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A new bride finds she's tempted to leave her husband under circumstances she never anticipated in this romantic comedy-drama. Rachel (Piper Perabo) and Heck (Matthew Goode) are longtime sweethearts wh... read more read more...o have decided to take the plunge and get married, but on the day of their wedding, while Rachel is walking down the aisle, she finds herself struck by the beauty of Luce (Lena Headey), who has been hired to do the floral arrangements for the ceremony. While Rachel thinks little of this at first, she finds she can't get Luce out of her mind, and when Rachel invites Luce over to dinner in hopes of fixing her up with Coop (Darren Boyd), Heck's best friend and best man, she learns the lovely florist is a lesbian. When Rachel and Luce meet again while shopping, they strike up a friendship that deepens into something more, until Rachel declares her attraction to Luce -- and Luce reveals she feels the same way. Rachel has never had a relationship with a woman before, and while she's fallen deeply in love with Luce, she isn't at all sure of what to do next, and Heck soon realizes something has gone wrong in their marriage. Produced under the title Click, Imagine Me & You was the first directorial credit for screenwriter Ol Parker. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Ol Parker

Release Date: January 27, 2006

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  • May 29, 2011
    What a nice freakin' movie. Very sweet and British. I rather like Heck's "If you had any respect for me at all, that's exactly what you WILL do [leave him]" and Rachel's, "What do you mean?" after Heck claims this was all her choice. She doesn't say yes or no; she's conflicted... read more as to whether love is a choice at all.

    However, I can't help but think the audience wouldn't be as forgiving of this extramarital tryst if "the other woman" was a man. A wife falling in love at first sight with a man other than her husband...well, that's just her succumbing to lust. A wife falling in love at first sight with a woman...well, that's just her following her heart. In either scenario - if they're believed to be earnest - there is both succumbing to lust and following of hearts. The movie assumes a slight double standard of homosexual affairs being more forgivable than heterosexual affairs. Some would say navigating the spectrum of human sexuality is harder than navigating just one relationship. This sounds like reverse-discrimination - one diverse population holds the monopoly on suffering, so they should be able to get away with certain crimes. I'm not saying the movie champions this; I just wonder how much of my liking of the movie is based on this forgiveness, and how much of a PC hypocrite that would make me.

    Lastly: such a very nice use of title song!
  • April 2, 2011
    Two women meet at one's wedding, and they fall almost instantly in love with one another. As the bride enters married life, they work to resist their attraction.
    This film hinges on love at first sight, and this concept, flimsy and difficult to show on film, is the only thing th... read moreat can help avoid the audience thinking that Luce is a home-wrecker or that Rachel is a doubly sinful adulteress. And it would be even more cliche to depict Heck as the insensitive asshole husband. So, love at first sight it is, the only thing on which this film hangs its hat, and as a result, I'm left thinking that Imagine Me and You takes few chances. It fails to develop the relationship between Luce and Rachel so that we might think that lesbian relationships are superior to heterosexual relationships, and I would wonder how the charm of this romantic comedy would be affected if it depicted a male/male affair.
    However, for all its structural flaws, I found myself charmed by Piper Perabo and Lena Headley's performances, and Matthew Goode is the definition of "British dashing." The comedy is positive, upbeat, and innocent despite the relative illicitness of the central affair. I found myself enjoying the experience of watching this film until I started to think about it.
  • February 26, 2010
    i liked it i thought it was really good
    the acting was perfect and its pretty amusing best brisitsh film since nottinghill like it said i dont think soo but it is still reli gd it i funny just not as funny as nottinghill!!
    the storyline was good but although it was pretty predi... read morectable its still a really good and happy feel-good movie!!!
    i mean its still worth a watch as its 2 girls full in love instead of a male and female so its go a slightly different story and its pretty good i love lena headey and she plays the character really well!
    Its worth the watch as its fun!
  • May 15, 2007
    Good romance I suppose. Not really my kind of movie.
  • July 3, 2006
    A very cute movie about finding your TRUE love.
  • April 18, 2007
    [font=Century Gothic]"Imagine Me and You" starts with the wedding of Rachel(Piper Perabo) and Hector(Matthew Goode), a stockbroker with dreams of becoming a travel writer. While there, she catches the eye of Luce(Lena Headey), the florist working the wedding. A friendship devel... read moreops between the two women, especially after Rachel visits Luce's shop. So, Rachel invites her over for dinner, hoping to hook her up with Cooper(Darren Boyd), a single friend of the couple.[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]Only one problem: Luce is gay. [/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]"Imagine Me and You" is a funny and charming romantic comedy with a good cast, but Hector is something of a cliche and the climax is badly overplayed. The movie is centered around the debate of whether or not there really is love at first sight, and how exactly love develops between a couple. My noticing a pretty face is likely to only leave a fleeting impression. For me, it's through getting to know someone that an emotional connection is forged.[/font]
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    August 5, 2011
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    This is a film that's the same as everything else you've seen. It embraces gay culture which is refreshing for the society that we live in, is still refusing to accept it and I thought Matthew Goode played the heart broken husband perfectly. You don't feel anything but sympathy f... read moreor him and you may even get a slight tear if you're a hopeless romantic like me. It's unexpected at times, even with a predictable ending and Piper Perabo does a perfect British accent, and with Lena Headey has great chemistry. Witty and somewhat charming.
  • February 7, 2009
    Very much a buy-the-book romantic comedy/drama that borrows every possible Hollywood cliche. The lesbian aspect of this film felt completely tacked on, and IMDB confirmed it - "The film was originally conceived and written as a heterosexual love story." I guess if you have to s... read moreee every possible romance movie ... here is another one you can see. Piper Perabo's feature role pretty much consists of her smiling a lot; I did not buy the love connection in the least. The only thing IM&Y was able to convince me of is that Matthew Goode is fantastic. Spoiler warning: Absolutely every character in the film ends up getting the girl. Prepare to grit teeth during the epic, over-the-top climax.
  • November 26, 2006
    A derivative rom-com effort that just barely charms its way past its narrative clichés.
  • October 27, 2009
    Piper Perabo & Lena Headey as a couple? Mainstream logic attached to a project that's usually the fertile field for the indies?
    It's weird that we live in the 21st century, and only now, we watch a perfectly marketable film product, with two girls having a happy ending. Together.... read more
    I just feel I have to salute whoever believed into making this film happen. Do we have to thank 'The L word' for that? PROBABLY.
    Yeah Lesbians are NOT (for the first time in all eternity) deranged psychos, OR killer maniacs (with or without reason), OR bloodsucking whores.
    They are sweet simple peaceful people, and they may look a lot like your florist! What a jolly ride, to see the final car race, the protagonist chasing the way to he airport (copy/pasted from "Notting Hill" and a thousand more movies like it) only this time, the girl waiting for a flight to the airport... is also waiting for another girl to run to her and pick her up. Forgive me for feeling so amazed... and share this simple joy.

Critic Reviews


Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
March 25, 2006
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

If you're in the mood for a moonstruck trifle with a drizzly London setting, this might not be such a bad choice. All that's required is that you be as open-minded as the movie is open-hearted. Full Review

Bill Muller
February 18, 2006
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

Although Imagine Me & You (never much liked that song) tries to tap into a popular theme, we never believe that Rachel and Luce are the slightest bit interested in one another. Full Review

Roger Moore
February 10, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

A surprisingly old-fashioned romantic comedy, a film of lovely British parks, of antiques auctions and cluttered, lived-in homes and very good-looking 30-or-so's trying to be sophisticated. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
February 10, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

Parker overdoes it, whipping up a confection that manages to be too cute, too corny and too indifferent to emotional reality to matter.

Michael Booth
February 10, 2006
Michael Booth, Denver Post

There are more imaginative movies, I suppose; but there are also worse ways to spend a gloomy afternoon than in a London photo-shopped to perfection. Full Review

Colin Covert
February 9, 2006
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

As formulaic as a trigonometry textbook. Full Review

Allison Benedikt
February 4, 2006
Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune

I guess there's something progressive going on when a lesbian love story gets to be just as dreadful and tacky as most straight ones. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
February 3, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

As nice as it is to imagine popular movies depicting lesbian relationships without guilt or trauma, Imagine Me&You ultimately trips over its own daft enthusiasm. Full Review

Rick Groen
February 3, 2006
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Everything has its rightful place, everyone has their happy purpose, and you can't help but grin at the sheer winning symmetry of the thing. Full Review

Terry Lawson
February 3, 2006
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Parker never gets in hugging distance of the clever wittiness of Love Actually, and the screenplay makes its featherweight American predecessor Kissing Jessica Stein seem like Edward Albee. Full Review

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