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Viewers who don't loathe it immediately may find it the guilty pleasure of the season.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Love and Other Disasters
A comedy that proves love is blind.
2006 · 1h 31m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Alek Keshishian
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Love and Other Disasters
Overview
Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.
Director and cast
- Alek Keshishian Director
- Brittany Murphy as Emily Jackson
- Matthew Rhys as Peter Simon
- Santiago Cabrera as Paolo Sarmiento
- Catherine Tate as Tallulah Wentworth
- Jamie Sives as Finlay
- Stephanie Beacham as Felicity Wentworth
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Jacks
- Orlando Bloom as Paolo
- Dawn French as Die Therapeutin
- Will Keen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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20%
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Rotten
As thoroughly generic as its title.
David Rooney, Variety
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