4.9 Score

2010 • 1h 38min • R • Comedy, Drama, Romance

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.

IMDb 6.3

RT 46%

MC 51

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Antonio Banderas

Greg

Josh Brolin

Roy

Anthony Hopkins

Alfie

Gemma Jones

Helena Shepridge

Freida Pinto

Dia

Lucy Punch

Charmaine

Naomi Watts

Sally

Pauline Collins

Cristal

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Anthony Hopkins Alfie

Gemma Jones Helena Shepridge

Freida Pinto Dia

Lucy Punch Charmaine

Naomi Watts Sally

Pauline Collins Cristal

Rupert Frazer Jogging Partner

Kelly Harrison Personal Trainer

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Fenella Woolgar Jane

Ewen Bremner Henry Strangler

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