Morvern Callar (2002)

Morvern Callar is a movie you should love because A. It has the brilliant Samantha Morton in the title role and B. it's arty. However, Morton has her hands tied by an almost non-existent script and indeed there is very little (if any) dialogue in the first hour. The thin plot surrounds the unexplained suicide of Morvern's boyfriend, who leaves a note on his computer along with his first (and definitely last) novel, with instructions to print and send the book to the first of a list of publishers. Morvern changes the author's name on the manuscript to her own and starts printing the novel. With the body still warm she goes out with her friends to party - think 'Shallow Grave' without the humour...

The second half of the film is a little better with Morvern leaving the dreary unnamed Scottish town where she lives for a holiday somewhere in Spain. The film suddenly bursting into color as Morvern and her friend ditch their cheesy 18-30 hotel and go off into the Spanish countryside as the film turns road-movie. In the meantime, the publishers fly out to Spain to meet Morvern and well, you can probably guess the rest...