The Very Thought of You |  | Director: Nick Hamm
Actors: Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander, Joseph Fiennes, Ray Winstone
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  46 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: DISD18328D
ISBN: 0788818015
UPC: 717951005144
EAN: 9780788818011
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Release Date: December 14, 1999
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Product Description
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARTHA. SHE HAS LEFT BEHIND HER LIFE IN THE U.S. FOR ONE IN LONDON, FREE OF ROMANCE AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS. IN THE PROCESS SHE MEETS DANIEL, FRANK AND LAURENCE. THEY EACH FALL INSTANTLY IN LOVE WITH HER. THE CHAOS UNFOLDS AS EACH OF THEM SCHEMES TO WIN HER LOVE.
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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
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 An amazing story January 25, 2009
Unabashed Officianado (Kona, Hawaii (today))
If you could spin a tight yarn like this, you too would be rich or at least be quite the ladies man! I had low expectations and was blown away. This movie is in my top ten favorites of all time. Well cast. Well acted. Excellent dialogue. This falls into the category of chick flick, of which I am a hapless officianado, but honestly it's all about the guys. You will like every character. When it's over you'll probably want to go to London--and you'll keep your eyes open on the way.
a fun caricature of extroverts and introverts in love January 3, 2009
a Midwest reviewer
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 puts the moves on and who does not. Who calls a woman the most times and who does not.
If you read a book like "Are you my type, Am I Yours? Relationships Made Easy Through the Enneagram" which tells you how to recognize successful and unsuccessful achievers (type 3) and romantics (type 4), and then watch this movie over again, then you will pick up on all kinds of things you don't notice the first time. There's hardly any character development (not supposed to be - they're caricatures) but in a way it is a really groundbreaking movie because it came out in 1999. Today you find all these webpages out there like "The Mind of an Introvert: Why We Act the Way We Do" "How Introverts Communicate" and "Introverts in an Extroverts World." You've got books like "The Introvert Advantage" and "The Introvert & Extrovert in Love", most of which have all come out just within the last 3-6 years. You've got the author of "Good to Great" telling us that 40% of top CEOs have introverted tendencies and wikipedia telling us how extroverts and introverts minds are really different. What is really amazing is that this movie was ahead of the curve, it came out before all these ideas became so widespread.
And perhaps it's because of all the introverts out there that this movie is rated so highly.
Fun Movie for Anyone January 19, 2008
Jennifer Day
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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, afternoon, or evening and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the type of movie that can do that. In fact, I might just go do that later.
The only problem I found with the film (but I don't let that hinder the joy I find in it) is the fact that we start the movie near the end of the story and then it flashes back to the story and how we got to the place we started with. All well and good but the film makers went with the idea of overlapping dialogue, so we have to hear some of the same dialogue (nearly a whole conversation) again. That's not a good thing in my book. It seems more like a trick on the writer's part (and Director's) to make the movie longer without actually having to do more original work. But let it be thus. As I said, this movie is still enjoyable and easily sets itself up as a winner. I myself thought of buying a one-way ticket to the first place available on 99 dollars after watching the movie. There is just something about it that makes you want adventure, romance, and a little piece of the universe to find humorous. Enjoy!
 Can you really find your soul mate in 48 hours? January 10, 2007
M. Waters (Maryland, USA)
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" :)
I love this movie March 26, 2006
Kati Armbruster (Alaska, United States)
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 way it's told: in flash-backs, but all in all a great story about finding love in the least-expected of places, and not letting one's life stagnate.
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