You Stupid Man (2002)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Brian Burns

Writer:

Brian Burns (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

After a man finally gets over his former girlfriend, who has moved to Los Angeles and become a television star, and falls in love with another woman, the former girlfriend's show is canceled and she wants him back.

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Milla Jovovich	...	Nadine
David Krumholtz	...	Owen
William Baldwin	...	Brady
Denise Richards	...	Chloe
Dan Montgomery Jr.	...	Jack
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Diane
Landy Cannon	...	Rodger
Katia Corriveau	...	Crystal (as Katia Carriveau)
Christopher Crumb	...	John
Quancetia Hamilton	...	Gospel Singer
Michael O'Dwyer	...	Security Guard
Kim Bourne	...	Waitress
Stephen Bogaert	...	Publicist (as Stephan Bogaert)
Jordan Hecht	...	Jordie
Catherine Fitch	...	Bartender

Also Known As:

Love Birds - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (Germany)
You Stupid Man (Germany)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

ApolloMedia

Trivia:

After their all-nighter, Nadine and Owen are seen coming out of a movie theatre showing Sidewalks of New York (2001), which was produced by director Brian Burns, and directed by his brother Edward Burns.

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of paint on Owen's face before the interview.

Quotes:

Owen: [Jack and Owen are told by a mysterious mugger on the subway to drop their pants. Jack wears boxers, but is appalled to see Owen is wearing tighty whities] It's laundry day, alright?

Simple and underdone, but not unwatchable

I was at first surprised on the simplicity of the movie. It didn't seem well thought-out, for one thing. When Kremnoltz's character comes up to his girl's trailer and sees it rocking back and forth, he chooses to disregard it and walks right in, which seemed very odd, period (this happens at the very start of the movie, no spoiler). It was the continuity of the scene that seemed not right, that he showed no emotion about what may be going on inside. The conversation about stars the couple keeps having was seems to live in a world of its own, like a story inside a story. These things are what I'd expect in a sitcom or soap opera. The dialogues here go by very fast, often without leaving the audience to sink in the words. There are a few points to the movie, but they were hard for me to remember for most things said didn't seem to add up to anything. I rented the movie for I'm a huge fan of Milla and expected to be impressed by her performance, nonetheless. That I was. Somehow, she managed to pull off the ridiculous jokes and coy punch lines. I hope that someone else makes a simple comedy with Milla in it, but takes some time to write it and even keeps less dialogue but more camera work to express a point, because Milla has the skills to pull off a very quality movie, which this sadly wasn't.