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I Love You Phillip Morris

I Love You Phillip Morris

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 4, 2010

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

User Score

64%

Original Title

I Love You Phillip Morris

Production Companies

EuropaCorp, Mad Chance, LD Entertainment

Director

Glenn Ficarra

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$20,768,906

Description

Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.