A Foreign Affair (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Helmut Schleppi

Writer:

Geert Heetebrij (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

They're not looking for love, they're looking for a wife

Plot:

Two brothers need household help after their Ma passes away. They decide to join a romance tour to Russia to find and bring home a traditionally minded wife. |

Plot Keywords:

Tour | Hotel | Husband Wife Relationship | Bus | Death

Cast

Tim Blake Nelson	...	Jake Adams
David Arquette	...	Josh Adams
Lois Smith	...	Ma Adams
Rocío Linares	...	Young Jake
Redmond Gleeson	...	Funeral director
Allyce Beasley	...	Library lady
Larry Pine	...	Tour guide
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Megan Follows	...	Lena
Rebecca Gowing	...	Russian Mail Order Bride 1
Emily Mortimer	...	Angela Beck
Nonna Velikaya	...	Anna

Also Known As:

2 Brothers & a Bride (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.

Runtime:

94 min | Canada:82 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico

Company:

B&W Films Inc.

Trivia:

Actual tour clients and would-be brides appear as extras as the film was shot during a real St. Petersburg romance tour.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Josh goes back to the hotel room to steal Jake's money from under the bed, Josh is wearing a shirt. Later on, Jake returns to the room and rewinds the video camera to view recorded video of Josh stealing his money from under the bed. In the video footage, Josh is wearing a huge winter coat instead of just the shirt he was wearing when he actually stole the money a little while earlier.

Soundtrack:

Under the Milky Way

Sparkling Gem

A Foreign Affair is a well-written, well-acted, well-filmed, well-just about everything you'd want in a movie. This is the clever story of two bumpkins traveling to St. Petersburg to find a Slavic beauty to be their wife (i.e., cook and housekeeper). David Arquette wonderfully plays a selfish oaf whose quest for a wife degenerates into a quest for romance blurred with lust. Tim Blake Nelson is business-like and rational in his search--romance, love and lust are far from his mind. Emily Mortimer is radiant as a reporter disgusted by these so-called romance tours. The film is both story and character driven. Each of the main characters discovers his or her true self. Without revealing the surprising ending(s), the movie is a deep and profound allegory of love. Here's my advice: go and see the movie and take all of your friends.