# Recommend: If I liked "Four Weddings and a Funeral ..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426 "2005-06-22T20:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/41 "2005-06-23T17:28:29Z")
I’ve seen (and loved) most of the movies listed here, but I just added 6 to my Netflix queue. 🙂 For those who liked **Brassed Off** and **The Full Monty** , you might like **The Snapper** , with Colm Meaney. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/42 "2005-06-23T17:43:11Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I just wanted to pop in and _highly_ recommend **Sliding Doors**. Very enjoyable. IMHO, you should put it near the top of your to-see list. A cousin of mine watched and loated **Sliding Doors** and we rented it and loved it. Came to realize that there are people who _get_ british flicks and those that don’t. Anything with **John** swoon **Hannah** has got to be worth watching. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/43 "2005-06-23T17:44:41Z")
Your gut feeling regarding Mickey Blue Eyes is good. You should go with that. Bad, bad movie. I have to agree with the recommendations for Sliding Doors. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/44 "2005-06-23T17:46:55Z")
I liked **Mickey Blue Eyes** and **Two Weeks Notice**. However, I saw them on TV and did not shell out a dime for them, and the only thing else on was golf. I’ll take Hugh Grant over golf any day. ---
**Author:** ![GKW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@GKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GKW)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/45 "2005-06-23T21:15:25Z")
Two older Scottish films you may like are **Restless Natives** and **Gregory’s Girl**. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/46 "2005-06-23T21:39:42Z")
Have you seen **Shaun of the Dead**? Is it weird that I think that’s a romantic comedy? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/47 "2005-06-24T04:19:28Z")
I have two useless comments to add: 1. “Ladies love the gray” (Spike - _Notting Hill_) has become a bit of a catchphrase around our home. 2. Just after opening this thread, my mp3 player on random started playing “Christmas is All Around” from _Love Actually_ Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Weener\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9de053/32.png) [@Weener\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weener_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/48 "2005-06-24T16:44:48Z")
Hi - I’ve lurked here for quite some time and this is the thread to finally kick me into, at least, a Guest login. I love Four Weddings and Love Actually - 2 of my favorite movies. I saw an advert on one of my cable channels for a made for cable movie by the director of these 2 films, coming out in July, starring Billy Nighy. I believe it’s called The Girl in the Cafe, but I’m not 100% on that, and I can’t remember which cable movie channel this will be on either. ☹ I see that someone else already suggested Saving Grace, which I had to purchase, because I adore that movie too. Very entertaining. Speaking of Brenda Blethyne (sp?), Secrets and Lies was a great movie too. Along the lines of Saving Grace, I’d like to suggest 2 other movies, Blow Dry and The Big Tease. They’re not necessarily romantic comedies, but it strikes me that you will like them. They just coincidentally both have to do with hair dressing. Blow Dry stars Billy Nighy, Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson (I think that’s the right one), and a couple youth American starlet types (I can’t think of their names right now.) The Big Tease is another Craig Ferguson movie and is nothing but feel-good. It’s goofy and funny and now that I’ve remembered it, I may have to add it to my video library as well! Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/49 "2005-06-24T19:42:21Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > A cousin of mine watched and loathed **Sliding Doors** and we rented it and loved it. Came to realize that there are people who _get_ british flicks and those that don’t. > > Anything with **John** swoon **Hannah** has got to be worth watching. Good British flicks such as _Sliding Doors_ are great but bad ones, such as anything Monty Python, are worse than anything America’s ever conceived. And agreed on Hannah. I fell in love with him in Sliding Doors and have watched a good portion of his ouvre since. He’s always magnificent, even as the comic relief in the dreadful _The Mummy_. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/50 "2005-06-24T21:17:24Z")
Ok, it’s French, but it’s lovely. **Amélie** I quite like **The Actors** - it’s an Anglo-Irish comedy starring Michael Caine, Dylan Moran and Michael Gambon. I’d also recommend **Intermission** , another Irish comedy. It stars Colm Meaney, Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy (an Irishman for every taste), but it’s a bit darker and has buckets of bad language and some violence. A tv show you might enjoy is **Black Books** a comedy show by Channel 4. I know the DVDs are available in Australia, but might not be elsewhere. It’s just very, very funny. Stars Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig. Typical quotes here:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262150/quotes](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262150/quotes) My favourite: Manny: There’s a girl. Bernard: A what? You know I don’t approve of you seeing other girls- people. Who is she? Manny: Roweena, a friend of Anne’s. I met her once and was hoping to meet her again. Bernard: Oh, I see. [Mockingly] Bernard: Roweena! Roweeeeena! And what am I supposed to do while you’re doing the underpants charleston with this insane, blind tart? Manny: Why are you getting so angry? Bernard: I can’t help being angry when I’m furious! So, before you go off to raise your bearded freak circus, what’s she like? Manny: She’s nice. Bernard: She’s nice, she- dont make me sick into my own scorn. What are her prospects? Does she play the viola? Does she embroider? Is she kind to the servants? Manny: I don’t know. All I know is I like her and there’s a good chance that she likes me. Bernard: [Later] Well, we’re going to this party because I’m trying to picture this girl who likes you and all I can see is you in a dress. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/51 "2005-06-24T23:37:54Z")
Is Irish comedy okay? And without the romance? I really enjoyed **The Commitments**. And I have to say that **Shaun of the Dead** was hilarious. And of course it’s romantic. In fact, the tag line was “_A romantic comedy. With zombies_.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/52 "2005-06-25T00:41:58Z")
> [@Weener Lobo](#): > > I love Four Weddings and Love Actually - 2 of my favorite movies. I saw an advert on one of my cable channels for a made for cable movie by the director of these 2 films, coming out in July, starring Billy Nighy. I believe it’s called The Girl in the Cafe, but I’m not 100% on that, and I can’t remember which cable movie channel this will be on either. ☹ The Girl in the Cafe premieres on HBO tomorrow, June 25, and yes, it’s by the writer of Four Weddings, Notting Hill and Love Actually. Another movie I like was Shooting Fish, which starred Kate Beckinsale. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/53 "2005-06-25T14:16:37Z")
Just popping in to say that when I read the title – in my pre-coffee state – I thought it was _Four **Wheeling** and a Funeral_. Interesting image… ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/54 "2005-06-25T21:32:19Z")
How about… _About a Boy_ - Hugh again _Enchanted April_ - Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Alfred Molina. Four unhappy English women travel to Italy and find their hearts’ desires. Light comedy, touching romance, and gorgeous Tuscany locales. _An Ideal Husband_ - Rupert Everett in Oscar Wilde? Yum. FWIW, some very enjoyable U.S. romantic comedies with the same quirky feel of _Four Weddings…_ include _Groundhog Day_, _When Harry Met Sally_ and _You’ve Got Mail_. ---
**Author:** ![spare\_the\_horses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@spare\_the\_horses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spare_the_horses)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/55 "2005-06-25T23:13:06Z")
Though it’s set in America, if you like this sort of thing, see “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”. Could have been in London, no probs. And I’m married to a Greek Cypriot, I know! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/56 "2005-06-26T01:40:22Z")
> [@choie](#): > > _An Ideal Husband_ - Rupert Everett in Oscar Wilde? Yum. Ooh, and that one has the swoonworthy Jeremy Northam in it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/57 "2005-06-27T14:32:43Z")
> [@choie](#): > > How about… > > _About a Boy_ - Hugh again It’s in the OP. > [@](#): > > _Enchanted April_ - Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Alfred Molina. Four unhappy English women travel to Italy and find their hearts’ desires. Light comedy, touching romance, and gorgeous Tuscany locales. I’m really looking for romantic comedy. For the purposes of this thread, if it can be more appropriately described as “drama,” then I’ll pass. [quote] FWIW, some very enjoyable U.S. romantic comedies with the same quirky feel of _Four Weddings…_ include _Groundhog Day_, > [@](#): > > _When Harry Met Sally_ and _You’ve Got Mail_. I’ve seen them both and in my view they definitely don’t have what I’m looking for. _Harry_’s comedy is very un-British – almost Henny-Youngman-like in comparison. (Not that I didn’t like it, but it’s not what I’m looking for here. _You’ve Got Mail_ was, in my view, also very American (plot-focused) as opposed to English (character-focused). > [@](#): > > Is Irish comedy okay? And without the romance? I really enjoyed The Commitments. I really enjoyed _The Commitments_ too. In fact, it’s one of my all-time favourites. But I’m not just asking the question “suggest any movie I might like.” I’m looking for something more specific – English romantic comedies – all three characteristics are important. I wouldn’t put _The Commitments_ in a genre category with _Four Weddings and a Funeral_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/58 "2005-06-27T15:18:48Z")
[nitpick] > [@](#): > > Interesting - in America, it was released as “The Englishman who went up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain” - like they needed to specify it was an englishman. That was the original title - an important plot element being the ‘culture clash’ between oh so English Hugh and the Welsh villagers. They take it as (yet another) slight from the English that their mountain is ‘only’ a hill. [/nitpick] Wow a lot of good films here - almost makes you proud to be a Brit, now if only we had an alternative to Hugh Grant for lead male … ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/59 "2005-06-27T17:42:23Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > The Girl in the Cafe premieres on HBO tomorrow, June 25, and yes, it’s by the writer of Four Weddings, Notting Hill and Love Actually. Not a lot of comedy, but a pretty good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426/60 "2005-06-28T13:16:29Z")
> [@Weener Lobo](#): > > I saw an advert on one of my cable channels for a made for cable movie by the director of these 2 films, coming out in July, starring Billy Nighy. I believe it’s called The Girl in the Cafe Just watched _The Girl in the Cafe_ last night on H.B.O. Fantastic movie. Bill Nighy’s performance was great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-if-i-liked-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/309426.md?page=4)