History Film / ILoveYouPhillipMorris

However, his new extravagant lifestyle requires a little extra funding, and he becomes a con man to continue living "high on the gay hog". He is soon discovered, and goes to prison for insurance fraud, where he falls head-over-heels for Phillip Morris (EwanMcGregor), a shy young blond from Arkansas. So begins a long relationship marked by multiple prison escapes, scams, hardships and magic markers.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: EwanMcGregor's actual Scottish accent comes through the Arkansas drawl fairly often. Jim Carrey's accent slips pretty often, too.

* BatmanGambit: Steven runs several of these to con people in extraordinary ways. [[spoiler: Such as managing to convince medical staff he was dying from AIDS. Steven himself muses the only reason he got away with this is because it literally never occurred to '''''anybody''''' to give Steven an AIDS test.]]

* BatmanGambit: Steven runs several of these to con people in extraordinary ways. [[spoiler:Such as managing to convince medical staff he was dying from AIDS.]]

* RefugeInAudacity: Steven's prison-break record ''runs'' on this. [[RealityIsUnrealistic And it's not even as crazy as some of Steven Jay Russell's actual escapes]].

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:An odd variation at least technically Steven does get Phillip but they aren't allowed to be together due to Steven getting an extremely long prison sentence.]]

* FallingInLoveMontage

* FunnyBackgroundEvent

* [[LoveMakesYouEvil Love Makes You a Con Man]]

* RefugeInAudacity: Steven's prison-break record ''runs'' on this. [[RealityIsUnrealistic And it's not even as crazy as some of Steven Jay Russell's actual escapes.]]

--> '''Phillip:''' I rented a car. Kept it too long.
-->'''Steven:''' Grand theft?
-->'''Phillip:''' Theft of services.
-->'''Steven:''' Insurance fraud.
-->'''Phillip:''' No, just theft of services.
-->'''Steven:''' No, ''me'', insurance fraud.

* ComedicSociopathy: Steven robs, cons and lies to essentially everyone in his life. With the exception of him lying to Phillip, it's all played for laughs.

* GetBackInTheCloset: The reason for its DevelopmentHell.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: EwanMcGregor's actual Scottish accent comes through the Arkansas drawl fairly often.
** Jim Carrey's slips pretty often, too.

* RefugeInAudacity: Steven's prison-break record ''runs'' on this.
** [[RealityIsUnrealistic And it's not even as crazy as some of Steven Jay Russell's actual escapes.]]

* RevealShot: This is how Steven is shown as gay to the film viewers. [[spoiler:He is shown having sex with someone off-screen, which is assumed to be his wife until the camera pans out revealing his sexual partner to be a man.]]

* TitleDrop: By Steven as he is put on his bus to a higher-security facility.

* WasItAllALie

However, his extravagant gay lifestyle requires a little extra funding, and he becomes a con man to continue living "high on the gay hog". He is soon discovered, and goes to prison for insurance fraud, where he falls head-over-heels for Phillip Morris (EwanMcGregor), a shy young blond from Arkansas. So begins a long relationship marked by multiple prison escapes, scams, hardships and magic markers.

* RevealShot: This is how Steven "comes out" as gay to the film viewers. [[spoiler:He is shown having sex with someone off-screen, which is assumed to be his wife until the camera pans out revealing his sexual partner to be a man.]]

* VillainProtagonist: Steven!

* DisproportionateRetribution: it is implied that the reason for the unprecedented severity of Steven's sentence is because his escape was an embarrassment to the state of Texas and Governor Bush, and also because the prosecuting D.A. was his former boss's sister-in-law. Really, that's the only way to explain getting a life sentence with a 23-hour a day lockdown for fraud and prison escapes. A LOT of fraud and MANY prison escapes, but still...

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Steven ''isn't'' dead from AIDS, and is about to free Phillip by posing as his lawyer again. Cue one of his old colleagues recognizing him as he's attending jury duty, resulting in Steve's lifetime sentence.]]

* MoodWhiplash: Steven's last prison break. [[spoiler:It's all fun and games until it turns out Steven is dying of AIDS, and Phillip finds out, and forgives all his terrible behaviour during an incredibly heartwrenching, affecting phone call... and [[UnreliableNarrator THEN]] it turns out that Steven actually faked AIDS as part of an elaborate plan to get them both out of prison, and Phillip was never meant to find out. Oops.]]

* SexyDiscretionShot: Subverted.

* UnreliableNarrator: Steven, the narrator, is always hiding information and lying about information in the voiceover.

* ShoutOut: To ''BruceAlmighty'': "Maybe God's just a kid with a magnifying glass, and I'm just an ant."

''I Love You Phillip Morris'' is a 2010 {{dramedy}} starring JimCarrey and Creator/EwanMcGregor. It follows the true story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Jay_Russell Steven Jay Russell]], a con man and serial prison fugitive, and the love of his life, a sweet-natured unlikely inmate named Phillip Morris (no connection to the infamous tobacco company).

* [[spoiler:DeathByDespair: Steven. Later revealed to be subverted when it turns out it was faked.]]
* [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl: An odd variation at least technically Steven does get Phillip but they aren't allowed to be together due to Steven getting an extremely long prison sentence.]]

* ActorAllusion: Steven's comments about how 'God is a mean kid with a magnifying glass and I'm an ant,' is very similar to Jim Carrey's similar speech in ''Film/BruceAlmighty''.

* DevelopmentHell: Technically: The film finished on time but due to the above it hadn't been released in America. From TheOtherWiki:
-->The film was released in Europe, Taiwan and Japan between February and April 2010. Although a limited run in the United States was initially scheduled for April 30, 2010, it was later reported that the film's release had been indefinitely postponed by its distributors, Consolidated Pictures Group but on April 12, 2010, ''Variety'' announced the distributor had had a change of heart and that I Love You Phillip Morris would be shown in limited theaters starting July 30 before expanding nationwide on August 6.
--> On June 3, 2010, the film was delayed yet again due to legal battles. The film is now scheduled for a December 3, 2010 release after Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment acquire the rights to distribute in the United States.
** The film has been released in the US and has proved successful enough in limited release than a wide expansion is set for January 7th, 2011.

* FakeAmerican: Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/EwanMcGregor are Canadian and Scottish respectively.

* [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl]]: An odd variation at least [[spoiler:technically Steven does get Phillip but they aren't allowed to be together due to Steven getting an extremely long prison sentence.]]

* DissonantSerenity: It doesn't matter if they're in prison, and guards are loudly fighting screaming prisoners. There's a lovely song playing, and they feel like dancing.

* FakeAmerican: The Scottish EwanMcGregor as Phillip Morris.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Surprisingly, even the smallest of dialogue reveals quite a lot:
** [[spoiler: After Stephen states he suffered "a lot of personal losses" after his boyfriend is seen threatening to leave him, the audience assumes they broke up. [[RockBottom It soon turns out their relationship had nothing to do with their separation]], [[TearJerker but Stephen still never sees him again.]]]]

* GetBackInTheCloset: The reason for its DevelopmentHell

* RealPersonCameo: The lawyer stood next to Stephen when [[spoiler: he's sentenced at the end of the movie]] is the real Phillip Morris.

When our story begins, Steven (Carrey) is a respected Virginia Beach deputy sheriff with a beautiful wife, Debbie, and an adorable daughter, Steffie. He goes to church every Sunday, does his job well and sexes up his wife on a regular basis. The problem is, he is also secretly gay. When a freak car accident causes him to reevaluate his priorities, Steven comes out of the closet and starts life anew in Florida with his new boyfriend, Jimmy. However, his extravagant gay lifestyle requires a little extra funding, and he becomes a con man to continue living "high on the gay hog". He is soon discovered, and goes to prison for insurance fraud, where he falls head-over-heels for Phillip Morris (EwanMcGregor), a shy young blond from Arkansas. So begins a long relationship marked by multiple prison escapes, scams, hardships and magic markers.

** [[spoiler: After Stephen states he suffered "a lot of personal losses" after his boyfriend is seen threatening to leave him, the audience assumes they broke up. [[RockBottom It soon turns out their relationship had nothing to do with their seperation]], [[TearJerker but Stephen still never sees him again.]]]]

* SexyDiscretionShot: Subverted '''''[[IncrediblyLamePun hard]]'''''.

* ShoutOut: Maybe God's just a kid with a magnifying glass, and I'm just an ant.

* ChekhovsGun Phillip's diabetes and Steven's first boyfriend Jimmy (kinda)

''I Love You Phillip Morris'' is a 2010 {{dramedy}} starring JimCarrey and EwanMcGregor. It follows the true story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Jay_Russell Steven Jay Russell]], a con man and serial prison fugitive, and the love of his life, a sweet-natured unlikely inmate named Phillip Morris (no connection to the infamous tobacco company).

* ActorAllusion: Steven's comments about how 'God is a mean kid with a magnifying glass and I'm an ant,' is very similar to Jim Carrey's similar speech in BruceAlmighty.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Batman}} The Riddler]] comes out as gay, starts dating [[ThreeHundred Xerxes]], goes to prison, and falls madly in love with [[StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi]].
** The Camerlengo followed his father's example of going against Church teachings on sexuality.

* Chekhov'sGun Phillip's diabetes and Steven's first boyfriend Jimmy (kinda)

* [=~Ooh Me Accent's Slipping~=]: EwanMcGregor's actual Scottish accent comes through the Arkansas drawl fairly often.

When our story begins, Steven (Carrey) is a respected Virginia Beach deputy sheriff with a beautiful wife, Debbie, and an adorable daughter, Steffie. He goes to church every Sunday, does his job well and sexes up his wife on a regular basis. The problem is, he is also secretly gay. When a freak car accident causes him to reevaluate his priorities, Steven comes out of the closet and starts life anew in Florida with his new boyfriend, Jimmy. However, his extravagant gay lifestyle requires a little extra funding, and he becomes a con man to continue living "high on the gay hog". He is soon discovered, and goes to prison for insurance fraud, where he falls head-over-heels for Phillip Morris (McGregor), a shy young blond from Arkansas. So begins a long relationship marked by multiple prison escapes, scams, hardships and magic markers.

When our story begins, Steven (Jim Carrey) is a respected Virginia Beach deputy sheriff with a beautiful wife, Debbie, and an adorable daughter, Steffie. He goes to church every Sunday, does his job well and sexes up his wife on a regular basis. The problem is, he is also secretly gay. When a freak car accident causes him to reevaluate his priorities, Steven comes out of the closet and starts life anew in Florida with his new boyfriend, Jimmy. However, his extravagant gay lifestyle requires a little extra funding, and he becomes a con man to continue living "high on the gay hog". He is soon discovered, and goes to prison for insurance fraud, where he falls head-over-heels for Phillip Morris (EwanMcGregor), a shy young blond from Arkansas. So begins a long relationship marked by multiple prison escapes, scams, hardships and magic markers.