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Jan 7, 2011 · Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star as a gay couple who con their way out of prison and into each other's hearts. Based on a true story, this film is a hilarious and heartwarming romance with a twist of drama and crime.
- (99K)
- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- 2011-01-07
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 ). After Morris is released from prison, Russell ...
- $13 million
Based on a true story, this film follows Steven Russell, a gay con artist who falls in love with Phillip Morris, another inmate, while in prison. Critics praise Carrey's performance, but some find the plot implausible and the tone uneven.
- (4K)
- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- R
- Romance, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
I love you Phillip Morris: a conman's story. Steven Russell – currently serving a 144-year sentence – is an inveterate conman who has made a series of daring jail breaks to rejoin his lover ...
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I Love You Phillip Morris. After a terrible car accident, Steven Russell, a cop and family man, vows to be true to himself. He comes out of the closet, moves to Florida, and finances a luxurious lifestyle with bad checks and credit cards. In prison, Steven meets Phillip, a mild-mannered inmate who becomes the love of his life.
A comedy about a gay con artist who falls in love with another inmate and tries to break him out of prison. The film follows their romantic and criminal adventures, from fraud to faking illness, in a story inspired by true events.
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.
