One More Kiss

One More Kiss has beautiful cinematography, a lovely score, an interesting premise, and a badly cast role - Sarah (Valerie Edmund).From our first shot of her on the rooftop with arms outstretched, no matter what the cameraman and director do, they cannot make this into a woman who looks like she is sick, let alone dying. She is too big, strong and healthy. So I cannot feel her pain, sorrow and desparation. In fact, I feel nothing, and that is bad for the role and the movie.On the other hand, the actress playing the wife, Charlotte (Valerie Gogan) is perfect at showing the panic, resentment and eventual hatred of this interloper in her life. From the very first time she sets eyes on Sarah - in her husband Sams' (Gerard Butler) embrace, even just a friendly one - she is threatened. (As I would have been; confess would YOU come into a room and see your husband with his arms around another woman as just another day at the office?) When Sam introduces them, he even hesitates before he says "my wife." What a slap in the face.Maybe I'm not seeing the romance in this situation. When Sarah announces she is dying, Sam is nonplused; Charlotte sees trouble. In the real world, right then I would have said, "sorry to hear that and WE will help if WE can. But that's not this movie.So we have THE LIST for Sam it get through. Which is just a device to be able for Sarah to manipulate Sam into kindling a romance again. And all the singing together, skydiving and kite-flying and lush background music doesn't make it anything but what it is - seduction of another womans husband. Leading to predictable harsh words, fights and tears. But Charlotte loves this man; she hugs his jacket and breathes in his smell; and cries in pain.Meanwhile, we have brave (?) Sarah planning her funeral down to what will be served at the afterparty! I know this is to show her bravery, but I wanted to tell Sam to run out of that house - he is being manipulated. As is her father. Sarah may not be around much longer, but by God, everyone will remember her! Too harsh? Why does she show up at the restaurant just before Sam is to go meet his wife? Didn't know about the concert? Cummon. His birthday! - she knew. And she didn't care. It was all about her - what she wanted.And that brings us to the most emotionally satisfying scenes in the film with the most beautiful music - Charlotte in her lovely dress, hair just right, sitting and waiting, waiting, waiting for her love and he never comes. I DO feel HER pain.Where is Sam? Why getting it on with his other love. Sorry I'm underwhelmed.The last scenes in the hospital are done well, and Gerry is at his most beautiful and touching. He almost redeems the whole film right there. But not quite, for me at least.Sarah's father, played by James Cosmo, is very good and the part is to underscore the theme of the film - choices we make that alter life.Try as I might I just cannot see that the choice to break up your marriage (even if not perfect) for a few weeks of what? bliss? great sex? is worth ruining anothers life and possible your own. The only one who ends satisfied is the interloper who we are to feel sorry for, and I just can't do it.And, of course, she is gone and I suppose, rests in peace.Rated 6/10.Jane

"One More Kiss" makes one wonder why sensitive, intelligent Gerard Butler gave up a promising dramatic and comic career for one of crassly commercial ass-kicking gut-busters. Oh, that's right - if one caters to the lowest common denominator, one will make more money. But this movie serves to remind that beneath the muscular exterior is a talented actor with a great sense of humor, and one can only hope he'll eventually be able to make the transition back to his more believable roots.All that said, Butler, at his youthfully, physically most appealing best, is merely a backdrop to Valerie Edmond's character, who is dying of Cancer. Unfortunately, she is so selfishly self-indulgent throughout the movie that I found it impossible to give a rat's ass whether she died or not. She barged into former boyfriend Butler's life, destroyed his marriage, and never seemed to feel a whit of responsibility. Whereas the viewer is supposed to love her because she's the lead character and is a tragic one to boot, instead I found myself to be impatiently awaiting her personal reckoning and reformation, to see her regret the mess she made of the life of a man who was guilty of nothing worse than timelessly loving her.Because she plays a hand in salvaging the life of her lonely father, the viewer is supposed to exonerate her for the destructive role she plays in her ex-boyfriend's. At the end of the movie, it's clear her father will begin a new and better life, while poor Butler will probably pine away for her for the rest of his. Ms. Edmond's performance is excellent; but plain and simply, I didn't like her character and will not mourn her.I believe the problem with "One More Kiss" lies with the script, which is too superficial for the subject. But if you're addicted to dying person love stories, you may embrace this one; perhaps I'm too addicted to seeing characters change for the better, particularly before they part this world forever.

Two Kids grow up, he wants to marry her and the both of them grow old together she leaves for New York his world falls apart after 7 yrs she realizes her new York lifestyle is devoid of real meaning and she's realizing she loved Sam she finds out she's dying of a brain tumor and heads back to Scotland to ask Sam's wife to let her spend the last remaining months with him. Then she makes Sam's Wife angry with the fact they're spending a lot of time together, and he's rarely with her. When they had a date to go to the Opera and Sam wasn't there like he had promised she realized he might still carry a torch for his former GF. After an experimental cancer treatment goes wrong and it kills her, Sam's world falls apart when he gets back from her funeral and there are three very large bags sitting in front of the entrance to the front door. Ending the Movie. Gerard Butler and the rest of the crew were very good in this movie, But I don't blame the wife for her anger towards the ex GF who after 7 yrs comes back into his life only after she finds she's dying of cancer and realizes Sam(Gerard Butler) was the only man she ever loved. To me she was selfish to stroll back into his life and not care about what it would do to his marriage. I mean she could have asked Sam if he was interested in coming to New York with her when she was leaving, instead of just leaving and wham! or when she got settled in NY given him her address and asked him to come. We'll this was my free rating for the movie

I enjoyed this film, despite the fact that at times I had very little sympathy for Sarah Hopson and had to remind myself why she was behaving the way she was. But does this excuse her selfish actions? I was recommended this film because I happened to mention that I'd never seen Gerard Butler in a film! But to me the performance that was most poignant was that of the father - James Cosmo. I think this actor is very much under-rated and I do wish he was given some roles which didn't entail him looking tough and threatening. (Recent 'Shetland' series comes to mind.)

This movie has so many layers and it's truly a roller coaster of emotions. Beautiful interpretation by all the actors, which look extremely natural in their roles. It's a weeper but many of the scenes are very uplifting and the message it leaves you with it is true.I found the end to be a bit incomplete as you don't really understand what happens to Sam (Gerard Butler), but then in real life sometimes you make choices and you really don't know how it is gonna end too.A must watch if you like British films!

What a wonderful film. It's not exactly the most cheery of subjects - coming home to die - but the whole premise was beautifully acted with excellent performances from the small cast.Sarah (Edmonds) returns from New York to her home in Scotland to die of a brain tumour, and spend what little time she has left with her childhood sweetheart Sam (Butler), who has now married. Despite breaking his heart seven years earlier Sam agrees to help her with her "To Do" list, and do all the things she'd always wanted or intended to do e.g. skydiving, flying a kite etc.This film is really about the psychological effects of living with a death sentence. How it affects the person going to die and how the others around them face up to their lives and their own mortality. It makes them take stock of the people they have become, the missed opportunities, and what is really important in their lives.It could so easily have turned into a maukish and sickly pastiche, but instead it is a very refreshing and, dare I say, life-altering look at death. There are some very dark, comic moments, which are beautifully played out (most notably the "Funeral Arrangements" section) and leave you emotionally split between laughing and crying.It's a well thought out, wonderfully presented film which will make you take stock of who you are, what you want and what the heck you're doing with your life.As the saying goes "Life is not a dress rehearsal". Let's make the most of what time we do have.I started making my "To Do" list as soon as it finished.

I could not find any charm in this film whatsoever. Seven years before, the guy's girlfriend dumps him and runs off to the US. Then she comes home because she is dying and goes out of her way to wreck his happy marriage and his business. I couldn't understand why he or her father found her so wonderful because there were many moments in the film when she was either nasty or manipulating. Even though she was dying, I had no sympathy for her, but had lots of sympathy for the wife. Just like the character of the wife says when referring to the ex-girlfriend imminent death, I thought "Get on with it already!"

Gerard was evidently learning to act in this film bless him! The plot's actually a bit wet and doesn't really 'hang' right but it's ok. James Cosmo is the only good bit of this film....watch Gerard Butler in 'Dear Frankie' instead...lovely simple film from his early days but well acted and good cast