill?" Not even close. However, the love story was touching.It is close to my heart as the Mother of one of my daughters is gay & the said beautiful daughter we produced was brought up by her & her fabulous partner. I felt Rachel's pain, which is my point.Someone else wrote:"Uno dei film che tratta il tema della riscoperta di una sessualità diversa in modo molto dolce e delicato, che ti porta a tifare fino all'ultimo per la felicità di ognuno dei protagonisti. Divertente, tenero, dolce e sicuramente consigliato per gli amanti delle commedie romantiche."I have no idea either, but doesn't that sound genuinely wonderful!?

Llegó puntual y en perfecto estado. Amo esta película.

Der Film aus 2005 ist lustig und sehr gut gemacht. Die Schauspieler sind alle toll. Atmosphäre und Humor erinnern ein wenig an manche schöne Filme aus der Siebziger, wie zb "Barfuß im Park" (mit Jane Fonda und Robert Redford).

Loved the story, loved the acting....a very gentle story.

Tenía mucho tiempo buscando esta película. Tiene subtitulos en español. El dvd tiene lado A y lado B dependiendo el tipo de pantalla en el que quieras ver el dvd. Región 1, un poco difícil para encontrar reproductor de esa región en México, pero compré un reproductor multiregion y sin problemas. Entrega antes de lo esperado.