I Love You Phillip Morris

Plot

Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.

About I Love You Phillip Morris

I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 American biographical romantic comedy film based on the 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times to be reunited with Morris. The film was directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra in their directorial debut, adapted from the 2003 non-fiction novel I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker. I Love You Phillip Morris premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2009, before being released by LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions on December 3, 2010 in the United States, and at the Director's Fortnight of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in France. It grossed $20 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics, with Carrey's performance received particular praise. For numerous accolades, the film won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release at the 22nd GLAAD Media Awards, and received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay to Requa and Ficarra.

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