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Top Movies Eight Below Date Movie The Pink Panther Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall Freedomland When a Stranger Calls Big Momma's House 2 Nanny McPhee New Releases Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall The Pink Panther Date Movie Eight Below Freedomland Something New Failure to Launch When a Stranger Calls Top Celebs Reese Witherspoon Brad Pitt Paris Hilton Mariah Carey Lindsay Lohan Scarlett Johansson Phil Collins Britney Spears Angelina Jolie Jodie Marsh	Born Romantic  Release Date - September 28, 2001  Distributor - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Duration - 96 Mins  Type - Drama, Romance and Musical/Performing Arts( Rated R )  Writer : David Kane  Producer : Michele Camarda, Michael Camarada  Director : David Kane  Starring : David Morrissey, Jimi Mistry, Catherine McCormack, Adrian Lester, John Thomson  Synopsis . The beat of salsa provides the backdrop to this urban comic drama about three lonely Londoners contemplating life's greatest mystery: women. Fergus is searching for the high school sweetheart he jilted years ago. Eddie, the pickpocket, is falling in love with Jocelyn the grave tender. And Frankie is bound and determined to find the love of his life. The one problem? He's still living with his ex-wife. Jimmy, the streetwise cabbie, puts it all together as he guides the characters on their tumultuous search for true romance.  Critic Reviews "If you can't dance, you can't make love. No rhythm, no passion," prim Eleanor (Olivia Williams) tells Rat-Pack-fanatic Frankie (Craig Ferguson) at the start of Born Romantic. They're just one of three struggling couples-to-be who are all left feet when it comes to matters of the heart. Luckily, they've got Jimmy (Adrian Lester), a worldly cabbie who plays Cupid to all their amour fou. Let's face it, any film with that kind of walking contrivance of a character doesn't bear a lot of scrutiny. Don't let the gritty, gray Mike Leigh-like lensing of East London fool you — David Kane's new film is a cute, BBC-produced Britcom that almost works, thanks to wacky characterizations and charming lead players who break free of their simplistic narrative confines. Still living with his spiteful ex-wife in their literally sinking dream house — of their own accord, coffee cups slide off the kitchen table — Frankie retreats to his side of the property, finding small comfort in his zoot suits and Bobby Darin record collection. Small comfort, that is, until he meets Eleanor, an art restorer who's resolved herself to a life without love. While it's never quite clear what draws these two together — other than the mechanics of the script — Williams is as lovely and sensible as she was in Rushmore, and Ferguson is especially charming when he serenades her with the lounge classic "L-O-V-E." The other pairings feature gimmicky casting: It would appear that Catherine McCormack and Jane Horrocks switched roles; here, the star of Dangerous Beauty and Braveheart plays a neck-brace-wearing, hypochondriac nerd, while meek Little Voice herself plays a sultry bar slut. In the film's least believable (but still cute) plot thread, McCormack's Jocelyn has the very cinematic occupation of grave tender, someone, it would seem, charged with the upkeep of cemetery plots. Stranger still, she's pursued by Eddie (Jimi Mistry), an Indian pickpocket who can't decide whether to steal her heart or her purse. Horrocks is Mo, the girl who got away from Fergus (David Morrisey), a failed rock musician who skipped out on her years ago and will now do anything to get her back — including plastering posters of her mug all over London. (Movie love is infinitely more brazen and adventurous than the real thing, a point that Born Romantic illustrates and the forthcoming Serendipity heavily underlines.) The actors are good enough to make it all work. Horrocks and Morrisey are appealing as second chance lovers, and Mistry and McCormack match each other with funny tics and nervous mannerisms. Even Lester brings some nice gravitas to a role that's essentially a yenta with dreadlocks. The movie-cute locations include the Kismet Cabs and Café, where all the lovelorn seek Jimmy's sage advice (Kane's London is an awfully small world), and a Brixton salsa club where they learn to shake their hips and, in due course, open their hearts. Born Romantic feels less like it was born than assembled, in a kooky Britcom factory. It's no Four Weddings and a Funeral, but it's certainly a happier conception than last month's Maybe Baby.   For rating reasons : filmrating.com, mpaa.com                                    For Parents : Parentalguide.com
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