Dirty Filthy Love

ABOUT the film:  Dirty Filthy Love is a British single television drama starring Michael Sheen as an architect with OCD and Tourette's syndrome. The character's life falls apart as a result of his disorder in this touching and funny story, "an obsessive compulsive comedy".

The film (2004, released on DVD in the United States in 2005 by Hart Sharp Video in association with The Sundance Channel) was written by Jeff Pope and Ian Puleston-Davies, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorders himself.

Sheen's performance was recognised with numerous nominations, including a Best Actor for the 2005 British Academy Television Awards. The film won the Best Single Drama category at the 2005 Royal Television Society Awards.

WATCH the film:  Available on home video for purchase and rental online and through local video stores.

DISCUSS the film:  After you watch the film, return here to join in the discussion at the bottom of this page.

REVIEW by TBA:  (coming soon) 

DISCUSS the film (in comments section below):

• How accurately doe the film portray OCD?
• Does the comedy trivialize the disorder, or does it help us understand OCD?