Mark has OCD and Tourette’s Syndrome which have recently begun to take over his life. As a result, his wife, job and friends are slipping away from him. He’s spent most of his life trying to hide his disorders from the world and feeling like he’s a freak. Then he meets Charlotte (played by Shirley Henderson aka Moaning Myrtle from the Harry Potter movies!) She also has OCD and invites Mark to a support group where others like them talk about their compulsions and try to overcome them.

I very much enjoyed the beginning of the movie where we learn what Mark is going through as well as the middle of the movie where it feels like he’s gaining control over his life. Then, Mark snaps and loses all control. He isolates himself from the world and lets himself go. The ending was a little too dramatic for me, but overall, the movie was great.

It’s funny, dramatic and romantic all rolled into one.

Mental illness/OCD figures prominently in my life so my interest was piqued when I read the back of the DVD. Took me quite a while to “get into it” though. Not stupendous. But still worth it.