The Other Half
The Other Half
| 15 May 2006 (USA)
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When English Mark surprises his American bride Holly with her dream honeymoon to Portugal she cant believe her luck. Mark goes to great trouble to organise everything for her. They arrive in Portugal to discover that the country is hosting a major international soccer tournament and that the English national team is playing! Whats more, the England team, and their raucous fans, seem to follow them everywhere. Soccer-loving Mark claims innocence - a complete coincidence - after all, what kind of man would lie to his new wife just to watch England play in a tournament?

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
FlashCallahan Simple story, Man gets married to an Irish actress with a questionable American accent, takes her on a honeymoon to Portugal, all the while plotting to see the England qualifying games during Euro 2004.Hilarity ensues somewhere, but it must have passed me.Vinnie Jones is a special guest star as a man in a suit who shouts a lot.I don't care what people say about him, but I think Danny Dyer is a half decent actor. he's predictable in every role he's in, but for the life of me, I really don't know where this hard man image came from.Here though, it's a different story. On paper, it sounds great, trying to see some football matches behind your wife's back while on honeymoon.It's a brilliant concept, and in the right hands, could have been a wonderful farce, but here, it just plods along, from one unfunny scenario to the next, and the fantasy scenes with Jones, are just stupid.Dyer is okay, as is his co star, but the supporting cast are dreadful, and the guy who hatches the plan to sell him his own ticket, has to be one of the worse actors ever caught on film.it's a shame because there are a few promising moments, but it's just bland.
neil268 with Danny Dyer and Vinnie jones in this movie i assumed it would be decent. how wrong i was! this could be THE WORST movie I've ever seen in my life. the storyline is awful, the acting is terrible and just the whole movie sucked!to see that this is rated 5/10 has just baffles me, as a football fan myself i thought this would be a good movie to watch, it just didn't draw me in at all. to be fair danny dyers 'wife' in the film is very good looking, probably the only good part of the film. the budget must have been extremely low, i can see what the idea of the film is but the execution is just all wrong.
dvdmanu I have had this DVD in my collection for a while now and was really looking forward to watching it. How could it miss, you've got Danny Dyer (who i think is a very underrated actor), The England football team playing in Euro 2004, and a half descent story line involving Danny Dyer's character trying to see the first 3 England group games (on their honeymoon) without his other half finding out he already had the tickets before they left.I am thinking this could be ,Is harry on the boat meets Football Factory a cocky lad's film a real Brit classic. How wrong i was. I was gutted a real let down. Watching it i felt it tried to be to many things it should have just been a comedy and used Danny Dyer in that lad role he does so well. Also without giving too much away what the hell are those 2 guys doing commentating on whats going on in the film that was really annoying.So do yourself a favour if your Danny Dyer fan watch The Business, Outlaw or Football Factory. If you want a chick flick leave the other half to it and go to the pub.
mail-3048 It's unusual to leave the movie theatre feeling cheerful and laughing and this is how you feel after seeing The Other Half. You sympathise with the hero throughout - you're on his side and want it all to work out for him. His passion for football is the driving force of the film. This is a first film for both Richard Nockles and Marlowe Fawcett and they needed more time and money to work on the script and the supporting roles, but the music, graphics and photography are terrific. Well worth seeing especially if you like feel-good romance and football (or any sport for that matter). And well worth backing the directors on their next project.