I hate my job (2007)

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	Year of first release: 2007
	Director: Oliver Parker
	Actors: Shirley Henderson, Neve Campbell, Alexandra Maria Lara, Anna Maxwell Martin, Oana Pellea, Danny Huston
	Country: GB
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 27.02.2016, DVD, English version with English subtitles
Synopsis: 'Every day is another day closer to the day I'll never have to do this again.' This evening in a café in London's Soho starts well. The cook is not available, thus the five women  will make it all, waitress, cook, manager. As not much happens in the job, they live their lives laughter, song, rage, collapse, intrigue, cooking, lying, conversation, secrets, love, friendship, ageing, hatred, rat-infestation and the arrival of a movie star with their colleagues.
Review: The story is like in the classical theater. One place (the restaurant), one evening, one event. Well actually there are many small events around the arrival of Danny Huston. And among these five women close to the nervous breakdown there are many stories. Each has her own story, hidden or obvious. Many of the dialogues are also reminding daily life scenes with women. Jumping from the rat in the house to the stupid ex-boy friend in which she is still in love, from the strict rules of professionality to the endless whining on the floor. All of them full of humour, except Alexandra Maria Lara character who is the balanced charming nice girl. This makes a volcano of nerves, of situations with potential of humour and tragedy. The movie ends up to be shorter than it could have been. There is potential for more character development, for more dialogues.  The casting is excellent from the point of view of the image. They all fit to their character. The acting is not that demanding as the characters are quite fixed characters under pressure. I left a bit hungry for more. More acting with more characters development.  I do not know whether this comes from the DVD version I have seen or what, but the image quality was very bad. And this makes the movie less enjoyable than it should.
Rating: 6 /10