I Love You Phillip Morris

I Love You Phillip Morris

The Conman who wouldn't go straight.

Rating

2.0 (1)

Release Date

2/4/2010

Runtime

98 mins

Overview

Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$20,768,906

Homepage

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A charming, darkly comic romp through one man's gleeful descent into criminality for love, told with winking affection for its unreliable protagonist. It's audacious and tender at once, treating fraud and obsession as the romantic gestures of someone finally being true to himself.

Mood

PlayfulRomanticDefiantBittersweet

Themes

LoveIdentityFreedomComing apart

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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AddictionSexual content

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