I Really Hate My Job

This is a delightful and interesting independent film, shot within the confines of a small restaurant in the district of Soho, in London, England. It's a look at the varied and diverse lives of the staff - the manager, the bartender (Neve Campbell), the server, the cook and the dishwasher; all of whom happen to be women. As the film progresses, the viewers learns more about each of the women and their lives away from the restaurant.A number of mini crises occur throughout the evening, which help propel the story along, including a late reservation made for actor Danny Huston and his party. One of the members of the Huston dinner party is actor Barry Morse (of "The Fugitive" TV series and author of  Remember with Advantages ) in his final film role. He plays the character of 'Georg' - an Eastern European percussionist.I found the movie to be quite a lot of fun, touching in a few spots and funny in many others. There are standout performances from both Neve Campbell and Oana Pellea, who is a new discovery for me. She plays Rita, the dishwasher. Oana is an actress to look out for! Let me hasten to say that this movie is not full of special effects, car chases, and other such events - this is a character piece. And quite a good one, at that. I do recommend this film.

This well written and unique look at 5 interesting women is all but lost on the hearing impaired American audience. WHY is is so hard to add a simple text script to display optional subtitles so everyone can experience great films. Another reviewer states the actors have a variety of dialects, and often whisper to each other. I did manage to search and find some "illegal" mis-matched subtitles on line, I could open as a text file and read along. But it is NOT the desired way to experience a film. Just to say there art countless DVDs I would love to own, but refuse to buy when I see nthey do not include closed capptions. Should be a law requiring optional subtitles on ALL dvds.

This movie turned out differently than I expected. I thought there would be more to it instead of it just taking place in a restaurant. I love Neve Campbell, but sadly the other girls were hard to understand at times because they have accents and whisper a lot. In order to like this movie, you really need to be in the mood to hear about several stories at once and how they go back and forth between the characters. In case you were wondering about seeing Neve Campbell naked, yes, you do get to see her completely naked, but the camera doesn't show her naked the entire time that she is. That's probably the only reason why I didn't give this movie 1 star. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it either. I think I'll watch this movie a couple more times to see if I can like it better the 2nd or 3rd time around. I suggest you rent before you buy, but the choice is yours.

Not all that good of a movie, I ended up getting it just to see a few things but those things were disapointing.

Loved everything about it! i will recomend this to anyone in the food service profession. we have all had a job that we took just for the money and hated almost every minute of it. this movie shows the all female cast in perfect disfunction and chaos. why? because its their job. and thats why i love it. WATCH THIS MOVIE and the next time you go out to eat you will realise that the poeple hard at work with a smile on their face are people too. they have feelings. they are there to serve you so take it easy on them.Every one of the cast member s are totally awesome. Neve was the reason i was the reason i ordered this DVD but the story was written flawlessly and the pace didnt drag. 5 stars.

i've seen this picture three times. it's an independent film. i couldn't shut off this movie any one of the three times. five women are working nite shift in small restaurant in london. the acting is so good, all five equally good.a cook a dishwasher, waitress bartender and manager. it is one of the funniest movies i have seen. the dialogue is great, the situations are funny.all the characters are really good. i liked shirley henderson who had to work as cook. she is so so funny. it is so very enjoyable.luke boston ma USA

Personally, I found this movie rather boring. It's got it's moments and there are a few laughs. Basically, it's about a typical night at a little restaurant in England and how each of the women deal with working there instead of whatever they really want to do. The main selling part is that Neve Campbell performs a really nice nude scene toward the end of the movie. I doubt that I would have watched this movie if it weren't for that scene and I'm not sure if I will watch it again.

I bought this dvd since Neve Campbell was in this movie. The movie is about two waitresses, one cook, and dishwasher. All played by women in England in a seafood restaurant near the docks. They all say they hate their job so much. Neve finally protests by coming out naked into the restaurant. She screams that if anyone has a problem with her being naked the customers could leave. Most did and some stayed. It's a good movie to watch.

The reviews from purchasers were appalling and though I can't say the film was THAT bad, it wouldn't feature in my all time favourites: however I bought the DVD as 10 years ago I appeared in the production as a featured customer and have previously been unable to see if I made the cut ( I did - approx 30 seconds screen time as one of the disgusted patrons who exit near the end of the story - no autographs please !!)

The DVD was not for me but i was happy with the service

Fresh and original. And very funny in that unique British way. Quite brilliant performances.

Powerful performance from Neve Campbell in this very funny and neglected (whens the BD coming out?) movie. Drama in the cramped cooking area - staff caught talking to the rats - customers routed (puzzlingly) by impromptu Neve Campbell striptease - make for a bizarre comedy - recommended.

I Really Hate My Job has all the hallmarks of a typical unreleased British independent film: a down on their luck and therefore affordable American star to give investors the delusion that they'll get American distribution (Neve Campbell), a couple of familiar but affordable British faces (Shirley Henderson phoning in her frazzled child-woman shtick and a considerably better-than-her-material Anna Maxwell Martin) and a few people you've never heard of before and never will again, a director with more connections than talent (Oliver Parker, particularly unsuited to the modern comedies he constantly gets hired for) and a script that reads like an unproduced play. Set in a Soho restaurant café that no-one really wants to work in over one night when the chef doesn't turn up, a movie star (well, Danny Huston, even worse than most actors playing themselves) has booked a table and there`s a rat lurking around the place, it's merely bad rather than really bad, but still offers no reason to watch it or reward for doing so, so it's no surprise it's been sitting on the shelf for seven years before going straight to DVD - well, more eventually to DVD, really. The only real surprise is to find the name of Alan Parker (his last screen credit to date) as one of the producers.The floor staff (Campbell, Martin and an appealing Alexandra Maria Lara) fare better than the irritating kitchen staff (Henderson and Oana Pellea), but with almost all the characters wanting to be something else (actress, artist, novelist), it's the kind of comedy drama that throws in too many knowing observations about what constitutes a well-crafted film or novel that just serve to remind you of how this keeps on falling short. Parker the director's attempts to stylise the film with occasional visual tricks and an insistence on obscuring all the café's patrons (which ensures that Barry Morse plays his entire part either out of focus or hidden behind a table lamp) irritates more than it enlivens, though they're as nothing to the film's third act which involves not one but two absurd moments with an out of the blue nude scene courtesy of Ms Campbell and her botty double and a musical sequence with a tuxedoed and mannered Huston singing Love is the Sweetest Thing in the style of Al Bowlly. Along the way there are a few mildly interesting moments, such as a pertinent metaphor comparing movies to ghost stories, but nothing worth paying good money for.The DVD offers a decent widescreen transfer (the film isn't particularly good looking to begin with) and has a decent extras package - director's commentary, 34-minute behind the scenes featurette, stills gallery and trailer.