The Girl in the Café (The Girl in the Cafe)

The Girl in the Café (The Girl in the Cafe) (2005)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (6,833 ratings)

Produced for HBO, the Capraesque romantic comedy The Girl in the Café stars Bill Nighy as Lawrence, a mild and unprepossessing British civil servant assigned to his country's delegation at the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Although he'd resigned himself to a life of lonely bachelorhood, Lawrence… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By
David Yates
Genres
Drama, Television, Romance, Comedy
On DVD
Sep 6, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Lowry, Variety

    Understated and moving.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    A dupla principal é impecável, o roteiro de Curtis é inteligente e recheado de bons diálogos, mas a mensagem política, apesar de bem intencionada, é ingênua e soa artificial.

  • David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

    Nighy, Macdonald, and Curtis have never been better than in their work here.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wildaly M


    Cute.

  • Alice S


    The age-crossing romance is quite perfect - less awkward than the one in <i>Lost in Translation</i> because there is no ambiguity as to the romance part. What really grinds my gears though is the unconvincing portrayal of the so-called humanitarian message. It smacks of… More

  • Cassandra M


    Bill Nighy gives another brilliant performance as Lawrence, a middle-aged, lonely politician who one day, while sneaking out of work for a short coffee break, comes across a young girl in the café. Cramped conditions lead to him having to share a table with this girl, leading to an… More

  • Leigh R


    Beautiful.

  • Lanning :


    Two of my favorites, Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald, in the kind of HBO movie that sends chills up and down the mainstream moviemakers' spines. This is small independent filmmaking at its best. A great love story coupled with an important story about global poverty. <p>… More

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