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I Love You Phillip Morris: Directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa. With Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro. A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet.
- (100K)
- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- 2011-01-07
Box office. $20.7 million [1] I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 black comedy film [2] based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor).
A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with. Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and ...
Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 12/29/23. This film knows no limits and is outright insanity. Carrey and McGregor are voracious in their portrayals, filling I Love You, Phillip Morris with surprising heart ...
- (161)
- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- R
- Romance, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Synopsis. 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.
- John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
- 15
- 16
Dec 2, 2010 · R. 1h 38m. By Stephen Holden. Dec. 2, 2010. Jim Carrey’s portrayal of Steven Russell, a notorious real-life con man now serving a 144-year sentence in a Texas prison, hot-wires “I Love You ...
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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 love.
