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 The film stars Pierce Brosnan, Imogene Poots, Toni Collette
and Aaron Paul as four people who meet by chance on New Year's
Eve on a rooftop where they have all planned to commit suicide.
They make a pact to try to keep each other alive in what has
been described a "genial farce" which is due to be released in
cinemas next month.
Hornby, several of whose books, including "High Fidelity" and
"About a Boy" have been made into films, said it was always
startling to work on a film project for years and then see the
final result.
"There's so much work and so many years go by while you are
working on this thing, and suddenly you sit down in a dark room
and it goes by in 90 minutes and it feels insane," Hornby said
at a news conference before an evening screening of the film by
French director Pascal Chaumeil.
"You come out thinking, 'I couldn't understand that, I wonder if
anybody else would?'" he said, adding that on the second viewing
the film makes more sense.
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 Brosnan, asked how it felt to have an acting life after having
played James Bond in several installments of the franchise, said he
continued because "I love being an actor, I love the work, it's
wonderful work, I need to work".
The Irish actor said that having played Agent 007 had allowed him to
do different movies and have a career internationally.
"You have to be tough as old boots to remain an actor and stay at
the table," he said. "It's my life, it's what I do. I don't know what
else to do at this point."
(Writing by Michael Roddy; editing by
Robin Pomeroy)
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