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    Love and Other Disasters

    Love and Other Disasters
    Director: Alek Keshishian
    Actors: Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Santiago Cabrera, Sam Bloom, Catherine Tate
    Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $27.98
    Buy Used: $1.94
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    New (44) Used (30) Collectible (2) from $1.94

    Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 13 reviews
    Sales Rank: 17284

    Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
    Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
    Rating: Unrated
    Region: 1
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 90 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
    Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

    MPN: IMEDEUR4992D
    UPC: 014381499223
    EAN: 0014381499223
    ASIN: B001675YQ6

    Theatrical Release Date: 2006
    Release Date: June 17, 2008
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/17/2008 Run time: 90 minutes

    Amazon.com
    An ultra-modern romantic comedy that portrays heterosexual and homosexual relationships with an openness and candor deemed either deserved or shocking depending on one's point of view, Love and Other Disasters explores the complex difficulties inherent in modern relationships while poking fun at those relationships and the business of movie making. The straight "British Vogue" assistant Emily "Jacks" Jackson (Sin City's Brittany Murphy) and the openly homosexual Peter Simon (Brothers and Sister's Matthew Rhys) are best friends who live together with a familiarity that's usually reserved for the closest of family members. Bathroom chats while one takes a shower and the other sits on the toilet are commonplace in this household and that same openness extends to discussions of their romantic and sexual relationships with the same or opposite sex. Jacks' usually accurate "gaydar" fails her when she meets photographer Paolo Sarmiento (Heroes' Santiago Carbrera) and thus begins a complicated relationship between Paolo and Jacks in which Jacks attempts to set Paolo up with Peter without his knowledge and Paolo yearns for a relationship with Jacks while assuming that she's romantically involved with Peter. Add into this unusual love triangle an ex-boyfriend James (Elliot Cowen) whom Jacks is still sleeping with out of pity; Jacks' emotionally distraught friend Tallulah (Catherine Tate); an elusive David Williams (Will Keen) who Peter bumps into and declares the object of love at first sight even though the two have never actually met; and a host of other farcically odd characters and the stage is set for a romantic comedy unlike any other. On top of it all, James is struggling to write a screenplay that reflects his own reality, but is finding honesty hard to adhere to in the Hollywood business of movie making. Guest cameos include Gwyneth Paltrow and Orlando Bloom. Viewers will find this modern twist on the classic romantic comedy quite funny and entertaining as long as they are willing to put aside any homophobic tendencies and laugh at the absurdities of the world we live in. --Tami Horiuchi


    Customer Reviews:   Read 8 more reviews...

    1 out of 5 stars Love and other Disasters -- a pure disaster!   July 5, 2009
    A. Alma (Iowa City, IA)
    This movie managed to have something positive about it -- the aptness of its title -- a disaster! Or rather, a chain of disasters! Upon reading the reviews of so many eager Amazon fans, I was convinced that perhaps this film would offer pleasant, shallow fun. In fact, it didn't even offer that. What did it offer? Brittany Murphy's annoying breathy fake accent voice, bad acting, inane moments of pseudo-depth, ridiculous gratuitous nudity and the token colored people to make it all the more exciting .... right? DO NOT WASTE your time! These are almost 2 hours you will never recover. It is not even bad in a deliciously bad sense, it is just plain bad. If your intelligence or even your shallow desires for an entertaining movie do not want to be insulted, save yourself and watch something else. Or better, yet, watch water boil -- that is infinitely more exciting and authentic.


    5 out of 5 stars love and other disasters   March 5, 2009
    Jane Austin (Pepperell, MA USA)
    1 out of 3 found this review helpful

    I thought love and other disasters was funny and witty. Brittney Murphy was a riot. Every character was fun and interesting in their own unique way. The story line was real even though it was a comedy. I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves when harry met sally, sleepless in seattle,or jersey girl with jamie gertz.


    4 out of 5 stars A new twist on "Emma"?   January 18, 2009
    Reader (Chicago, IL USA)
    0 out of 2 found this review helpful

    Brittany Murphy gives a wonderful performance in this little romantic comedy film. Set in London, most actors (except for Murphy's character Jacks) are British. Jacks works in fashion industry that explains her fashionable outfits and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" movie obsession. She is in a relationship with a guy she does not love and meddles with all of her friends' love lives. Every time she meddles she gets is wrong. Her roomate is openly guy so we have a new twist on the modern day relationships in a big city (like London).

    I just cannot get it out of my head that this is just a different take on Jane Austen's "Emma". It is almost confirmed when at the end of the movie Gwyneth Paltrow shows up for a brief scene. Lots os fun, great performance by Murphy, fantastic fashion, real European cinema feel to it. This comedy will entertain you for a time beeing, but will not leave a lasting impression.



    4 out of 5 stars Light, funny -Deeply Entertaining   September 23, 2008
    Monika Kamalska
    0 out of 2 found this review helpful

    This movie was a great escape. Something light about troubled relationships and need for love.


    4 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good   September 6, 2008
    Joe M. Stevens Jr. (Englewood, NJ USA)
    0 out of 2 found this review helpful

    It got panned when it first came out, don't listen to those reviews though. THis movie is really good and Brittany Murphy is stunning in it.


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