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I Love You Phillip Morris

France, Canada, United States

2009

102 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

PROD Andrew Lazar, Far Shariat

SCR John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Steve McVicker

DP Xavier Pérez Grobet

CAST Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Ted Alderman

ED Thomas J. Nordberg

MUSIC Nick Urata

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), São Paulo, Sundance, Melbourne (FIrst Encounters)

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The story begins with Russell, played by Jim Carrey, on his deathbed recalling the events of his life that led him there. He begins with his life in Texas as a happily married police officer who plays the organ at church, prays every night with his wife (Leslie Mann) and spends his off hours searching for the biological mother who gave him up as a child. That, and hes gay. But after finding and being handily rejected by the mother who gave him up as a baby, Steven leaves his life and family behind to go out into the world and be his true, flamboyantly gay self. He moves to Miami, finds a boyfriend (Rodrigo Santoro) and begins living the high life. He realizes quickly though, that a life of luxury is expensive, leading this resourceful former cop to turn to a life as a conman. But when his con work finally catches up with him, Steven is sent to prison where he meets, and almost instantly falls in love with Phillip Morris, played by Ewan McGregor. From there the story becomes a Don Quixote-esque story of a forlorn lover who cannot bear to be separated from his soul-mate. He will go to any lengths to be with Phillip, including but not limited to breaking out of jail on multiple occasions, impersonating Phillips lawyer and fraudulently becoming the CFO of a major corporation. —IMDb

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Laura Hilton-Smith

20May12

So cute and funny. Ewan McGregor was adorable.

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Harry Rossi

11May12

An absolutely amazing movie. I'm shocked at how much I enjoyed this. The twists and turns in the story are fantastic and impossible to detect. Jim Carrey gives one of the best performances of his career (its great to see him in a film that isn't absolute crap these days) and Ewan McGregor's fantastic as well! Also, the surprising thing about it was how emotional it gets. Among the best comedies of the last decade.

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msmichel

6May12

One of those hidden little gems that sometimes just lies between the main stream and the independant and gets lost. Carrey and McGregor have such a natural chemistry that one completely buys into the relationship. Would seem far fetched if it wasn't mostly true. North American distributors again showed their inherent homophobia in not giving this a proper release. Mismarketing killed the limited release it did have.

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Ramón Jurado

30Dec11

This is one of the most amazing films I've seen in my life.

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Heartfelt and touching

By Henrik Schunk on May 25, 2012

With a perfect mix of light-hearted moments and the tragedy that is the futile search for love, I Love you Philip Morris is a fantastic movie. My Kudos goes out to an American filmmaker daring to portray…  read review

[Last Time I Saw] I Love You Phillip Morris

By lasttim​eisaw on January 14, 2011

Title: I Love You Phillip Morris
Year: 2009
Country: France, USA
Language: English
Genre: Romance
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writers: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Steve…  read review

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