My Last Day Without You

I am so glad that I didn't listen to the review that I read that gave this movie 2 stars!!!! Something about the cover just caught my eye...

It turned out to be a great movie with a plot that I haven't seen a million times before.

In a good movie love story, you fall in love a little along with the characters... this was that type of movie. They both had flaws... she was a little rough around the edges and he thought money was the solution for every problem. I also thought the male lead was kind of ugly at the beginning of the movie, but by the end I could see why she was attracted to him.

It's not a movie that will change your life, but I think it's a good movie that will at least makes you question if you have let love slip through your fingers like it's nothing.

I am not too much into romantic movies, I rarely watch them. But this one really kept my attention, simply because of how unorthodox it is (comparing to genre fellows).There were no big screenplay-helping coincidences, just people who could act so due the state of the mind, they actually were at. One can see there are some actual events behind it. Dialogues are pretty civil and I like the fact being a different race couple isn't a leading issue. Yeah, characters are not ignorant about fact it is so ( for example dialogue about jazz musicians in Europe), but there is not the main theme. I love both Beharie and Duken- guy might be a big name in the future (I saw few of his movies and he created a few totally different personalities of his characters in them- in like Max Manus or the Ueberlingen accident.) I have edited my rating after I have seen it for the second time. I am really excited, how sincere this movie is. Keep on going the crew.

It's not perfect, but it's an enjoyable watch largely because of the chemistry between the leads. At first, it's easy to think that the German guy is devoid of personality and cold, but Nicole Beharie has that quality where she's so endearing and cute that I could really buy that her character could shake a cold, unfeeling businessman awake. It's a bit of a conflict between worlds, but not one that's focused on in a ham-fisted way, and I appreciated that the movie wasn't about them being an interracial couple and that struggle (setting the film in NYC helped with that). I also enjoyed her father's own love story, which was very cute, and though the driver character rambled on a lot, he was kind of the heart of the film. I enjoyed seeing him so invested in someone else's happiness.

Nicole Beharie is a good musician as well! She has a nice singing voice. I really liked her work in Sleepy Hollow (even though they ultimately didn't do right by her character or the actress herself), and one of my favorite things were her interviews with Tom Mison. They were always such a pleasure to watch because their chemistry was always so much fun (that includes Orlando Jones as well). Sounds weird, but she makes me think of Ciara in how she can have chemistry with different people easily. I saw some of that in this film as well.

Overall, the acting was good, the chemistry was good, and the story (though a bit far-fetched in that typical romantic dramedy way) was pretty good too. I'd love to see the leads in another film together, as they played off each other well (and looked good together).

I really love this movie .... They should make more movies like this .... I wish that they would promote this kind of movies more often in Europe....The movie was very romantic and funny to watch! I really liked this movie because it's about a black girl and a German guy...my boyfriend is also German so I could relate to the story it felt so close. This is a high quality movie. A lot of interracial movies are low budget but this one is very well produced. The story line is a bit corny but I loved it. It is a feel good movie...The actors in the movie can act and they look very good on screen together.... The female actor also played in the movie black violin I think..... also a very good movie. What can I say more .....the movie was nice and I just want to make sure that the movie gets the credit that it deserves.....

I recorded this from the UP channel and though it wasn't in HD, I still found myself loving it and couldn't bring myself to delete it when done watching it as I usually do after watching something DVR-ed. I can't really figure out how to describe what I loved about it, but I think mostly it's the interesting culture clash and, as Niklas points out, the attraction between his left-brain temperament and her right-brain creativity. The dialog was so real, so honest, and I felt like a fly on the wall getting to watch a very real human connection develop over the few hours they had together - a connection that neither expected. They each learned a lot about themselves and each other because they were both very real and honest with each other more and more as the day went on. My primary criteria for liking a movie is whether I am given a reason to care about the characters, and this story did draw me in to caring for all the characters from the start.