You're Never Too Young For Morrissey: Dress Your Baby in Melancholy

• Coming as it does from the two guys who wrote "Bad Santa", (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa), that most misanthropic of Christmas movies, I had high, or should I say low, expectations of "I love you, Phillip Morris", touted as a kind of 'gay rom-com' and based on a true story. At the beginning we are told that 'this really happened' and then, as if to counter any misgivings we might be having, 'it really did' since the story that unfolds is one you could hardly make up: truth, it seems, really is stranger than fiction. Hollywood, of course, is not known for handling gay subjects with any degree of sensitivity and when they do they results are often po-faced at best. Of course, sensitivity is hardly what one expects from these guys - gross-out might be nearer the mark. The pleasant surprise of "I love you, Phillip Morris" is that it succeeds in being tasteless, (or rather happily un-pc), and touching almost simultaneously. It is also very, very funny.

• There's really only one thing you need to ask yourself before you see this movie: are you prepared to see Jim Carrey getting it on with Ewan MacGregor? If so, you should definitely go.The movie tells the true story�and trust me, you'll have trouble believing it's true�of Steven Russell, a gay man who just can't stop conning his way through life. He uses his extraordinary abilities to gain a variety of jobs, gets indicted for embezzlement, and wins the love of the titular Phillip Morris while the two are fellow inmates in prison."I Love You Phillip Morris" was written and directed by Glen Ficarra and John Requa, the same writing team responsible for "Bad Santa". Like "Bad Santa", this movie effectively balances humor and with some very dark themes, though I would say the overall tone is not nearly as bleak as that of the earlier movie.

• I got to see it with a bunch of friends for free which was sweet. You got to love pre screening movies. So even if the movie had sucked it would still have been a good time. But the movie actually was pretty good. I found myself laughing through most of it. I am a big fan of John Cusack so it was fun seeing him in movie like this. Also Darryl from the show the office was good too. The story line was surprisingly more intricate that I thought it would be from seeing the previews.

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