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'{{Infobox film | name = I Love You Phillip Morris | image = ILoveYouPhillipMorrisMP.jpg | caption = Teaser poster | director = Glenn Ficarra<br>[[John Requa]] | producer = [[Luc Besson]]<br>Andrew Lazar<br>[[Far Shariat]] | writer = Glenn Ficarra<br>John Requa<br>Steve McVicker {{small|(Novel)}} | narrator = | starring = [[Jim Carrey]]<br>[[Ewan McGregor]]<br>[[Leslie Mann]]<br>[[Rodrigo Santoro]] | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Consolidated Pictures Group | released = {{start date|2009|1|18}} {{small|([[2009 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]])}}<br />{{dts|2010|2|10}} {{small|(France)}}<br /> March 17, 2010 (UK)<br/>April 30, 2010 {{small|(USA)}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = United States<br />France | language = English | budget = $20 million | gross = }} '''''I Love You Phillip Morris''''' is a [[comedy-drama film]] based on the real life events of [[con artist]], [[impostor]], and multiple [[prison escape|prison escapee]] [[Steven Jay Russell]] played by [[Jim Carrey]]. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his cell mate, Phillip Morris ([[Ewan McGregor]]). After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times in order to be reunited with Morris. == Plot == The story begins with Russell, played by [[Jim Carrey]], on his deathbed recalling the events of his life that led him there. He begins with his life in Texas as a happily married police officer who plays the organ at church, prays every night with his wife ([[Leslie Mann]]) and spends his off hours searching for his biological mother who gave him up as a child. That, and he's gay. But after finding and being handily rejected by the mother who gave him up as a baby, Steven leaves his life and family behind to go out into the world and be his true, flamboyantly gay self. He moves to Miami, finds a boyfriend ([[Rodrigo Santoro]]) and begins living the high life. He realizes quickly though, that a life of luxury is expensive, leading this resourceful former cop to turn to a life as a conman. But when his con work finally catches up with him, Steven is sent to prison where he meets, and almost instantly falls in love with Phillip Morris, played by [[Ewan McGregor]]. From there the story becomes a Don Quixote-esque story of a forlorn lover who cannot bear to be separated from his soul-mate. He will go to any lengths to be with Phillip, including but not limited to breaking out of jail on multiple occasions, impersonating Phillip's lawyer and fraudulently becoming the CFO of a major corporation. This movie is an apsalute brillieant go and see it in the cinimaa near you,GO GO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO == Production == After original difficulty finding a US distributor, likely due to its explicit gay sexual content, the film was re-edited.<ref>Toby McDonald, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5908016.ece McGregor gay film too risque for cinema]," ''[[Times Online]]'', March 15, 2009.</ref> It was recently announced by [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] that Consolidated Pictures Group has acquired the rights for distribution.<ref>Michael Fleming, "[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003478.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Consolidated loves 'Phillip Morris']," ''[[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']]'', May 11, 2009.</ref> The film was for released in France and Taiwan in February 2010, Estonia on March 5, in the United Kingdom on March 18 and will get a limited released in the United States on April 30 2010. The film was adapted from ''I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks'' by Steve McVicker.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/displayarticle.php?id=193045|title=Release Diary: March 19, 2010|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|author=Simon Reynolds|date=January 2009|accessdate=2010-02-01}}</ref> == Box office== ''I Love You Phillip Morris'' has grossed $5,228,623 as of 20 March 2010. It is yet to be released in the United States. <ref>http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=iloveyouphillipmorris.htm</ref> == Reception == Damon Wise of [[The Times]] gave the film four stars out of five stating, "''I Love You Phillip Morris'' is an extraordinary film that serves as a reminder of just how good Carrey can be when he's not tied into a generic Hollywood crowd-pleaser. His comic timing remains as exquisite as ever."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article5548068.ece|title=I Love You Phillip Morris at the Sundance Film Festival, Utah|publisher=[[The Times]]|author=Wise, Damon|date=2009-01-20|accessdate=2010-03-19}}</ref> Xan Brooks of [[The Guardian]] also gave the film a positive review, describing the movie as "fast, funny and rather daring. A whisk of caffeine with a center that's sweet."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2010/mar/19/i-love-you-phillip-morris|title=I Love You Phillip Morris: 'Fast, funny and rather daring'|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|author=Brooks, Xan|date=2010-03-19|accessdate=2010-03-19}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:American drama films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:American LGBT-related films]] [[Category:Prison films]] [[Category:Films shot in New Orleans, Louisiana]] [[Category:2009 films]] ==External links== {{wikiquote}} *{{official|http://www.phillipmorristhemovie.com/}} *{{imdb title|1045772|I Love You, Phillip Morris}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|i_love_you_phillip_morris|I Love You, Phillip Morris}} *[http://www.ionmagazine.ca/2009/04/film-i-love-you-phillip-morris Interview with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa about I Love You Phillip Morris] at [http://www.ionmagazine.ca ion magazine] [[es:I Love You Phillip Morris]] [[fr:I Love You Phillip Morris]] [[it:Colpo di fulmine - Il mago della truffa]] [[ja:フィリップ、きみを愛してる!]] [[ru:Я люблю тебя, Филипп Моррис]] [[fi:I Love You Phillip Morris]] [[sv:I Love You Phillip Morris]] [[zh:娘子漢大丈夫]]'