Liar Liar meets Obi-Wan? Who'da thunk even fearless star power could make these two work as a romantic pair? But both stars prove to be enormous fun in a gay love story played straight in a thoroughly crooked context -a comic crooked context, mind you, with lots of physical comedy because that's what Jim Carrey does, and a surprising amount of actual feeling, because that's also what Jim Carrey does, though he's not often given credit for it. Sweeping Phillip into his confidence and off his feet, Steven thereafter did most of his cons in order to keep the two of them together. That's where he met title character Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor) a sweet guy who was serving time not for tobacco abuses (the cigarette company spells its moniker with one 'L'), but for keeping a rental car too long. Movie Interviews Con King Steven Russell: He Still Loves Phillip Morris He was also a scam artist and con man who led police on a merry - no, make that a gay - chase for quite a few years. For a while, he was a stand-up guy: a policeman, a church organist, by all accounts a good father and by his wife's account a great husband. His name's Steven Russell, and he lived what you might call a storied life. I'll brush that in below (for more details, check out Pat Dowell's prison interview), but let's start with the improbable-but-true story of the unreliable narrator at the center of it all. The reasons for the delay - rival distributors, lawsuits and so on - aren't as intriguing as the true story that inspired the film. Only now, however, is it opening in the U.S. It has since played around the world from London to Hong Kong, even becoming a surprise smash in Latvia. The con-man comedy I Love You Phillip Morris premiered almost two years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, garnering lots of talk, admiring reviews, and laughs aplenty. With: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Michael Mandel Rated R for sexual content including strong dialogue and language.
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