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As in most successful sex comedies, the key to this film is that it’s not really sex that’s the problem, but rather the great weight of other concerns – about self-esteem, social status and ageing – associated with it.

Although there’s an increasing number of films on related subjects, this is the first to adopt the language of mainstream cinema with such success.

A polished, handsomely produced piece of work delivered with real confidence.

It's a Boy Girl Thing is not only lightweight but gives the impression, plotwise, of being held together with bits of string.

This is one of those very Californian tales in which the problems that most people in the world have to deal with simply don’t exist.

It’s an uncomfortable watch, as we stay close to its troubled central character. The challenge to viewers is to see what she’s missing.

Rickman is at his best.