The Very Thought of You (1998)
"Martha - Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence" (original title)

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, ... See full summary »

Director:

Nick Hamm

Writer:

Peter Morgan

Stars:

Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Monica Potter	...	Martha
Rufus Sewell	...	Frank
Tom Hollander	...	Daniel
Joseph Fiennes	...	Laurence
Ray Winstone	...	Pedersen
Debora Weston	...	First Class Passenger
Jan Pearson	...	Daniel's Senior Partner
Steven O'Donnell	...	Male Information Official
Rebecca Craig	...	Gillian - Female Information Official
Paul Bigley	...	Black's Hotel Room Service
Geoffrey McGivern	...	Travel Agent
Hamish Clark	...	Icelandair Official
Lorelei King	...	US Ground Stewardess
Steve Speirs	...	Taxi Driver
Rob Brydon	...	Bus Driver (as Robert Brydon)

Storyline

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | love | friendship | painting | flowers | 

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Taglines:

Two's Company. Three's a Crowd. Four's a Disaster.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1998 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Very Thought of You

Filming Locations:

Battersea Park, Battersea, London, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$29,692 (USA) (27 August 1999)

Gross:

$94,176 (USA) (10 September 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Banshee, Channel Four Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The plane on which Martha and Daniel travel changes from an Lockheed L1011 after take-off to a DC-10 on landing.

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Quotes

Martha: I've heard you British guys are all gentleman. You are British aren't you?
Daniel: English actually.

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Soundtracks

"Brown paper bag"
Words and music by Roni Size
Performed by Roni Size / Reprazent
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited (London)

User Reviews

Cute and funny but "useless"

I don't really know why I've written that this movie is useless. I think it's obvious that it won't change your mind or your life, won't make you cry or laugh (OK, you can smile sometimes), won't be successful, won't be anything. It's just a movie, an ordinary movie in such a competitive world.

Here in Brazil, a competitive place too, I went to one multiplex (I hope that's the name for these theatres with 7, 8, 9 (...) screens there) to watch "Teaching Mrs. Tingle" (I'm really embarrassed now). Unfortunately, the movie was sold-out, I had already watched "The Sixth Sense" twice, I really didn't want to watch "Bowfinger", the teen-trash "American Pie" again, the horrible "End of Days", and the most horrible "Letters from a killer". So, I tried the unique "watch-able" movie there, the unique romance, the unique that still had some tickets in that competitive world: "Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence".

The Brazilian name, "Mero Acaso" (in a free translation, Mere Chance or Pure Fate) is one good summary for this movie about one American woman that moves to England and, by fate, develop three relationships with three guys. These three guys are friends but they don't know that they're seeing the same woman. Interesting? Not very much.

In fact, the original title tells the story. I watched it without knowing that she would meet the three, so really enjoyed. It was relaxing, fast, cute, romantic but like films made for television. No big plot, no big camera moves, no big cast, no big musics, no big budget... (although some of the best movies I've ever seen were very cheap). And it had some awful stereotypes: the American girl was blond, feminist, modern, on (bad) fashion, colored, with a huge suitcase. The British guy was shy, out of fashion, polite, bla, bla, bla. It's perfect to watch at your house eating popcorn.

The truth is that I'm lucky. This movie is much better that "Teaching Mrs. Tingle", at least. Thanks God that we live in a competitive world!