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Mr Right
Mr Right
A hom-rom-com without much rom or com
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Luke de Woolfson as Alex: low budget is no guarantee of depth in a subpar 'This Life' gone gay,
London builds on its metrosexual status in Mr Right, a dreary gay-themed indie in which the metropolis by default becomes the star. There's nary a homophobe in sight - not to mention a traffic snarl-up or tube strike - in brother-sister filmmaking team David and Jacqui Morris's view of the capital, which looks giddy and rife with possibilities throughout. Shame, then, about the script.
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