When the line, "I think I've seen this movie before and you both end up shagging on the carpet" is meant to allow a movie to allow a movie to skip any pretense of courtship and romance you know you are in trouble. It is one of the lazier plot devices I've ever seen.
The plot is basically this, two seeming opposites attract, rather quickly so we don't have to waste much screen time on it. They seem doomed from the start due to his obsession with the English football team Arsenal. This obsession is very much real and rarely played for humor, or at least effectively so.
She stays with him though, but we only see them prior to or after shagging so no sense of the depth.
They break-up, then eventually reunite after Arsenal has won the title, which makes no sense as he has not grown up or matured in any obvious way throughout the film. Nor does she seem ready to accept this man-child.
Roll credits.
I thought the American version was bad, but after seeing the inspiration for it, it suddenly looks palatable.
The plot is basically this, two seeming opposites attract, rather quickly so we don't have to waste much screen time on it. They seem doomed from the start due to his obsession with the English football team Arsenal. This obsession is very much real and rarely played for humor, or at least effectively so.
She stays with him though, but we only see them prior to or after shagging so no sense of the depth.
They break-up, then eventually reunite after Arsenal has won the title, which makes no sense as he has not grown up or matured in any obvious way throughout the film. Nor does she seem ready to accept this man-child.
Roll credits.
I thought the American version was bad, but after seeing the inspiration for it, it suddenly looks palatable.