Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This film is inappropriate, politically incorrect and at times even offensive; but, occasionally it is uproariously funny, to the point of tears (for me at least).For some unknown reason I am a fan of Ana Faris - maybe it's her total American cuteness which catches this bloke from across the pond; I'm not sure, but I do like her in movies.I wouldn't recommend this movie to those of a sensitive nature; and it certainly isn't one I would take my mother or grandmother to; but is probably more in the age group of my son and nephews; the 20 to 35 year old demographic would probably find it apropos to the current times and funny.Contrary to what I have read in other reviews; I would recommend concentration as there is the odd nod to the leslie Nielson movies such as Airport and the Naked Gun series where things happen in the background separate to the main story; admittedly though they are not that frequent.

I chose to watch this movie because I love Rose Byrne and I like romantic comedy. The story started rather poor by a couple who don't really know each other well enough are getting married. The wedding scene contains cliché gags like an annoying best man and so on. This best man will keep coming up on several scenes later and was played really well to the point that I actually get so annoyed by him. It was supposed to be funny, I know but there is a line between annoyingly funny and actually annoying. Then we have a married couple who are not get along really well and they get other people came into their lives and getting very attracted. They know this wouldn't make their married life work out so they try to stop distracting from other people. There are awkwardness through out the film. Some funny some not. The couple try to fix their marriage and try to learn each other better. And then they quit. THEY QUIT. That is what so annoying about this film. They agree to divorce and get hook up with people they fall in love. I don't know if it was supposed to be a black comedy but that wasn't what I like to learn from a movie. It should be about two imperfect people getting married and try to learn each other better every single day. There are some point in life that you get bored/mad/annoyed about your spouse but then you try to fix that and make it work. Not just quitting and getting divorce and go after someone you are so in love superficially. Real adult life is not a fairy tale nor this movie. I don't like quitters and I don't like that this film embrace that. I know, it's a comedy but there are ways to make it funny without putting negativity into it.

This movie has failed at an attempt to be an entertaining romantic comedy. It is neither funny or romantic. I saw 'I give it a year' because my friend had told me its good, but I've known after only 10 minutes that its not. Frankly, i find it boring and predictable. The plot is somewhat unoriginal although i don't know where they got the idea from. Its slow paced, the dialogues are uninteresting and too long. The actors aren't believable and they, just like the writers and directors of this movie, seems like they haven't put a decent amount of effort into making this a watchable movie. There's also another thing that bothered me a lot, I'm not sure if its just me, but i hate Rose Byrne and Anna Farris' hair. The hair and makeup team certainly didn't do them any justice. Oh i also hate the use of curse words in this movie. Im not one who doesn't like hearing curse words, in fact i curse a lot, but there were way too much unnecessary use of curse words in this movie. Okay I'm done hating on this movie. Its not awful its just not so good (boring!)

I always feel bad about being negative towards the British film industry. We don't have Hollywood's budget so I always try to support the national film industry. And, 'I Give it a Year' certainly boasts an impressive cast of fine British (and even American) actors.It's about a couple who have only known each other for seven months before they decide to get married. This film charts the first year of their subsequent life together. The characters are all beautiful, rich, thin people who work in trendy London offices, live in stylish Victorian apartments and can afford lavish, high-society weddings. The male characters are either or both selfish or stupid (Rafe Spall attempting to 'out-annoy' Jar Jar Binks at some stages). And the American characters are seemingly parachuted into the story to save the lovelorn Brits.I found the film a bit of an enigma. I stuck with it to the end and enjoyed some of it. Every scene felt like a sketch that would fit right in during an (adult) sketch show (think 'That Mitchell and Webb Look' or 'Armstrong and Miller'), however, using it in the context of an ongoing narrative, it just didn't work. The parts were funny; it's just they didn't seem to go with each other.With the calibre of acting talent amassed here, it should have been brilliant, yet, despite being funny, it somehow left me cold. A weird contradiction in film-making.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/