(McGregor is completley star struck by Carrey's hair cut)
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann & Rodrigo Santoro
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Screenplay by: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Plot:
Carrey plays Steven Russell, a happily married family man whom after a serious car crash realises he is gay and starts to live life to the fullest by becoming a conman. After being sent to prison, Steven meets and falls in love with sweet inmate Phillip Morris.
Verdict:
We all know by now that Jim Carrey is just as assured playing a more serious part as he is playing his trademark goofy roles. I Love You Phillip Morris - which wowed critics at last year's Sundance Film Festival - presents Carrey with that dream role every great actor lands eventually. Playing straight, church going police officer turned homosexual conman Steven Russell, Carrey gets to combine all of his slapstick brilliance with his more emotionally convincing acting skills. His performance feels genuine and honest throughout. Unsurprisingly, Carrey has once again been completely overlooked by the Academy, which is a great shame.
Ewan McGregor is perfectly fine too as the title's Phillip Morris, sweet, innocent and convincing enough when required but on the whole, this is certainly the Jim Carrey show. Importantly though, their characters relationship never feels forced, it is a genuinely touching connection they share.
Coming from the writers of the brilliant Bad Santa, this is a black comedy of the blackest kind with plenty of foul language - used to absolute perfection in one particular scene where a prison inmate hurls abuse at the prison guards - and of course, some riotous anal gags. But it's not just the gags that Phillip Morris nails. This is a film that like Steven Russell himself, manages to lie, cheat and rebel right to the very end where our emotions are suddenly put into overdrive; with the rug - as they famously say - being completely pulled from under our feet. Amazingly based on a true story, I Love You Phillip Morris will easily be remembered as one of the sharpest comedies this year.
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Screenplay by: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Plot:
Carrey plays Steven Russell, a happily married family man whom after a serious car crash realises he is gay and starts to live life to the fullest by becoming a conman. After being sent to prison, Steven meets and falls in love with sweet inmate Phillip Morris.
Verdict:
We all know by now that Jim Carrey is just as assured playing a more serious part as he is playing his trademark goofy roles. I Love You Phillip Morris - which wowed critics at last year's Sundance Film Festival - presents Carrey with that dream role every great actor lands eventually. Playing straight, church going police officer turned homosexual conman Steven Russell, Carrey gets to combine all of his slapstick brilliance with his more emotionally convincing acting skills. His performance feels genuine and honest throughout. Unsurprisingly, Carrey has once again been completely overlooked by the Academy, which is a great shame.
Ewan McGregor is perfectly fine too as the title's Phillip Morris, sweet, innocent and convincing enough when required but on the whole, this is certainly the Jim Carrey show. Importantly though, their characters relationship never feels forced, it is a genuinely touching connection they share.
Coming from the writers of the brilliant Bad Santa, this is a black comedy of the blackest kind with plenty of foul language - used to absolute perfection in one particular scene where a prison inmate hurls abuse at the prison guards - and of course, some riotous anal gags. But it's not just the gags that Phillip Morris nails. This is a film that like Steven Russell himself, manages to lie, cheat and rebel right to the very end where our emotions are suddenly put into overdrive; with the rug - as they famously say - being completely pulled from under our feet. Amazingly based on a true story, I Love You Phillip Morris will easily be remembered as one of the sharpest comedies this year.
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