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- 2010
- R
- Roadside Attractions
- 1 h 42 m
- 2010
- R
- Roadside Attractions
- 1 h 42 m
Summary I Love You Phillip Morris is the improbable but true story of a spectacularly charismatic conman’s journey from small-town businessman to flamboyant white-collar criminal, who repeatedly finds himself in trouble with the law and on the lam, brilliantly escaping from the Texas prison system on four separate occasions – all in the name of ...
Directed By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Written By: Steve McVicker, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
- 2010
- R
- Roadside Attractions
- 1 h 42 m
- 2010
- R
- Roadside Attractions
- 1 h 42 m
I Love You Phillip Morris
65
6.6
Where to Watch
Summary I Love You Phillip Morris is the improbable but true story of a spectacularly charismatic conman’s journey from small-town businessman to flamboyant white-collar criminal, who repeatedly finds himself in trouble with the law and on the lam, brilliantly escaping from the Texas prison system on four separate occasions – all in the name of ...
Directed By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Written By: Steve McVicker, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
65
59% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
28% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
65
59% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
28% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Think "Catch Me If You Can" mashed up with "Brokeback Mountain" if Mel Brooks directed and you'll get the idea.
It is Carrey, turning his patented rubber-faced, rubber-voiced shtick loose on a role with heart, substance and entertainment value, who makes this romantic farce a movie too good to sit on any studio's shelf.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 155 User Ratings
6.6
61% Positive
95 Ratings
95 Ratings
30% Mixed
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
9% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 155 User Ratings
6.6
61% Positive
95 Ratings
95 Ratings
30% Mixed
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
9% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
"I Love You Phillip Morris" is a great, fun and inspirational movie. Please bring me more movies like these! The plot is smart, the acting is great and the humanity is real. Why is only 5% of what Hollywood produces considered art? This movie is a celebration. Yes, Yes and Yes.
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"Liar Liar" meets Obi-Wan? Who'da thunk even fearless star power could make these two work as a romantic pair? But both stars prove to be enormous fun in a gay love story played straight in a thoroughly crooked context.
If you're a fan of provocative, offbeat films such as "My Own Private Idaho" or "The Crying Game," you might want to give "Phillip Morris" a chance.
At best, I Love You Phillip Morris may be hailed as a necessary step in Hollywood's fearful crawl toward sexual evenhandedness; the film upholds the constitutional right of every gay man to be as much of a liar, a crook, and a creep as the rest of us. Makes you proud.
It's clear from first frame to last that the filmmakers decided to go broad, very broad, with a story that swings between hysterical, hyper-sexual, bizarre, surprisingly tender and just plain awful. This is one mixed bag of a movie.
I Love You Phillip Morris not only blasts gay stereotypes back decades, it could actually make people wish for a third "Ace Ventura" movie. Both of those are an accomplishment, though neither is a compliment.
Pleasantly surprised.
Granted the role of Steven Russell(Jim Carrey) was totally over-the top, but well... the source IS over the top. He's well.... let's be honest, crazy. Not a sociopath or psychopath, but... kind of amoral, and manic.
I'm not one to beat the **** drum of the over-hyped manic-depressive mantra (hmm... some people have extremes of emotion, what a shock! We ARE a diversity.) Anyway, what hit home with me most, only because I've met crazy people in positions of... well if not authority, leadership... They just feel crazy and wrong, and yet everyone around goes along with it. I've seen this in RL a few times. So, this movie kind of connected with me at that level, the understanding that most humans are emotionally stupid.... and have horrible gut impressions, which are totally wrong.
Could Steven have **** me in for a day... prolly. For a week, prolly not. I have a way of stumbling out of delusion, maybe it's genetic -- i don't know. I'm not a follower, so can only take bs so long before my brain revolts.
Anyway, decent flik... def entertaining, worth watching.
DO NOT EMULATE!
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Something about this movie rubbed me the wrong way. First, I thought it was black comedy and/or farce that didn't work for me. But, much more so, it was the inauthenticity of the main character that gave me a strong negative visceral reaction. Yet, although I was uncomfortable while watching, I was never bored. And I did find myself thinking about the film afterward.
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I've seen a lot of movies about relationships between two males, and I have to say this is the worst. It was so unrealistic, and so offensive as well. It portrays stereotypes that have basically just become assumptions about ****. If you want to watch a good movie about a **** male relationship, go for Brokeback Mountain. It is much more emotional, and much more tolerable as a whole, and it's a whole heck of a lot less offensive. Watching this movie, I have a harder time believing Jim Carrey was a **** man than I did believing he was God, The Grinch, or The Mask. Even Ewan McGregor, who I loved in Moulin Rouge and Trainspotting, was a blatant stereotype. If you ever wonder why **** think **** like to talk about the fact that they're **** all the time, they are promiscuous, as well as dirty liars, those **** are probably watching movies like this. It was also the least authentic romance movie I've ever seen. This was a less believable couple than Harold and Maude. This is in strong contention for the worst movie I've ever seen.
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Awards
CinEuphoria Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Awards Circuit Community Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
