Sundance 2009: I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere
Damon Wise in the London Times:
"Written by the team responsible for the similarly dark Bad Santa and based on a true story, I Love You Phillip Morris is an extraordinary film that serves as a reminder of just how good [Jim] Carrey [above, with Ewan McGregor] can be when he’s not tied into a generic Hollywood crowd-pleaser. His comic timing remains as exquisite as ever, but this is not a loveable rubber-faced rogue. One could argue that, like The Truman Show, this is another film about a lost naif, but when it plays its final hand, I Love You Phillip Morris is really much, much stranger."
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Steven Zeitchik in The Hollywood Reporter:
"One [...]
by Deborah Arthur | January 22, 2009
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Sundance 2009: Gay Themes
Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor in I Love You, Phillip Morris
Gay boycott or no, Sundance 2009 has several films dealing — at least to some extent — with gay characters.
The most publicized gay-focused film at Sundance is I Love You, Phillip Morris, about a scary-looking ex-cop (Jim Carrey) who becomes a criminal and is arrested. While in jail, he falls for a fellow inmate (Ewan McGregor). Based on a book by Steve McVicker, I Love You, Phillip Morris was written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, whose writing credits include Bad Santa and Bad News Bears.
Peter Bratt’s La Mission portrays the difficult relationship between a San Francisco gay teen (Jeremy Ray [...]
by Andre Soares | January 17, 2009
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Sundance 2009 Buzz
Peter Travers in Rolling Stones:
"It begins again. Here I am in Park Cty [sic], Utah, where Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary by trying to bust through the gloom of a nation’s economic crisis and the growing pissy impatience among audiences for any movies that don’t have cute dogs or horror scenes in 3D. What does that mean for indie films of mind and heart? That’s yet to be determined."
Travers follows his introduction with the five movies he’s most eager to watch: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Tyson, Paper Heart, I Love You Phillip Morris (above, with Jim Carrey), and Big Fan.
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Jeff Vice in Deseret News:
"But for the second straight night, [...]
by Deborah Arthur | January 17, 2009
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Tags: Anna Wintour, Carlos Cuarón, Diego Luna, Film Festivals, Gael Garcia Bernal, I Love You Phillip Morris, Jim Carrey, Rudo and Cursi, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival, The September Issue
