Forget chick flicks and go and see

I went to see a quirky little film called his and hers its brilliant any women from 10 to 90 would love it.

Its a group of women from the midlands talking about the men in there lives ...it starts with little girls talking about there dads then goes on to teenagers talking about boys..then young women at the start of a relationship with a man.... then mothers talking about their sons..it ends rather poignantly with widows talking about how much they miss their husbands...it a film about real love and much better than any chick flick go and see it and give yourself a treat.

Whispered

Sounds great, what's it called?

princess-lala

His and Hers!

Larianne

This the Ken Wardrop film? Yes, it is! I haven't seen it but I went to the same college as him and saw his very first film. He is an amazing filmmaker.

I must check this one out.

Nervous Wreck

mariaalice wrote: »

I went to see a quirky little film called his and hers its brilliant any women from 10 to 90 would love it.

Its a group of women from the midlands talking about the men in there lives ...it starts with little girls talking about there dads then goes on to teenagers talking about boys..then young women at the start of a relationship with a man.... then mothers talking about their sons..it ends rather poignantly with widows talking about how much they miss their husbands...it a film about real love and much better than any chick flick go and see it and give yourself a treat.

Ending ruined.

princess-lala

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Ending ruined.

Should have spoilers alert up there

Silverfish

I don't think it's like one of those films that can really be spoilered tbh .... like Titanic

where the ship sinks! :eek:

Looking forward to seeing this.

Bob the Seducer

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Ending ruined.

Not really, it's a documentary. There are a few extracts from reviews of the film here.

Nervous Wreck

I was kidding...

Daisies

Really really want to see this

ShagNastii

Will definitely check this out, it sounds absolutely top notch.

Acoshla

Saw it, it was a nice idea, I liked most of it, but Christ the end was sad, I wouldn't have gone if I'd known it would end so depressingly, it's like "Well you have a nice life then you die miserable and alone", awesome, good to know.

Xiney

I didn't get that at all! I mean, the end shows a very elderly couple still together. I found it sweet.

wha

I cried from the opening shot right through to the end! Although I had been awake for over 24 hours so that could have been something to do with it...

Great film! Definitely worth a look

Acoshla

Xiney wrote: »

I didn't get that at all! I mean, the end shows a very elderly couple still together. I found it sweet.

They were together? I thought he was just a randomer shuffling in the background no?

Kooli

God I LOOOOOOOVE this movie. EVERYONE should see it. And bring your mum!

I laughed a lot in the first half, cried a LOT in the second half, it was just brilliant.

Piste

This film looks fantastic, I really want to see it!

Clare Bear

Sounds good, I'll definitely check it out, thanks.

lucylu

Xiney wrote: »

I didn't get that at all! I mean, the end shows a very elderly couple still together. I found it sweet.

I thought it was a shot taken through a nursing home window as the woman sitting down appeared to have a table infront of her.

A brilliant film, although I didn't know any of the women involved, I could visualise women I knew through the stories of these 70 women.
Its a beautiful film about Love and Life and commitment.

Xiney

I didn't know it was a nursing home. I thought it was a regular house and that was the lady's husband

Orlee

Saw a trailer and it looks really sweet but I don't know if I could sit through a whole hour or so of it!

Acoshla

Xiney wrote: »

I didn't know it was a nursing home. I thought it was a regular house and that was the lady's husband

Sorry to break it to you Xiney but yes that was a nursing home, that's why I was so upset about the whole thing! Even though it was poignant and all up until then I did like it, it showed a lot of strong independent older women, and then they whacked us with two sad scenes about nursing homes at the very end, cheery.

Xiney

well, I suppose you could argue that it's realistic.

life's not really all that cheery.

Pythia

I saw an ad for this in the cinema and thought it looked absolutely dire I have to say.

Hermione*

I saw the trailer in the cinema and it looked fab, I thought. Can't wait to see the whole thing.

I heard Ken Wardrop on the radio earlier today and he came across really well. I hope his other films are as successful as this!

GirlOfGlass

I've been meaning to see this for the past week. Can't wait, looks really sweet.

SugarHigh

Forget chick flicks

Tbh this sounds like a chick flick.

ha ha yup wont be going to see this

Madame Razz

Lovely film. Well worth seeing. Highly recommend. It is quite sad tho:(

GirlOfGlass

SugarHigh wrote: »

Tbh this sounds like a chick flick.

You're right. It's classed as a chick flick anyway. It's just not the usual stereotypical chick flick.

Kooli

GirlOfGlass wrote: »

You're right. It's classed as a chick flick anyway. It's just not the usual stereotypical chick flick.

Well it depends what 'chick flick' actually means.

I wouldn't call this a chick flick because it's a documentary about real people, it's something I think men and women would enjoy equally (I went with a gang of mostly blokes who loved it), and it's got some depth to it, and it isn't just about romance.

I hate it when any movie that is about women is automatically called a 'chick flick' as if it's some kind of 'niche' movie just because there's women in it.

I'd use the term 'boy movie' or 'dick flick' about certain types of movies that seem to be aimed at men (lots of car chases, explosions, violence etc.), but wouldn't use that term about a movie just because it is about men. And I'd see it as the same thing for 'chick flicks'.

Turbulent Bill

Speaking as a guy this definitely isn't a chick flick (though some of the posters/flyers make it look like that) - I saw it recently and it's brilliant. The movie is about the relationship between men and women at different stages of each other's lives, which just happens to be narrated by women. There are so many contributors that there's little bias overall, and you get a very rounded view of peoples' feelings.

Couldn't recommend it more.

The ending is consistent with the start and the rest of the film, where women talk about their men. The baby and young kids at the start obviously can't talk, and I'm guessing that the women in the nursing home (?) at the very end had lost the power of speech, hence wasn't interviewed one-to-one. The man in the background was probably just another resident. Incredibly poignant scene, floored everyone in the cinema.

00112984

Saw it last weekend (Fionnula Flanagan was there! ) and I've not been right since

Loved the first half but found the second half just too sad. There was one particular woman who reminded me of my mother and she started talking about

getting breast cancer and how her husband broke down crying and her kids were texting her the night before her op saying "Goodnight Mammy, we love you"

. It just really got to me and from there on in I found most of it unbearably sad. I get quite upset when it comes to things like mortality and illness anyway and I kind of regret seeing it. Throw in a dose of PMS and the whole thing just floored me.

Fantastic idea and beautifully made but, for me, it was just too emotional and I couldn't take it. I wish I'd done more research into it and realised just how sad it was. On top of that, seeing it in the cinema makes it more intense as I could hear the sniffles of the people around me.

I'm a crier anyway :rolleyes:

Neyite

i thought it was such a cute film. and unique. and i cried towards the end.

if you are going, bring tissues!

Jessibelle

It's just a lovely beautiful film, loved it!

Kooli

I wish the title of the movie was in the thread title! Might convince more people to go see it!

I started the thread.....HIS AND HERS....glad nerarly everyone liked it ...sorry about the spoiler:mad: didnt think ....

one of the reasons i liked it was because its different....i am not a big fan of main stream American films,....nor am i fan of overly arty film ....i was in relationship with someone who loved arty films and i would often go to the IFC with him to see a film and 8 time out of 10 when we'd come out of a film and he would say that was a fantastic film and i would be thinking it was a load of pretentious twaddle...of course there are exceptions...i loved "The lives of others"

Taste is subjective!!!:)

cursai

Girlfriend is wondering where we can see. Only seems to be on in Dundrum at the moment. Strange seeing as its a film about midlanders!!!! Anyone know if it'll go nationwide.

Acoshla

It's on in the Eye Cinema in Galway as well.

damone

male 37 went with the girlfriend yesterday to see it ,best film ive seen in years ,yep its an emotional rollercoaster but it s reality !! i know so many women that it reminded me exactly of,DO NOT MISS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

cursai

Spadina wrote: »

It's on in the Eye Cinema in Galway as well.

Thank but thats not near the midlands. Dublin would be more convenient i think.:)

Cianos

Kooli wrote: »

Well it depends what 'chick flick' actually means.

I wouldn't call this a chick flick because it's a documentary about real people, it's something I think men and women would enjoy equally (I went with a gang of mostly blokes who loved it), and it's got some depth to it, and it isn't just about romance.

I hate it when any movie that is about women is automatically called a 'chick flick' as if it's some kind of 'niche' movie just because there's women in it.

I'd use the term 'boy movie' or 'dick flick' about certain types of movies that seem to be aimed at men (lots of car chases, explosions, violence etc.), but wouldn't use that term about a movie just because it is about men. And I'd see it as the same thing for 'chick flicks'.

+1

Calling this a chick flick is totally missing the mark.

One thing I really liked about it was that the interviewees seemed totally genuine. The film makers must have spent quite a bit of time with everyone to get them relaxed enough in front of the cameras for the real them to come out. There wasn't a sense at all that they were being in any way pretentious or trying to portray themselves in a particular way, it was very down to earth and honest and very charming

I also liked the way the film makers seemed to not have any agenda, there was no objective to be achieved other than documenting a homage to ordinary people talking about those in their lives in as intimate a way as possible.

Would really recommend it

Neyite

you can look up the cinemas here:

http://www.hisandhers.ie/where-to-watch.html