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Love and Other Disasters

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Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson (Brittany Murphy) works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone (Elliot Cowan), and lives with Peter Simon (Matthew Rhys), a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento (Santiago Cabrera), she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.

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John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter 09/13/2006
Viewers who don't loathe it immediately may find it the guilty pleasure of the season. Go to Full Review David Rooney Variety 09/13/2006
As thoroughly generic as its title. Go to Full Review David Cornelius DVDTalk.com 09/23/2008
1.5/5
As wildly uneven and unfocused as Murphy's accent, and twice as annoying. Go to Full Review Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com 01/16/2008
31/100
It calls out the clichs of its genre only to end up willingly indulging in them more often than not. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 10/26/2006
2.5/4
...an unabashedly cliched and lighthearted romantic comedy that seems to thrive on the conventions of the genre... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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William B 10/11/2024 One of the best rom-coms I've seen See more Yuri B @RyuBlack 05/19/2024 I loved this. It maybe partly because having Britney Murphy in the film & I'm good with that. Such a nice, simple rom-com, nothing too crazy & as I've already stated it's Britney. See more 07/31/2022 I wanted something light-hearted to watch and found this delightful gem. It's not going to satisfy those who like a lot of depth or drama, but as an entertaining easy to watch rom com it's perfect. When I read the reviews before watching it I was expecting something like Three to Tango, but this is so much better. There is a gay storyline, but it's not at all forced and just feels natural and lovely. Brittany Murphy is charming in every scene, Matthew Rhys is perfectly cast as the gay best friend who is always looking for love, Santiago Cabrera is suitably sexy as the Argentinian love interest, and Catherine Tate is very funny as an over-emotional, relationship crazy friend with mummy issues. Having said it's light hearted and not very deep, there are some very nice moments in here. Tate's character's mother initially comes across as shallow and silly, but is then happy to donate thousands to charity. And the resolution of the gay love story is beautifully written and performed, with the observation that love doesn't usually happen like a bolt of lightning - you have to choose to love. To sum up, I loved this film, have now watched it three times in the last two weeks and have ordered the DVD (from Germany as it's not available in the UK!). See more 05/01/2021 A comedy: Cringes 26 : 1 Laughs On the plus side, it's only 1h26min See more 08/03/2020 I loved this. It maybe partly because having Britney Murphy in the film & I'm good with that. Such a nice, simple rom-com, nothing too crazy & as I've already stated it's Britney. See more 05/19/2020 If you like Brittany Murphy this movie is for you. If not then you would probably be a girl to like this movie. Its the type of movie to watch to just watch to have something to do. I wouldn't recommend it to intensively watch. The story is clever and Brittany looks so cute through out the movie. The type of life they live is a bit of escapism for me. Its a cute movie See more Read all reviews
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Alek Keshishian

Director

Brittany Murphy

Jacks

Santiago Cabrera

Paolo

Matthew Rhys

Peter

Catherine Tate

Talullah

Elliot Cowan

James

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Movie Info

Synopsis Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson (Brittany Murphy) works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone (Elliot Cowan), and lives with Peter Simon (Matthew Rhys), a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento (Santiago Cabrera), she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.
Director
Alek Keshishian
Screenwriter
Alek Keshishian
Production Co
Ruby Films, Skyline Films, EuropaCorp
Rating
R (Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 17, 2008
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, DTS
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