My Summer with Des (1998)

Romantic comedy set during the European football championships in 1996, where football fan Martin finds his life is going from bad to worse after losing his job and splitting up with his ... See full summary »

Director:

Simon Curtis

Writer:

Arthur Smith

Stars:

Neil Morrissey, Rachel Weisz, John Gordon Sinclair

Cast

Credited cast:
Neil Morrissey	...	Martin
Rachel Weisz	...	Rosie
John Gordon Sinclair	...	Cameron (as John Gordon-Sinclair)
Arabella Weir	...	Barbara
Graeme Garden	...	Angus
Tilly Blackwood	...	Anna
Desmond Lynam	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kolade Agboke	...	Football fan #2
Jean Ainslie	...	Neighbour #2
Domingo Calvo	...	Spanish waiter #2
Sophie-Louise Dann	...	Football fan #3
Serge Feuillard	...	French waiter #2
Robin Hellier	...	Party guest #2
Mitch Horner	...	Party guest #3
Felipe Izquierdo	...	Spanish waiter #1

Storyline

Romantic comedy set during the European football championships in 1996, where football fan Martin finds his life is going from bad to worse after losing his job and splitting up with his girlfriend. However, as the football tournament progresses his luck begins to turn, firstly because of England's successes on the pitch, and secondly because of his encounter with a mysterious woman.

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Plot Keywords:

euro | friend | soccer | london england | wembley stadium | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 May 1998 (UK)

Also Known As:

Mi verano salvaje

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

User Reviews

slapdash faux-romantic curiosity

I remember this as a rather odd affair, very male, not particularly woman friendly. A world where blokes are blokey and great, with lovable eccentricities, and women are for ogling - here merely disguised rather than mitigated by romantic pseudo poetic posturing. Rachel Weisz is lovely, but not a real woman, very definitely a male fantasy figure. This felt rather curious, especially when compared with An Evening With Gary Lineker, in which the characters, both male and female, were much better drawn. The attention to detail in the football seemed much better in that other play too, here it seemed rather desultory - a sequence of blokes cheering when goals went in and looking glum when they didn't. To sum up, really rather drippy, almost as wet as Morrissey's mustache as he sipped coffee by the Seine in a ludicrous, introspective setup that a teenager would have been embarrassed to have come up with. Shallow, silly, mooning, wet, not connected to the real world. Check out Lineker - it's much better.