You Stupid Man (2002)

Director:

Brian Burns

Writer:

Brian Burns (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Woman. Man. Woman. Trouble.

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:

Beautiful Woman | 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

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At one point, Jack makes a reference to "the moons of Venus", but Venus has no natural satellites. However, he indicated some annoyance at Chloe's obsession with astrology and may simply not have known.

Quotes:

Nadine: She didn't break you heart, she bruised your ego.

Good movie, feels quite real

Don't listen to the overall bad advice from the simonsayz-1 user. This is a truly good movie, about friendship and love, with not too much sugar (a little it has, for it is a romantic comedy; but even the movie itself makes fun about that sugar). The main couple (boy and girl) are shown making jokes about sex more than once, in a relaxed and innocuous tone (but not frivolous!) which you won't find often anywhere else, that's really refreshing and helps to kill some taboos.

Milla is great in her role, a warm and nice girl choosing a boyfriend after careful consideration AND not tying him too tight, that is, letting him figure it out by himself and then choose. Contrary to what other comments here say, that point of view is rarely heard of in movies, at least it is quite new to me.

It is true the main male character is a little irritating, has a peculiar and not quite easy personality, but IN FACT this is what makes this movie more believable, as that is closer to reality, to how people is in the real world: we are not perfect, we try to better ourselves every day, and we search for happiness even if we are not without faults and not Hollywood-canon-perfect. That is what this movie is about.

I say 8/10 stars.