Love & Support (2001)

A comic story of love bordering on insanity. Martin Lewis's girlfriend just dumped him. His life is going nowhere, fast. Until he joins a support group for lonely hearts and meets Russell, ... See full summary »

Director:

Joe Furey

Writers:

Joe Furey, Howard S. Berger

Stars:

Joe Furey, Pat Finn, Kristin Dattilo

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Joe Furey	...	Martin
Pat Finn	...	Russell
Kristin Dattilo	...	Elaine (as Kristin Datillo)
Jenna Byrne	...	Valerie (as Jenna Hoffman)
Wayne Federman	...	Allan
Charlotte Booker	...	Doris
Jack Kyle	...	Football Player
Traci Burgard	...	Erika
John Fairlie	...	Repo Man #1
Peter Spellos	...	Repo Man #2
Natalie Hays	...	New Girlfriend
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Allyne Bennet	...	Card Shop Woman
Edie Falco	...	Herself
Dave Foley	...	Himself
Gary Fredo	...	Toll Booth Guy

Storyline

A comic story of love bordering on insanity. Martin Lewis's girlfriend just dumped him. His life is going nowhere, fast. Until he joins a support group for lonely hearts and meets Russell, a goofy but likeable guy with a girlfriend problem of his own. Martin agrees to help Russell win back his lost love and through a series of outlandish misadventures travels a winding path towards self-discovery.

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Plot Keywords:

girlfriend | american football

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Taglines:

Misery Hates Company

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hi Tide

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Screened at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, Newport International Film Festival, Waterfront Film Festival, Long Island Film Festival, and the Dances With Films Festival (LA) (winner - Best Screenplay)

User Reviews

all the things that can go wrong when two broken-hearted guys going to get together again with their girlfriends

I've seen this movie when visiting the United States last year. I was staying at a friend's and she came across this hilarious indie film. It doesn't have the usual "star power" but makes up for this "lack" through a funny and well-crafted screenplay. Also, if you've just broken up your relationship with your boy- or girlfriend, this is probably good medicine. The contrast between the two main characters (Martin and Russell) couldn't possibly be bigger: Martin is the overly-concerned guy who can't deal with his loss to the point where he calls up his ex-girlfriend but being unable to say anything. Russell, on the other hand, is the not too bright go-getter who is not afraid of crashing parties and drawing the wrath of a group of college athletes onto him and even more so onto poor Martin, entirely uninvolved except for hanging out with seemingly the wrong guy. At the same time, they couldn't be more similar in that both follow the wrong approach to re-invigorate their relationship. They say "the way is the goal" and the ending is not the Hollywood-typical happy one, but not entirely sad either. I haven't found or seen it anywhere since, which is a pity. I hope to get hold of it here in Germany at some point again.