''Modern Life Is Rubbish'' is a 2017 British

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by Daniel Jerome Gill and written by Philip Gawthorne, based on Gill's 2009 short film of the same name. The film stars

Josh Whitehouse Joshua George Whitehouse (born 27 February 1990) is an English actor, musician and artist. His films include '' Northern Soul'' (2014), ''Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (2017), and ''Valley Girl'' (2020). On television, he is known for his roles in th ...

and

Freya Mavor Freya Mavor (born 13 August 1993) is a Scottish actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Mini McGuinness in the E4 teen drama '' Skins'' and Daria Greenock in the HBO finance drama series ''Industry''. Early life Mavor was born i ...

Cast

as Liam *

as Natalie *

Will Merrick William Charles Merrick (born 9 April 1993) is an English screen and stage actor. His debut was in the third generation of the BAFTA winning, E4 television series '' Skins'' as the character Alo Creevey. Early life and education Merrick origi ...

as Ollie *

Matt Milne Matt Milne (born 1990) is an English actor and director. Life and career Milne was born in Hereford, in the West-Midlands of England. In 2010, he filmed Steven Spielberg's ''War Horse (film), War Horse'' based on War Horse (novel), the book ...

as Gus * Tom Riley as Adrian *

Daisy Bevan Daisy Carmen Bevan (born 28 March 1992) is a British actress. She is the daughter of actress Joely Richardson and film producer Tim Bevan. Acting She made her screen debut in 1998 in the film ''Elizabeth'' (produced by her father's company, Wor ...

as Layla *

Jessie Cave Jessica Alice Cave Lloyd (born 5 May 1987) is an English actress, comedian and cartoonist, known for her role as Lavender Brown in the ''Harry Potter'' film series and for her shows in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. She has also published ...

as Kerry *

Sorcha Cusack Sorcha Cusack (; born 9 April 1949) is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous television credits include playing the title role in ''Jane Eyre'' (1973), ''Casualty'' (1994–1997), ''Coronation Street'' (2008) and ''Father Brown'' ...

as Mary *

Steven Mackintosh Steven Mackintosh (born 30 April 1967) is an English actor and narrator. He is perhaps best known for his role as Andreas Tanis in the action horror films '' Underworld: Evolution'' (2006) and '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009). Mack ...

as Lenny *

Ian Hart Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), better known by his stage name Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable roles are Rabbit in the Channel Four drama miniseries ''One Summer'' (1983), Joe O'Reilly in the biopic ''Michael Collins'' (1996) ...

as The Curve

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* 2017 films Films about music and musicians British romantic comedy films 2017 romantic comedy films 2010s musical comedy films British musical comedy films 2017 directorial debut films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub