Dirty Filthy Love
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2005-05-24
Genre: Comedy
Sub-genre: Romance
Director: Adrian Shergold
Stars: Michael Sheen, Shirley Henderson, Anastasia Griffith, Adrian Bower, Claudie Blakley, Katie McGuinness, Anton Lesser, Ebe Sievwright, Elliot Cowan, Rupert Young
MPAA Rating: R
Synopsis: The British indie DIRTY FILTHY LOVE offers a quirky spin on the standard romantic-comedy formula with the tragicomic misadventures of its neurochemically-addled hero. Mark Furness (Michael Sheen) is a thirtysomething architect whose marriage and career are threatened by his increasing obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome, which include repetitive and completely involuntary activities such as stair-counting, hand-washing, and swearing. When his wife Stevie (Anastasia Griffith) files for divorce and he loses his job to a subordinate, Mark turns to his doctor for help but instead meets a kindred soul, Charlotte (Shirley Henderson), who immediately diagnoses Mark's mental disorders and offers him therapy via her own self-help group. The film's darkly humorous yet poignant tone is carried by Sheen's nuanced performance and an unsentimental script co-penned by Ian Puleston-Davies, whose own experiences with OCD lend authenticity to the proceedings.
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