Summaries

Three childhood friends separately fall for cute American Martha, and within three days of her arrival at a London airport, their friendship is at risk.

The lives of three life-long friends are thrown into chaos by the arrival of Martha, a beautiful young American woman who arrives in London looking to find herself. Joseph Fiennes and Monica Potter star in this hilarious and touching romantic comedy.

Daniel meets Martha on a plane. Laurence meets Martha at the airport, where he waits to pick up Daniel. Then Frank meets Martha the next day in a park. Three best friends in London are pinned against each other when they all fall in love with the same American tourist, who they all meet accidentally and separately.

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his lifelong 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.—<[email protected]>

A young American girl goes to England to "find herself" when she meets three best friends, all of whom fall in love with her. Two friends are in pursuit of her, but she is in pursuit of the third friend. He struggles with his own guilt, because he feels he is betraying his friends to be with her.—EAL

Details

Keywords
  • friendship
  • friend
  • best friend
  • crying
  • chess the game
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Release date May 7, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Battersea Park, Battersea, London, England, UK
Production companies Channel Four Films Banshee

Box office

Gross US & Canada $98378
Opening weekend US & Canada $29692
Gross worldwide $98378

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 28m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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