I love you phillip morris

At the age of ten, Stephen learns that he is an adopted child. Since then, he had an obsession - to find his own family. Therefore, he becomes a policeman. But being on the verge of being at home, he does not receive an answer to his main question: “why me?” By that time, Steve was already quite a man, he had everything: good work, a loving wife (Debbie, Leslie Mann ) and a child . Moreover, he is a hidden homosexual .

Having an accident, Steve Russell realizes the full transience of life. That evening, he decides to live the second half of his life, no longer restricting himself to the norms of public morality and not hiding his orientation . But realizing that “being gay is an expensive pleasure,” the hero strikes hard: he turns one scam after another until a logical outcome comes — a court, a term, a prison.

Here Steve meets his true love. A simple prisoner, Philip Morris ( Ewan McGregor ) - a man with a good soul and a broken heart - becomes his dearest and closest friend. Since then, Steve Russell seeks to protect his happiness from all the hardships of the world. After leaving prison, he seeks early release for a friend. Not wanting to grind the fragile idyll of relationships in the millstones of life, Steve decides on another scam. And everything would be fine if it were not for human envy: a colleague and a boss set on a sly cops.

Philip Morris, learning about the misadventures of a friend, credits him with the rank of traitors and severs all relations with him. Steve Russell can only fight for his love. He manages to escape from prison several times using various tricks, but he is caught and returned back. The final escape, using a simulation of AIDS death, succeeds, and Steve comes to release Philip as a lawyer. However, among the jury is his former colleague and Steve is imprisoned for life . At the same time, he is almost never released from the punishment cell, leaving only an hour a day for a shower and charging under supervision. At the end of the film, Morris is released upon expiration, and Steve escapes from prison again.

• In the Russian box office, the role of Jim Carrey was voiced by Timur Batrutdinov , and Yuen McGregor - Peter Fedorov ^[2] .

In the United States, this film could be banned, as distributors thought it was "too homosexual ." They feared that the distributors would never be found, and the future of the film could be limited to a DVD format. ^{[3] [4]}

Lewis Theis, Director of Advertising and Marketing, TLA Releasing said:

“... there were too many sexual scenes in the film that I had never seen before in films with famous actors ... I was very surprised, but the sex scenes appeared on the screen in the first ten minutes from the beginning of the film ... As for the pictures for the LGBT audience, then they are still underground . Hollywood makes its main films for a wide audience, otherwise they simply will not pay off ” ^[5]

At the request of the distributor, too frank scenes were cut out of the picture and the number of references to same-sex love was reduced. ^[6]

The film was screened at the following festivals: ^[7]

year 2009

• Sundance Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival
• Gay and lesbian movie festival in Paris

2010 year

• Gothenburg International Film Festival
• Sao Paulo International Film Festival
• Palm Springs International Film Festival
• Melbourne International Film Festival
• Denver International Film Festival

On the Rotten Tomatoes aggregator , the film has a 71% rating with a “certificate of freshness” derived from 156 reviews. The critical consensus of the site is: “This romantic comedy, based on real events, has its drawbacks, but in general they are compensated by the pleasant, humorous tone of the narrative and one of the best roles in Jim Carrey's career” ^[8] . On the Metacritic aggregator , the film rating was 65 out of 100 based on 32 reviews ^[9] . Damon Wise of The Times gave the film four out of five stars, noting that “I love you, Phillip Morris” is “an extraordinary film that once again confirms how good a Kerry actor can be when he is not trying to please a Hollywood party” .

The original soundtrack for the film was released on January 25, 2010: ^[10]

1. “ I Cried Like A Silly Boy ” - Nick Urata
2. “ Dance Hall Days ” - Jack Hughes
3. Key West - Nick Urata
4. Jesus Has A Plan - Nick Urata
5. “ To Love Somebody ” - Nina Simon
6. “ Written in the Stars ” - Nick Urata
7. “ Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Orlandus Wilson) ” - Golden Gate Quartet
8. Promise to Jimmy - Nick Urata
9. " The Escape Artist " - Nick Urata
10. The Last Time - Nick Urata
11. Steal Away - Robbie Dupree
12. Faking Death - Nick Urata
13. “ Duettino: Sull'Aria from the opera The Marriage of Figaro ” - German Opera Orchestra of Berlin

• I Love You Phillip Morris on the Internet Movie Database
• Official movie website
• I love you, Phillip Morris on Rotten Tomatoes           
• Interview with phillip morris
• Interview with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa about I Love You Phillip Morris