Rent You Instead (2011)
3.3 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 17min
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- Synopsis:
- Arriving at a top music festival for hi latest gig, Adam (Luke Treadaway) finds himself accidentally handcuffed to Morello (Natalia Tena). With no key in sight, the feuding pair have to get through the weekend as best as they can delivering not one, but two performances whilst having to placate a jealous girlfriend, an angry boyfriend and a lunatic manager. This is one weekend they will never forget!
- Actors:
- Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Rebecca Benson, Mathew Baynton, Kari Corbett, Clare Kelly, Cora Bisset, Sophie Wu, Gavin Mitchell, Joseph Mydell, Gilly Gilchrist, Ruta Gedmintas, Alastair Mackenzie, Newton Faulkner, Jonny Phillips, Laura McMonagle, Jo Mango, John Doherty, Hannah Jackson, Kassidy
- Directors:
- David Mackenzie
- Producers:
- Gillian Berrie
- Writers:
- Thomas Leveritt
- Aka:
- Tonight You're Mine
- Studio:
- Icon
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Reviews (1) of You Instead
Quirky RomCom - You Instead review by GI
A very original romcom filmed at the 2010 T In The Park music festival and cleverly structured around the actual festival goers who were unaware that a movie was in the making. It's a delightful and humorous film with Luke Treadaway as Adam, the lead singer of a world renowned rock group The Make, who are appearing at the festival. He gets into an argument with Morello (Natalia Tena), who heads up all girl punk group The Dirty Pinks, who are also performing. Seeing them arguing a stranger suddenly handcuffs them together and disappears into the crowd. Forced to spend time together, even with Adam having to be on stage with Morello's band, they also have to contend with their jealous girlfriend and boyfriend as well as deal with Adam's very drunk manager. This is a quirky little British film and the setting makes it very appealing especially if you've been a festival goer as it captures the sheer mania of being at an event like this. Deep down it's a lovely, heartwarming romance set in the world of contemporary music and the result is a cheeky little film of real charm. Music lovers will also enjoy the snippets of bands playing at the festival.
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Critic review
You Instead (aka Tonight You're Mine) review by Alyse Garner - Cinema Paradiso
Devon born Luke Treadaway was pretty busy last year, covering as much of the UK indie film scene as he could trying to kill both aliens and rock stars; whilst You Instead is the story of two feuding rock stars who find themselves inexplicably handcuffed together at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
Filmed at the real live music event T in the Park in Scotland You Instead is as close a visual demonstration of music festivals as I have ever seen; yet the mud, the drunks and the heightened emotions of the festival are not quite enough to save You Instead from the traditional and average monotony of the romantic comedy genre.
In the film Adam (Killing Bono and Attack the Block’s Treadaway) and Morello (Natalia Tena, who you might just recognize as the face changing Nymphadora Tonks from Harry Potter) are handcuffed together by a security guard after he becomes sick of the rather childish bickering. From here it is a fairly straightforward plot in which the two find that in fact, despite all their previous hatred and apparent differences, they are perfect for each other and fall widely in love.
This aspect of the story is interspersed with a few high emotion music interludes, including snippets from actual T in the Park performances from bands such as Biffy Clyro and Joe Mango. These, unfortunately, are the only truly interesting parts of the movie.