I Love You Phillip Morris 2010

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Carrey and McGregor are awfully cute together. One of the great strengths of I Love You Phillip Morris is the matter-of-fact way it handles their relationship. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Carrey and McGregor are both excellent at plumbing the depths of their intentionally broad characters. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: There's never been a movie like this one. That's not to say it's all good or all bad, though it's never indifferent. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It's satire, but not quite funny enough; a love story, but not quite sincere enough. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: This is Catch Me If You Can with two middle fingers raised in the air. Read more

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: Carrey is truly great in one of those rare risky roles that prove he can do more than pull faces, although the frank portrayal of an alpha male who is also "gay, gay, gay, gay, gay" is sure to make some percentage of his fan base squirm. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This isn't great farce, but it's more than good enough. And Carrey is more than good enough in it. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Russell was a fascinating character and a real puzzle box; but the filmmakers have turned his life into a broad farce with one wocka-wocka gag after another. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: The romance between them is touching at its best moments, corny at its worst. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The movie, at its best, is compellingly odd, which is also the most accurate description of Carrey's performance. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It finds the humor in an unlikely love story, and it resists any temptation to play it straight. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: It sustains a tone of compassionate hilarity in which oversize romantic gestures coexist with gigantic scams. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: Though Carrey seems to be giving his heart to Steven's romance with Phillip, and pouring a lot of sweat equity into very vigorous sex, he never gets beyond his Jim Carrey-ness to let us discover the character. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: [The] elaborate cons may be fascinating, daring stuff, but the heart of the picture is the romantic relationship, which is squeezed out to the edges. Read more

Anthony Lane, New Yorker: At best, I Love You Phillip Morris may be hailed as a necessary step in Hollywood's fearful crawl toward sexual evenhandedness; the film upholds the constitutional right of every gay man to be as much of a liar, a crook, and a creep as the rest of us. Read more

Bob Mondello, NPR: [Both] stars prove to be enormous fun in a gay love story played straight in a thoroughly crooked context -a comic crooked context, mind you... Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: "I Love You Phillip Morris" not only blasts gay stereotypes back decades, it could actually make people wish for a third Ace Ventura movie. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Such an endearing oddity that you have to wonder exactly for whom it was made. But I'm glad they did nonetheless. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: With his manic glare, ferociously eager smile, hyperkinetic body language and talent for instant self-transformation, Mr. Carrey has rarely been more charismatic on the screen. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Mr. Carrey has balls of brass, but seeing him dressed flamboyantly in fish-net bikinis and high-heel Nancy Sinatra boots is an experience I hope never to repeat again in this lifetime. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Yes, some familiar Carrey tactics are on display, but the star's performance has real heart - it's easily the best thing he has done since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of I Love You Phillip Morris is its inability to maintain the high level at which it begins -- a withering lampoon of wholesome, middle class values. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Carrey makes the role seem effortless; he deceives as spontaneously as others breathe. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: The movie, written and directed by John Requa and Glen Ficara of Bad Santa fame, is all over the place. But it's also outrageously funny. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: It's like a Coen brothers movie, if Joel and Ethan did a ton of crank and decided to flush story structure down the crapper. Read more

Dana Stevens, Slate: Phillip Morris isn't a perfect movie by any means, but it's irresistibly self-assured in its weirdness. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A delirious comedy that remains on track largely thanks to Jim Carrey's goofy but grounded performance. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Jim Carrey is the narrator... transforming what could have been a cliched con man comedy, generic Jim Carrey-character comedy or run-of-the-mill gay coming-out comedy into something smarter, sweeter and downright giddy. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: This is the most interesting role Carrey has had in a long while. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: Loved the chutzpah, but the heart and the funny bone are left relatively untroubled. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: Directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who wrote the wickedly hilarious Bad Santa, assume a mocking tone that falls flat. They aspire for a cleverly offbeat vibe, but it feels forced and calculated. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: Less of a comedy than a hilarious tragedy. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Carrey finds the perfect outlet for his manic energy: Id and libido are fused, with Steven driven by actual lust and the unwavering -- and completely believable - determination to provide for his fragile boyfriend. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: There's plenty to scratch your head about here. Is it a drama? A comedy? And if it's a farce, what's it making fun of? Read more