Me Without You

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Me Without You

R,

2002,

1h 48m,

Comedy/

Drama

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70%

63 Reviews

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78%

5,000+ Ratings

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70%

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63 Reviews

78%

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5,000+ Ratings

During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly (Michelle Williams) and Marina (Anna Friel) make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fiercely independent, determined to try everything, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. But for Holly, a friendship that has never been equal gradually starts to feel like a trap.

Critics Consensus

At times ponderous, Me Without You is engaging due to the fine work by Williams and Friel.

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Alyx Vesey

Bitch Media

Jan 11, 2021

Writer-director Sandra Goldbacher's 2001 feature Me Without You... serves as further evidence for the kind of actress Williams was to become.

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Richard Nilsen

Arizona Republic

Sep 20, 2002

2/5

Although the film deserves some points for trying to describe the intensity of best-friendship between girls, it fails to make them interesting people.

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Sep 13, 2002

Feels like a late-baby-boomer family album.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Mar 2, 2024

While Williams’ British accent is sometimes spotty, she is able to chart the internal arc of Holly over the decades with the same kind of raw emotionality and complexity that has since become her signature

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 16, 2020

3.5/4.0

If you prefer your actresses to portray bold and strong women, then this lost gem given new life by First Run Features should be on your agenda.

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Dec 14, 2003

2/5

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Synopsis

During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly (Michelle Williams) and Marina (Anna Friel) make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fiercely independent, determined to try everything, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. But for Holly, a friendship that has never been equal gradually starts to feel like a trap.

Director: Sandra Goldbacher
Producer: Finola Dwyer
Screenwriter: Sandra Goldbacher
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co: Fireworks Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 5, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 5, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $301.2K
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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