The Accidental Husband (2008)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Griffin Dunne

Writers (WGA):

Mimi Hare (written by) &
Clare Naylor (written by) ...

Release Date:

29 February 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Falling in love... even the expert is confused.

Plot:

When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Talk Radio | Fireman | Indian | Drunkenness

Cast

Uma Thurman	...	Dr. Emma Lloyd
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Patrick Sullivan
Colin Firth	...	Richard Bratton
Sam Shepard	...	Wilder Lloyd
Lindsay Sloane	...	Marcy
Justina Machado	...	Sofia
Ajay Naidu	...	Deep
Jeffrey Tedmori	...	Ajay
Nick Sandow	...	Larry
Michael Mosley	...	Declin
Brooke Adams	...	Carolyn
Lindsey Kraft	...	Lauren
Sarita Choudhury	...	Sunny
Yolande Bavan	...	Naniji
Isabella Rossellini	...	Greta Bollenbecker

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and brief strong language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Ireland:12A | Australia:PG | UK:12A | Netherlands:AL | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:15 | Mexico:B | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Engine 312 - 22-63 35th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Blumhouse Productions

Trivia:

In the bar where Patrick and Emma first meet, Patrick toasts Emma as "The Bride". Uma Thurman character in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) was "The Bride".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Patrick and the Kid hacker decide to "marry" Bratton to Dr. Emma via manipulation of records, we can see on his computer that the title on the screen showing these records is spelled incorrectly. The title reads "VITAL STATISTICS / Marriage Registery", when it should be "Registry".

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Patrick: [with a mouth full of sample wedding cake] This cake is fantastic!
Emma: Shh. Please...
Patrick: You mix these two together, it tastes just like a ring-ding.
Emma: [Patrick shoves a fork of cake in her face] No. No, no.
Patrick: Ah!
Emma: No.
Patrick: Ah!
Emma: [she accepts the forkful of cake] it was yummy.
Patrick: It's super-duper.

Soundtrack:

THENALI(TAMIL)

The worst movie I've seen in a long time

This really is the rom-com version of painting by numbers...made by people who clearly can't count. Terrible script, bad acting (Uma is the main culprit and Colin Firth sleepwalks his way through it)...completely unrealistic characters.I found myself wondering how on earth this movie got the green light.It's got straight to DVD written all over it.

I couldn't believe the amount of quality actors who were in this. WHY - they must have known it was going to be a dog?

I know rom-coms are generally fluff by their nature, but this is rock bottom. If you like your movies to have any resemblance to how people actually behave in real life this will drive you insane.

Not funny and not romantic. My cat could have penned a better script.