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Colin Bateman (screenplay)
Marian Keyes (novel)
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16 April 2003 (UK) more
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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Calling all fans of the novel more (10 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anna Friel | ... | Claire Ryan |
 | Brenda Fricker | ... | Teresa Ryan |
| Ciarán McMenamin | ... | Adam Collins |
| Sean McGinley | ... | Joe Ryan |
| Jamie Draven | ... | James Wearing |
 | Elaine Cassidy | ... | Anna Ryan |
| Helen Grace | ... | Judith |
| Siocha Quinn | ... | Baby Kate |
| Des Cave | ... | Chancellor |
| Sara James | ... | Magazine Receptionist |
| Maria Hayden | ... | Woman Downstairs |
| Pandora Colin | ... | London Doctor |
| Victor Power | ... | London Hospital Doctor |
| Derek Devine | ... | Guy in Bar |
| Jonathan Byrne | ... | Waiter |
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74 min | 90 min (including commercials)
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I'll be brief.
I'm a huge Marian Keyes fan. I'd read her grocery list if she'd let me. I own everything she's got in print and I love them all (especially her collection of journalism, Under The Duvet - I suggest you get it if you're reading this), and read them over and over again.
Watermelon is one of my favourites. (well, that and Lucy Sullivan and Sushi for Beginners) The book is hilarious, touching, and unsentimental despite the subject matter. The TV adaptation shares these things in common with the book: 1. The protagonist is called Claire. 2. The love interests are Adam and James. 3. Claire has a baby.
That's it. That's all they have in common. The TV has a completely different ending, and a completely different plot.
THOSE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK AND LOVED IT: For Christ's sake don't watch this. It's beyond awful and will make you sad for the "real" Claire Walsh. (Not to mention Rachel and Maggie from Rachel's Holiday and Angels by association)
THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE TV ADAPTATION AND HATED IT: Please, please, PLEASE read the book. It's beyond fantastic and very very funny. It will reaffirm your faith in humanity, which has probably been destroyed after watching this piece of trash.