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The generic title of The Very Thought of You suggests a bland, by-the-numbers romantic comedy, which is probably why it never made it into theaters. Its dialogue certainly doesn't help--there's a lot of piffle about destiny and 'having only one chance,' etc.--but there are some surprising differences. The plot centers around Martha (Monica Potter), an American trying to start a new life in London. She meets three men (Tom Hollander, Rufus Sewell, and Joseph Fiennes, who played the title role in Shakespeare in Love). These three are best friends and all three fall in love with her, but the one she falls in love with feels like he's betraying the others to be with her. Despite the resulting confusion, she pursues him to the end--which makes it unlike most current romantic comedies in which the woman is a hapless love object to be captured by the right guy. But more entertainingly, The Very Thought of You pays particular attention to the ways men delude themselves, because the two friends Martha doesn't care for are both convinced she's hankering for them, which allows for some fairly subtle skewering of the male ego. It's a flimsy movie, but no more so than Notting Hill, and Joseph Fiennes in particular has a relaxed, winning charm that marks him as a rising star. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - a fun caricature of extroverts and introverts in love
A delightful romp of a romantic comedy. What makes it stand out from most other Hollywood romances about love at first sight is that it is a very funny caricature of introverts and extroverts. The movie makes absolutely no pretense about being realistic (someone falls in love in...exactly...thirty seconds - did the director time this scene?). You watch this movie for the facial expressions, the body language, the fleeting touches, for laughing at who is really paying attention, and who is not. Who ... Read More
Rating: - Fun Movie for Anyone
The Very Thought of You is a sweet, cute, and fun film that has a good cast and characters you just get interested in for no apparent reason besides the fact that they are there. It does seem highly coincidental that a young woman could meet three guys who are all best friends over the course of a couple days but why let that stop you from watching the film? Suspension of disbelief is a wonderful thing.
This movie is a good romantic comedy that lets you escape an otherwise mundane morning, ... Read More
Rating:  - Can you really find your soul mate in 48 hours?
I mainly bought this movie because I loved "I'm with Lucy" which starred Monica Potter. This movie was fun to watch. It's crazy to imagine meeting your soul mate within 48 hours and also his two best friends who also like you. I liked how the story was told in each characters point of view, which was different and unexpected. This is definitely a "chick flick" :)
Rating: - I love this movie
It's sweet, funny, and thoughful. Girl meets guy, and his 2 (jerky) best friends, each unaware that they've met & fallen for the same girl. She's unaware that she is also lusted after by the two best friends of the guy she's fallen for. Confusion ensues. Guy makes a life-changing choice, despite the fact that he thinks he's lost the girl, and winds up with the girl after all. The two (former) best friends are left behind, not realizing what actually happened.
A bit confusing in the ... Read More
Rating:  - Darling bunny meets lovesick spaniel, snuffling ensues
This movie is one more amiable, if slight, entry in the seemingly endless romantic comedy derby. In this one, Monica Potter turns her special, Valentine's Day adorable bunny rabbit charm on three feckless Englishmen (a well-worn character in the romantic comedy genre on both sides of the Atlantic but increasingly annoying in its English incarnation), the best known of whom is Joseph Fiennes (who looks rather weaker and sillier than I recall him looking in most of his films). The plot is heavy on circumstance ... Read More
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