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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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Ramón Jurado

30Dec11

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

Heidi Anderson

13Dec11

The Wikipedia article about Steven Russell was actually more interesting than this film.

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Liam Peters

30Nov11

Suffering from a complete identity crisis this attempt at documenting the life of con man Steven Russell does nothing much other than highlight what a complete narcissist he is. Perhaps that's the point of the film, however, no real substance is developed to explain him or his life. Carrey gives an uncomfortable turn, nailing the contradiction that is Russell, and he's nicely if a bit wetly supported by McGregor.

Pedro Franceschini

16Nov11

The star here is Ewan McGregor, not Jim Carrey, and the movie gets an extra point just for his acting. Apart from that, it's has nothing outstanding, it is not a bad movie: it is nice, with nice moments..but that's is just it: it is a "nice"movie.

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[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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