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I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)

Jim Carrey , Ewan McGregor , Glenn Ficarra , John Requa  |  R |  DVD
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor
  • Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Lions Gate
  • DVD Release Date: April 5, 2011
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002ZG9800
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,819 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "I Love You Phillip Morris" on IMDb

Special Features

• Audio commentary with producer Andrew Lazar and writers/directors John Requa & Glenn Ficarra
• “The Making of I Love You Phillip Morris” featurette
• Theatrical trailers

Editorial Reviews

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Jim Carrey likes to keep his career surprising--and few choices could be more unexpected than this unrepentantly gay romantic comedy. Based on a true story, I Love You, Phillip Morris follows Steven Russell (Carrey) from his beginnings as a cop who abuses his position to learn his birth mother's identity to a spectacular con man who embezzles enormous sums of money from a food-service corporation. During one of his bouts of prison, Russell meets Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!), a soft-spoken fellow prisoner who becomes the love of Russell's life--but who can't take Russell's free-wheeling, anything to break free and live life to the criminal fullest approach. Carrey seems miscast; his humor tends toward confrontation, and he lacks the seductive charm that Russell's con games would seem to need (McGregor, who is charm embodied, might have been a better choice). But some of Russell's prison escapes are truly flabbergasting and it's refreshing to see a movie with gay characters that isn't about them wrestling with their sexual identities. The flow of the story feels much like a Coen Bros. movie (Fargo or Raising Arizona) with its vivid, quirky characters and unpredictable plot. Also featuring Leslie Mann (Knocked Up) and Rodrigo Santoro (300). --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Jim Carrey stars in the “outrageously funny” (Rolling Stone) true story of a spectacularly charismatic con man’s journey from small-town businessman to flamboyant white-collar criminal, who repeatedly finds himself in trouble with the law and on the lam – all in the name of love. Costarring Ewan McGregor, I Love You Phillip Morris is an unbelievably true comedy that’s being called “the best performance of Carrey’s career” (Village Voice).

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It is just a lot of fun and, of course, very funny. Wilshire Metro Realty, Inc.  |  18 reviewers made a similar statement
Jim Carrey plays Steven Jay Russell, who finds out at a young age that he's adopted. Joshua Miller  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
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47 of 53 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Conman Finds His Soulmate December 6, 2010
Format:DVD
"I Love You Philip Morris" tells the real life story of Steven Jay Russell, who in 1998 received an unprecedented 144-year prison sentence for fraud, conning, impersonating, and multiple escapes from Houston's Harris County Jail. The film shows us sequences that seem utterly impossible, but in fact actually happened, which only goes to show that truth really is stranger than fiction. No, I will not describe them to you. Enjoying the film depends on the audience's reaction to Russell's actions. It's a little like a magician revealing his secrets; the trick itself is a lot of fun, but seeing what went into making the trick work can be quite fascinating, especially when you realize just how much effort goes into making something look simple. The apparent ease with which he executes his schemes is equally mind boggling.

Jim Carrey's portrayal of Russell is a delightful bag of contradictions. He's funny but touching, exaggerated but believable, contemptible but justified, caring but manipulative. There are times when it seems like he's thinking of no one other than himself, and there are other times when it's clear that he does what he does out of love. It's a daring, complex performance, and it's for reasons other than the fact that his character is gay; it establishes that Carrey is capable of something deeper than outlandish personalities and extreme physical comedy. His take on Russell is engaging, although it's not necessarily understandable. This isn't a criticism. Sometimes, it's preferable for audiences to figure out characters for themselves, for them to put their own spin on why certain people are they are way they are.

We're given a small glimpse of his childhood, in which he learns that he was adopted.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Watched for Ewan M & Bowled Over By Jim C September 6, 2010
Format:DVD
I tend to underestimate Jim Carrey and then I see him in one of his better movies and realize what a serious mistake it was to do so. Typically I've been thinking of him as "just a comic" and not an actor. He is really a superb actor who is also a very funny comic.

I normally adore Ewan McGregor and he is just fine here. However, Carrey is just fantastic. I did not realize this was based on a real life con man until the end of the film. I thought it was fictional. The plot is Carrey as con man supreme who falls in love with McGregor when they are in prison together. The only problem is that Carrey can't stop himself from continuing his cons. The cons are terrically entertaining.

This is a dramedy, a comedy mixed with drama. It really works as both and I would not want one to dominate the other. As it is, a perfect blend is achieved.

These two do an absolutely superb job of playing gay men. I've seen a lot of films about gay men but never one like this. By having two major film actors play gay men in love, there are nuances and depths which are brought forth in this film which I don't think have ever been seen before.
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39 of 47 people found the following review helpful
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I simply couldn't wait any longer for this film to open in America, so I bought the DVD from AmazonUK (yes, I have a region free DVD player).

OMG this is one of the best films I've seen this year. Jim Carrey gives a performance worthy of year end award consideration in this funny, absurd and poignant romantic comedy about a gay con-artist. This is the Carrey of The Truman Show, Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine, and he shines in an often challenging role. Ewan MacGregor is equally affecting in the role of Carrey's love interest. There are some broad and outrageous moments; this is a comedy after all. However, there are an equal number of lovely, tender moments of romance and passion.

This film has been in some legal battles and so the American distribution has been held up. I hope these problems get resolved and this finds its way to a theatre near you. Don't miss it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Jim Carrey was the singular reason I watched this film. The problem with this movie is that its not really a comedy, its not really a con-artist movie, its not really about gay relationships. It does all of these 3 things in somewhat equal measure and then loses out overall. I liked bits and pieces of it but too many times lost interest and was left with the feeling that if the director had focused on making a good con-artist movie, Jim Carrey could have turned it into something spectacular.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Some have suggested that Jim Carrey is poorly cast in the role of Steven Russell, the con artist whose story is told in I LOVE YOU, PHILLIP MORRIS. It's been said that his performances are too glossy, too on-the-surface for us to believe him as lovestruck and will to do everything and anything for that love.

I believe he is IDEALLY cast because of that. It's true that Carrey is not a classically trained actor...he is just very good at faking emotion (lots of actors do that, of course). But think about one of his most acclaimed performances, as Andy Kaufmann in MAN ON THE MOON. Kaufmann was a cipher, a man who deliberately avoided showing his real self by faking one "public persona" after another until he had no real persona at all. Carrey was pitch perfect. In PHILLIP MORRIS, he plays a gay man who initially lives a lie of being straight. He also joins the police force, not because he wants to fight crime, but as an avenue to getting access to paperwork that will show him who is real mother is. (And when he finally meets her, she slams the door on him. He was the middle child, and he wants to know why she kept her first child and her third, but not him.)

Eventually, he amicably ends his marriage and perhaps over-compensates by living a lavish Key West lifestyle...flamboyantly gay. He funds this lifestyle elaborate con games. The way Carrey plays Russell, we're never sure if Russell is actually a little self-deluded and half believes the cons...or is he just so good at them because there's no real Steven Russell inside the body. This disconnect from reality allows Carrey to jump everywhere emotionally with great facileness but we also never know when or if what we're seeing is really what Steven Russell is feeling. I liked this.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Movie!!!!
I love Jim Carrey movies. This was a little different but great!!!! I will watch it over and over. I love you Phillip Morris
Published 8 days ago by Brenna
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Very interesting movie, since it was true life. The movie does not focus totally on the love between two men as it does the crafty character of Jim Carrey. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Darlene L. Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Catch Him If You Can!
Jim Carrey is perfect as the con man in love. Ewan McGregor once again easily slips into a character that you are ready to embrace. This is based on a true story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by C. J.
4.0 out of 5 stars I Love You Phillip Morris
Guessed it would be good and it was, just the Jim Carrey you've always loved and Ewenn McGregor was great in it also. A must see!
Published 1 month ago by Karen McClain
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny Prison Movie
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Jim Carrey's talent is often wasted in other movies, but this one is perfect for his style. It is just a lot of fun and, of course, very funny.
Published 1 month ago by Wilshire Metro Realty, Inc.
3.0 out of 5 stars okay
it was okay. very inappropriate. i'm a huge fan of jim carrey and ewan mcgregor, they were very funny but again inappropiate.
Published 1 month ago by Moira
2.0 out of 5 stars blahh:(
Its stupid nothing is funny and it didn't have any point to it i barley finshed it and have to change it blahh
Published 2 months ago by Morgan
4.0 out of 5 stars Has a good story line
A friend of mine saw this movie and suggested that I watch it and I am glad I did as I enjoyed it very much.
Published 2 months ago by Roger Severson
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute movie
I really enjoyed this movie. Different from any other movie I've seen and with a smattering of funny bits thrown in. Carrey and MacGregor were good.
Published 3 months ago by PJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
I really didn't hear a whole lot about this movie and rented it one day on a whim. Totally impressed me. Well written, well acted, well directed.
Published 3 months ago by J
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"explicit homosexuality"? Oh please...what could they have shown that made the MPAA all panicky? The movie is rated R, so it couldn't be THAT bad. Perhaps the home release will be unrrated?
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