Day 174: "Golf? But you're a homosexual."

I Love You Phillip Morris is one of the most bizarre, confusing movies I have seen.  Take one part Catch Me If You Can, dumb down the con man, add a love story, put all of that on a speeding train, then watch the train hit a wall full speed, and you get this film.  Essentially the story of a married Texas lawman who, after an  automobile accident, realizes that he is gay, and must be open about it, leaves his wife, moves to another part of the country, commits many, many fraudulent acts to maintain his new lifestyle, is eventually caught, put in prison, and discovers his one true love there: Phillip Morris.  Once released, he continues his con man ways, gets caught, escapes, gets caught, escapes....you get the idea.  The whole joke of the picture seem to be that this is a true story.  This is not a bad movie either, it was just promoted completely incorrectly.  It went from really funny to touching to funny again; emotionally, it was all over the place.

Jim Carrey stars as Steven Russell, the ex-lawman gone criminal.  The whole movie I didn't know whether to cheer him, feel sorry for him, or just laugh at the absurdity of the whole situation.  Carrey really did a great job here.  Ewen McGregor plays Phillip Morris, Russell's true love and his inspiration.  McGregor put such pathos into the role that you absolutely feel his pain when their world comes crashing down.

If you do decide to catch I Love You Phillip Morris, do not watch any trailers beforehand, they are completely misleading.  The only way I found to describe this movie is a comically tragic modern love story.  The acting is wonderful, but the story left me confused.  7.25/10.

See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!