The Accidental Husband (2008)

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 | Manhattan New York City | 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:

Yari Film Group (YFG)

Trivia:

Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays a firefighter on this movie. He made a previous appearance in "ER: The Crossing (#7.15)" (2001) as a firefighter that lost his leg during a rescue on train wreck.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Emma gets her ring, the documents previously placed on the table are disappeared. When Richard leaves the table, the documents are also nowhere to be seen.

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:

Ever Fallen In Love

Sub-par, predictable, and boring...

This film does not deserve a full review, so I will express my opinion by way of a few bullet points:

- Predictable and banal. - Dialogue and script could have been written by anyone who is half literate. - Nothing new, retreads old ground but poorly. - Gushy and silly without being charming or funny to redeem it. - A waste of 85 minutes.

Please watch something like "Love Actually" if you want a romantic movie with Colin Firth in it. Even the mediocre "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" has more going for it than this dud. Uma Thurman can be funny with the right script, but no one could have saved this trash.