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Rom Com a bit of a maligned term in the world of films, but I think it is a question of degree. Would I like a full on romantic film? No. Would I like a full on comedy? No. So a combination of these two is likely to be a disaster for me, unless it is done as well Not Another Happy Ending.

The film is well acted and all characters are well drawn, memorable and actors put their hearts into the performance. The camera work and editing do a great job to establishing the world the characters inhabit but allow the characters time to develop instead quickly moving on to next scene. The direction is interesting when it needs to be, but the actors are the main focus on the film, so that is just as well fancy camera work is not used when they are delivering their performances.

The story is enjoyable and probably more realistic than you might think, if you think that would never happen or character would not be like that, for the purpose of entertainment let it go, its not a gritty life study.

Karen Gillan really has proved her her leading lady status here, and although the star of the film the supporting cast are also fantastic you can tell there must have been temptation to expand their roles further, perhaps should be focus of further stories.

Criticism of the film I would say is mostly the predictability of the plot,even with my little knowledge of the Rom Com,you know what is going to happen , but, these films are not watched for plot twists , unpredictable events. Budget is not a noticeable issue but it has a feel of an extended pilot for a TV series which never got made (and of course should have been made)and those who helped crowdsource fund the film should be proud of what the helped create.

A final recommendation is the music, it's great and mostly not well known. The most mainstream track saved for the high emotional point, almost goes too far , but I can forgive that or release the soundtrack I can always skip that track, while loving the rest.

Passes the Bechdel Test

Why do so many rom-coms rely on preposterous premises? When they work (rarely, such as in Sliding Doors) the overall feel of the film can overcome its shortcomings. In this case, without it's female lead it would be pretty much unwatchable. I liked the idea of Jane's protagonist, Darcie, dogging her during the writer's block, but this was too underplayed and could have provided a lot more comedy than it did. The male lead character lacks all credibility and Stanley Weber's performance is mind-numbing. Otherwise, the supporting characters are badly drawn and barely justify their screen time. In particular the male support to Weber, supposedly a secondary school teacher is laughable, in all the wrong ways (how did he manage to get hold of a taxi?), while Jane's sleazeball, mistaken love interest (Willie) is stereotyping at it's worst. Karen Gillan carries the film on her own, and it's worth watching just for her performance. In the end the overall feeling is that there was a much better film trying to get out. Continuity and editing weren't much good either, but nice locations. Curiosity point: interesting to see non-sexualized nudity actually justified by the plot.

I watched Not Another Happy Ending due to my love for Karen Gillan. And the film was a perfectly serviceable, if unremarkable rom-com. There was a nugget of a story for a dark comedy where a publisher encourages an author by making them miserable and there were some cute moments that got a chuckle out of me like Jane (Karen Gillan) throwing a phone in the fridge. Gillan did show her star-power and comic timing in this film.

I will keep it short and to the point:

Things I love:

Soundtrack

Karen Gillan

The location

The Romance

Writers life

Karen famous nude scene (nice ass by the way)

Things I don't love:

Feels long

Sometimes I can't understand the damn accent

Cliché scenes

The writers fans

Didn't fancy her dad

To conclude, the first stage was interesting to some extend but then it fell off thanks to the duration and the twist, by which time I stopped watching the movie and continued working, before going to bed I decided just to watch few more minutes and that's the end of it, from that point onwards I didn't stop until I finished it. I guess I rooted for the guy and really wanted a happy ending in the end. It's sort of emotional but none of the points worked for me, it was more like romance/comedy which is what I wanted to see. Karen is hot as always, got a sweet spot for her (dig red heads) I do like the lead and his style. I don't know this movie which worked for me and I actually feel a lot better after watching it.

I do recall saying HELL YEAH at the end and proclaiming my desire to meet someone like the lead or at least share what they had.

So, for me it was worth the watch.

I am a Karen Gillan fan, that is why I watched this movie on Amazon streaming. But a word of warning, there is a scene in her apartment where she is fully nude, someone had suggested writing while nude might be a cure for writer's block and she decides to try it.

In this movie she is Jane Lockhart, a writer with a first success and now under contract for the second book is having trouble finishing it. Gillan is of course superb, she is in everything she does. This is an entertaining movie right at 90 minutes long. Gillan was right about 25 when this movie was made.

Everyone has to admit that its originality makes this one of the best movies of all time. It will always be one of my favorites. Silly but fun, it is the story of what happens when a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. From an artistic standpoint, there were some plot elements and character developments I didn't think were totally needed. They do however drive the story, which seemed to be their purpose, so I can accept them. God bless this film. The acting is very effective. This is the kind of film that proves that a small story can be much more meaningful than a larger one.

I could simply dismiss this movie as a formulaic rom-com that is neither particularly romantic nor comic, but that wouldn't really get into the problem with this movie. The problem is it feels phony from beginning to end. Everything about it is wrong. The main character dresses quirky, but there's no sense that this is who she is, or that she has a purpose in her choice of clothes. Instead, you feel someone on the movie just decided to dress her that way. The love interests actions are at best I-Love-Lucy-level nonsense at worst borderline sociopathic. It's also an absurdly stupid premise, and the movie knows it's a stupid premise and makes that clear, yet goes with it anyway.

Every turn in the plot feels like it's there not because it is a natural outcome of what came before but simply because the writer wanted to create a situation.

The performances are good. The movie looks good. And the movie effectively hits the basic rom-com pressure points. But its soulless and stupid, and unerringly goes for the trite moments and the fake emotions.

I did like the main characters alter-ego. She was a good actress and was actually more convincing than the supposed real people in the film. But overall this was not just dull, but downright objectionable.

I've seen this film twice now, first in Edinburgh at the film festival, then in Inverness. I enjoyed it both times.

You have to bear in mind the target audience for this. It's for people who want to watch something light-hearted and fun, and in this it certainly delivers.

It's quirky and fun and the cast give excellent performances. Karen is, as ever, beautiful and very camera friendly. She portrays the character well and her dialogue with the delightful Darsie is nicely done. Her dad is very believable and gritty. Willie is quietly loathsome and you really want him to be kicked to the kerb! Darsie and Roddy are excellent characters and acted very well indeed. The chemistry between Jane and Tom was a bit lacklustre, but it was still 'nice'.

There's enough footage of Glasgow to show it in a nice light without it looking like an ad for visitscotland. It's encouraging to see Glasgow in a movie where it's not all about violence, poverty or drugs. (or zombies, if you count World War Z!)

All in all, it's a nice movie. If you like this genre you should go see it. If you like Karen Gillan, you should DEFINITELY go see it!

This film includes a very good looking person and a drop-dead gorgeous person. The drop-dead gorgeous person happens to be the male lead actor, who is very funny in a number of scenes. The actress is ok as well, but not quite as funny. I absolutely abhor films about "blocked" writers, which in every case are pretentious time-wasters. The only time I get blocked is when I have too much cheese. The film is funny despite this wretched albatross. I recommend it despite the plot.

Jane Lockhart (Karen Gillan) is not a happy person. She hates her publisher Frenchman Tom Duval for changing the title of her book to Happy Ending. The book becomes a best seller. She reconnects with her estranged father Benny. Her boyfriend Willie Scott is writing the screenplay. Everything seems to be perfect but she can't finish her second book. She's stuck on Chapter 37. Her fictional protagonist Darsie starts hounding her. Tom fears her writer's block threatens his company. With his assistant Roddy, Tom tries to make her unhappy like before so she would finish her book. Her happiness is only on the surface and Tom finds himself falling for her.

I want Karen Gillan to get better material than this. This is not that funny. Any smile-worthy moments come from Karen being Karen. She's not really a comedian. She has some physical comedic skills but it's not enough. There are very few relationships with chemistry in this movie. The best one is probably the father daughter struggles. Gary Lewis is the only one doing any worthwhile acting. Stanley Weber is rather stiff and he doesn't have enough time with Gillan. They need more screen time together to develop that chemistry. On the other side, Henry Ian Cusick is playing a superficial villain. This is not good enough.

Story about a schizophrenic and vulnerable woman called Jane and her relationship with a manipulative psychopath called Tom.

When Jane was a child her mum died, and her dad turned to booze and disappeared, which seems to have contributed to her pursuing abusive relationships with father figures. Tom wages a campaign to make Jane's life as miserable as possible (resorting to breaking and entering, theft, kidnapping, and threatening to kill her dog), in order to exploit her financially and sexually.

The dark subject matter is hidden in romantic comedy tropes in a similar way to 500 Days of Summer. To begin with it hits every romcom beat - you'll anticipate every new plot point - but gradually becomes less predictable and it's not till the end that it becomes clear if the story's going to be a redemptive one and she either kills Tom or escapes him, with a new sense of confidence, or if it's going to go the full tragic heroine route and have Tom take her away from her remaining family and set her up as a domestic slave. *cough*

No chemistry between the main characters. Weak characters. Everyone was one dimensional and unrealistic. A woman like Jane Lockhart would certainly have friends but for some reason she has no one at all representing this fact in the film.

Weak storyline.The reason why Jane "hates" her publisher is ridiculous and lacking a strong realistic basis of human reactions.

Weak usage of Glasgow. A handful of hip places to set scenes in does not turn Glasgow into another character in the film. They could've done more, utilize the location in a better way.

The one highlight was the main characters teacher friend who was actually really funny.

I really can't understand cynics. Whilst this one will never be as revered as the Bill Forsyth classic "Gregory's Girl", it more than deserve's it's own place in Scottish cinema's finer moments. Beautiful cinematography shot in and around Glasgow in a way that's almost unrecognisable, with lead characters who command every scene they're in (The delicious Karen Gillan a real star in waiting) I can't understand why anyone could find anything negative to report on this movie, unless of course they turned up with something sharp stuck firmly between their rear cheeks. Of course when you're working with a small budget, you're restricted to a degree in a way that the Hollywood romcoms of the like they churn out regular, featuring this weeks Aniston or Rudd don't have to put up with. So to produce superior, fresh, well written entertainment (albeit, not too taxing on the brain) with the tools available, I can only commend. Anyone who sees it and says different, really should question why they went in the first place.

This movie begins with on screen text for exposition and gets worse from there...

This is supposed to be a simple movie about a struggling writer who ends up having writers block and can't complete her second novel. But ends up being a frustrating story about a girl who had everything in the first place and gets everything else in the end.

The first thirty minutes of this movie is actually a montage of how Karen Gillan's character becomes apparently Scotlands greatest writer after her first book. It goes on to force a subplot of a love triangle of two gorgeous successful men, to which there only apparent negative points is that they have a difference of opinion of her book title and movie adaption should be done. Finally it ends with the most inappropriate book launches in the history of literature.

The acting is about the only thing that is OK about this movie, but even saying that, it is terribly cast... Karen Gillan is a great actress but they should have cast Martine McCutcheon as the awkward hipster book writer with a bad dress sense (That very dress sense which is the most frustrating thing about this movie as no women would leave the house in what Karen is dressed in in this movie... not even ironically), As she could have pulled off the awkward British comedy that they are going for...

This movie is like a college graduates rejected short film that was dragged out into a feature movie... It really displays no good storytelling or film making skill. The main character is apparently a failing unsigned novelist at the beginning of the movie, who somehow can afford, not only a big apartment on her own with no job but also a house in the country side and a full wardrobe... Her antagonist is a Beautiful young Frenchman who owns his own small publishing firm that is going bankrupt even though he has the award winning best new writer on his books... There has been no thought given to the characters background, story or casting...

It's a shame that this was made... Someone was lucky enough to get these skilled actors and crew and wasted it on this story... how it got funded is beyond me.

Do yourself a favour... give this one a miss

I was privileged to see the premiere of this film, and to have seen a day of its' filming. This is a delightful Scottish Rom-Com, a rare breed to start with, set in a Glasgow few would recognize from previous films and TV.

The film is bright, funny, charming and warm. Its' headline stars are the always beautiful Karen Gillan, who positively owns the big screen, and the oh so tall and handsome Stanley Weber. The pairing works tremendously well and is supported by a wonderful cast, the worst that could be said of which, is that they don't get enough screen time! The film is well paced and beautifully scored with some fantastic up and coming Scots groups, including TeenCanteen, who sound brilliant.

The director, John McKay and his team have done a sterling job and I am impatiently waiting a general cinematic release and subsequent blu-ray release so that I can watch this wonderful film again, and again...

Film as an art form is now well over a century old. You would have thought, with so much cinema out there, that film makers would have learned from their peers and developed the art form, always pushing it forward into new frontiers.

Now of course there ARE a lot of film makers that are doing this. Today. And there are still great films being made all the time.

Director John McKay and the producers of this film have clearly been living in caves. They have learned NOTHING. This film is risible. To say it's instantly forgettable is to put it light. A film with a premise so light it could float. A film so stupid it makes one yearn for the most trashy of American romcom as nothing could ever, EVER be as awful as this. I would like to suggest it as one of the worst films ever made and for it to become a kind of classic in its own right just for being so bad. But this film doesn't deserve that.

Do yourself a favour and paint a wall for 90 minutes instead of seeing this flop. It'll be a heck of a lot more stimulating.

A truly terrible movie.

A poor film with little love felt for the characters, the highlight and point of the film is Karen Gillian naked. Rather shocking as it is akin to seeing a relative nude. Not the reaction expected as i rate her as 10 which leaves me to wonder if she is less of a sex object and more of the adorable sister type.The french actors accent is the unintentional comedy of the piece, the shots of Glasgow are aspirational rather than real and serve to disguise the true danger and poverty of the city.The support actors are more like a tribute band than a happy ensemble and you feel you are not getting the real thing. Whether they are too aware it is a film about Glasgow and are happy to be upstaged by the city or are simply inexperienced who knows or cares. In summary only worth seeing for Karen Gillian as she really is eye therapy.

Not got too much to say here, I loved the movie. Beautiful locations, beautiful cast and a story with a beautiful outlook...beautiful. At first i thought I'd be put off with the hipster style of the characters but after a few seconds this misgiving melted away to be replaced initially with satisfaction then with delight. Seeing Karen Gillan's character sporting braids was almost too much though,she just fills the screen with her youthful beauty and she has a laid back seeming style of acting which lets you relax into the story. If you don't like a film to try and be your friend, don't watch it but if you want to get immersed in the lives of some very likable characters, give it a shot.

10 things I hate about you … 1. the actress dresses like a wannabe indie school girl with a very limited wardrobe funded by the charity shop 2. the infuriating woman dressed as a 60s prostitute who does nothing to contribute to the film but sits in on every scene exposing her boobs 3. the character who appears initially handsome soon deteriorates, has multiple poorly paid jobs and eats chips in a monstrous fashion 4. the male protagonist cannot seem to decide his origin - have difficulty deciding if he is of Scottish, Indian or French descent due to his appalling acting 5. the background music sounds like its been composed by a Scottish 10 year old boy band 6. Willie is, number one - an awful name, and number 2 - old enough to be her dad 7. Our female protagonist is misleadingly skinny, consuming an abnormal quantity of cake - that of lemon drizzle, coconut and various cupcakes - however never gains weight 8. When romance finally sparks, our prostitute voyeur continues to watch as our hero consumes her face like one of her cakes 9. For some unknown reason our writer likes to sport the fashionable calculator watch 10. A tragic attempt at comedy at the end fails miserably when it appears our hero has keeled over from a tragic case of 3 minute pneumonia

Good features include: the protagonist's hair

I think it is a real shame Not Another Happy Ending did not get released in New Zealand and that there are people out there who disliked the film. It is a good film. Okay, it's not a classic, not a great film, but it is still a good film. Karen Gillan is such a brilliant actress. So far, there hasn't been anything that I've seen her which she has not given a good performance. Rebus, Doctor Who, We'll Take Manhattan, Oculus, Guardians of the Galaxy, Bound For Greatness, Selfie and now Not Another Happy Ending. She has given nothing but good performances. Not Another Happy Ending is one of her best performances and she gave her best. I really don't blame Karen Gillan for being nervous for taking her clothes off on screen, but for what it's worth, she has a great body. Stanley Weber was a good choice to play the male lead Tom whom is an anti-hero. I thought the character was not likable and he was such a jerk. Good film. If you are fans of Karen Gillan and if you enjoyed Hotel Chevalier, Selfie, There's Something About Mary. I recommend this film.