ENOUGH SAID Review by Radio 5 Lives Mark Kermode (arguably UK most - TopicsExpress

ENOUGH SAID Review by Radio 5 Lives Mark Kermode (arguably UK most respected film critic). Writer-director Nicole Holofcener served her apprenticeship as an editor on Woody Allens Hannah and Her Sisters before making her mark with the lovely and insightful feature debut Walking and Talking. Her latest is a typically astute and funny reading of the foibles of human relationships, spiced up with a forgivably contrived comedic plot twist. When divorced singletons Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Albert (James Gandolfini, in his penultimate screen role) meet at a party, they fall for each others company, if not their looks. Meanwhile, masseuse Eva becomes friends with published poet Marianne (Catherine Keener), who crabs endlessly about her ex, a truculent, clumsy irritant with annoying eating habits who Eva only later comes to realise is someone she knows intimately. Keeping her secrets to herself, Eva discreetly mines Marianne for information about her fomer partners failings, information that slowly begins to poison her relationship with Albert. As always, Holofcener achieves an extremely likable balance between light and shade, the sadness in her characters lives sitting happily alongside the laughter. The performances are terrific, with the midlife physicality of Eva and Alberts relationship (Can you breathe when Im on top of you?) approached with a welcomingly sensuous sensitivity. 4 out of 5 Stars (a very good score from Mr Kermode) We will be showing Enough Said on the 1st February at 7:30 in the Coffee Shop. As always tickets are £4 (or £5 on the door), and are now on sale at the Community Centre Coffee Shop and online at picatic/enoughsaid