Synopsis
Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessarily work long-term. Making the difficult decision to separate, they must split their prized music library. But the soundtrack that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.
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Cast
- Freya MavorNatalie
- Josh WhitehouseLiam
- Ian Hart
- Tom RileyAdrian
- Jessie CaveKerry
- Will MerrickOlly
- Steven MackintoshLenny
- Sorcha CusackMary
- Matt MilneGus
- Daisy BevanLayla
Recommendations
- 40
Los Angeles Times
As the name suggests, Modern Life Is Rubbish romanticizes analog relationships — and is meant for anyone who does the same. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
It is full of the signifiers of musical devotion but lacks the hummably acerbic insight of the best music it namechecks. - 30
Village Voice
For those who delight in candy-coated nostalgia, writer Philip Gawthorne’s familiar, cliché-heavy script offers a twee jaunt down memory lane. For everyone else, even a killer Britpop soundtrack teamed with the leads’ palpable chemistry can’t save the film from overtrodden territory. - 30
The New York Times
Britpop is a musical genre I had neutral feelings toward before sitting through Modern Life Is Rubbish, a uselessly nostalgic movie named after Blur’s 1993 album. After it, I wondered whether I had been too generous.
