Watermelon

movies made of books are often not as good as the book was, and this a perfect example!! The book was brilliant! The movie was horrible!! I stayed up late to watch this last night, and was more than disappointed..

they use the same names, but left some characters out, and changed the entire thing around. Claire met James while she was a waitress... and then they got married, and he left her on the day their baby, Kate, was born - so she fled back to ireland, to live at her parents house with her folks and 2 sisters... and she has 2 other sisters that don't live @ home.. all great characters.. (in the movie she has one BORING sister) and she goes out with a friend of one of the sister, Adam, and falls for him..

i wont give away any of the rest - the book is fab!

ignore the movie.. read the book!!

Anna Friel plays an embarrassingly stupid Dublin girl who jets off to London with her boyfriend for a job that's really just a job interview. The interview ends disastrously, she's dumped by the boyfriend and then, literally, bumps into one of the interviewers who (and who'd have guessed) just happens to fancy her.

Find herself pregnant by her previous boyfriend, she cons the new guy into believing he's the father. As the birth is earlier than expected, he realises what's been going on, walks out on her and she returns to Dublin.

Reconciliation with the father fails when the English boyfriend turns up and it all ends in a highly unbelievable lovey-dovey get-back-together at the airport.

This really is very much a "made-for-ITV" film: catering for the lowest common denominator in their target audience (i.e. try not to make the people think too much about what they're watching).

Friel's Oirish accent is passable and, of course, she gets her clothes off (it must have taken some time to get those nipples peeking out of the bubble bath by just the right amount).

Altogether, don't waste your time watching this if it should ever be repeated.

Based on the book by Marian Keyes??? The only similarities are: * the main character's name (but not even the correct surname) * the name of Claire's baby * the names of the two male characters * the fact that she moved home to Ireland after having Kate

The rest is completely wrong. Totally skewed!! If you've read the book, you will not like this movie. In fact, even if you haven't read the book, this movie is still absolute rubbish. What's with Claire speaking to the camera?? So cringie!! Anna Friel was very irritating, especially the accent.

Really enjoyed watching with my 30 yr old daughter. Kind of chick-lit but that does not spoil the fun and light drama.

I was so excited when I saw this on Filmrise. It's nothing like the book. Nothing. Watch if you like, but don't watch it thinking it will be anything like the book. So disappointed because it's one of my favorites from Marian Keyes.