Gordon-11 This film is about 3 men trying very hard to get to the hearts of three women. These six people are connected through the same taxi they take in different times.In the beginning, the film is confusing because of the three parallel stories to introduce the three couples. It took me a while to understand who is who! After all the scene setting, the film becomes a lot more interesting and human. The character development is good, and all six leading characters get their own unique profile. Catherine McCormack's anxious and hypochondriacal character is the most memorable. The film ends with the message that everyone wants love, we just don't know how to get it.

tovangar Sweet fluffy story about four mismatched but made for each other couples in London: A goofy Scotsman (the always entertaining Craig Fergusson) and a chilly art conservator; a melancholy habitué of a cemetery and a well-meaning thief; a bitter jilted woman and the remorseful man who left her at the altar eight years before; a cabbie (the omg gorgeous and super-talented Adrian Lester - you remember him, he was Henry in Primary Colors) who helps the other couples sort it out and finally finds his way clear to put his grief for his dead wife aside so he can embrace life (in the form of a very alive salsa teacher) once again.This is all played out in the aforementioned cemetery, inside Lester's cab, the winterly streets and parks of London, a salsa club, Kings Cross Station, various crappy flats and the Elgin Marbles Hall at the British Museum.If you're home with a cold and this comes on the telly watch it.

bob the moo Centred around a salsa club and a taxi driven by the wise Jimmy, this romantic tale sees three couples struggling to work things out. Fergus is trying to find the girlfriend he ditched eight years ago, Frankie is trying to woe Eleanor, while thief Eddie struggles to turn over a new leaf for weirdo grave decorator Jocelyn.British comedies all want to be The Full Monty – they want to be funny but they also want to try and have real characters and gritty surroundings. It has become a bit of a cliché but I still prefer it to the US romantic comedy which usually fall into the mushy camp. Here the plot focuses on three couples who struggle with slightly unusual problems but are pretty good characters. The comedy is light and doesn't always work as it falls under the gritty mood, but it's still amusing.The focus on the salsa club is a little bit of a cash in on an ongoing popular fad in the UK (at time of writing!) but it works well and the music is pretty cool. Certainly those who have tried to impress girls at these places will relate to the difficulties in some cases. The weakest bit for me was the focus on Jimmy as the wise old man of the piece. It is good that he learns a lesson himself later but for most of the film he is a bit arrogant and is put forward as better than everyone else in the film. It took away from the reality of the other characters to have this wise cab driver in there too.The cast are all pretty good though. Ferguson, Mistry and Morrissey are all convincing as the men although Horrocks, McCormack and Williams have less to do, but are still pretty good. Lester is a good actor and holds the eye but I found his character so annoying that it was hard work to care. Hart and Thomson are both amusing but underused in a couple of cameos.Overall this is in line with the pitch of recent Brit romantic comedies such as `This Years Love' and is better than the romantic mush we get from across the pond. The gritty feel is good even if the comedy is a little lacking. The characters are mostly relatable (even where the plot isn't always) but Lester's Jimmy is like putting some sort of Jesus character in the middle of Eastenders - totally unbelievable and a little annoying.

JJ-111 Not all films have to be earth shattering with lots of meanings, Some can just be enjoyable. Born romantic falls into the second category.The plot is Three Male losers go to a Salsa club in different circumstances. One has the appearance of a rich Latin lover. In truth he is broke and living with his ex wife. The thief is a bad thief, only lucky enough not to get caught. He meets up with an extrentric woman who tends graves. Finally Frankie A musician who is desperate to meet up with his ex fiancée Mo played by the magnificent Jane Horrocks, who he dumped eight years ago.Nearly all use a mini cab driver, who gives help for all those in the back of his car, as the film progresses it becomes apparent, he is in as much need of help as all the other characters.If you like the rhythm of the salsa, which becomes infectious, and want something to watch that is not to strenuous on the mind and can stand the occasional cringing moments, then I can recommend this film.