This Year's Love (1999)

Director:

David Kane

Writer:

David Kane (written by)

Release Date:

19 February 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Tagline:

Your pad or mine?

Plot:

A group of thirtysomethings flit around Camden Town swapping partners in search of love, lust and life.

Plot Keywords:

Swapping | Love | Marriage | Lust | Search

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Annabelle Apsion	...	Hostess
Richard Armitage	...	Smug Man at Party
Matt Bardock	...	Billy's Mate
Doreene Blackstock	...	Nurse
Paul Blair	...	Sweenie
Kathy Burke	...	Marey
Clune	...	Pub Drummer
Matt Costello	...	Cooky
Sacha Craise	...	Check-Out Girl
Angela Douglas	...	Annabel
Amanda Drew	...	Old Friend
Jennifer Ehle	...	Sophie
Jamie Foreman	...	Billy
Alastair Galbraith	...	Willie
Bronagh Gallagher	...	Carol

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Camden Town, Camden, London, England, UK

Company:

Entertainment Film Distributors

Trivia:

A huge star in the UK now, the then relatively unknown David Gray makes an appearance as the Singer/Guitar player in Kathy Burke's band. 'This Years's Love' is also one of his song titles.

Quotes:

[a sleepy Cameron is less than enthusiastic to find Mary in bed with him]
Mary: It's all right, mate. You've woken up with a fat bird. I'll get me coat.

Movie Connections:

References Crash (1996)

Soundtrack:

The Other Way

Finally, a London based romantic comedy that gets it right.

Words that fill me with dread: 'A Joel Schumacher Film' obviously, 'A Romatic Comedy from London', equally horrid. Yet finally someone has got it right - not Joel Schumacher of course.

Peter Kane's salty comedy is something quite new, an unsentimental, contemporary La Ronde set in Camden Lock. His bone dry script is adorned by a magic cast, not least the indomitable Kathy Burke, who is surely now England's greatest treasure. There is a real courage here, no corners are cut and no easy, neat solutions are adopted. If we are a little disgusted by the smugness of the artsy characters it is more than compensated for by their terrible sadness. Very human, very witty and beamed in from a different galaxy from the one that Hugh Grant inhabits.