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Rodrigo Santoro and Jim Carrey star in I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS,
an Alliance Films release. |
The brilliant narrative journey that this film takes us on is with the confusion but also earnest passion that Steven has when attempting to find himself. But this is no conventional finding one's self story. Steven's passion is also for Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor), a sweet, blonde-haired, blue-eyed gay boy who is lost in prison.
Steven's in love, and he wants to help Phillip out because he knows all the ins and outs of the law. Or at least he can pretend he does. He does know all the ins and outs of prison life—you can get whatever you want by performing a certain homosexual act. The film doesn't shy away from the homosexual lifestyle, but nothing is really overtly shown on the screen.
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Jim Carrey stars in I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS,
an Alliance Films release. |
"I Love You Phillip Morris" is just a love story, but a love story with an unreliable narrator and more cons than you can even keep track of. It's also a love story with disorientation because if one partner doesn't know who he is, how can the other one? And how can we? And that's what I loved about it. I was trying to guess the next twists just as I was emotionally-moved and completely entertained. It was unabashedly hilarious, wildly inventive, but also genuinely dramatic and meaningful. Oh, and it's a true story! I love you too, Phillip Morris. |
