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Love and Other Disasters [Blu-ray]

Brittany Murphy (Actor), Matthew Rhys (Actor), Alek Keshishian (Director, Producer) Rated:
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Format: Blu-ray
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 438 ratings
IMDb6.1/10.0
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Genre Comedy/Romantic Comedies
Format AC-3, Multiple Formats, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Blu-ray
Contributor Will Keen, Virginie Silla Besson, Michael Lerner, Brittany Murphy, Angus Deayton, Dawn French, Adam Rayner, Sam Bloom, Luc Besson, Elliot Cowan, Orlando Bloom, Joanna Dickens, Matthew Rhys, Jamie Sives, Alek Keshishian, Santiago Cabrera, Catherine Tate, Stephanie Beacham, Alison Owen, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, David Fincher, Juliet Howland, Jamie Honeybourne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Wilson, Lorna Gayle See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 26 minutes

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From the director of Madonna: Truth or Dare, this delightful comedy about the rocky road to true love stars Brittany Murphy (8 Mile, Just Married) as the free-spirited "Jacks." An assistant at British Vogue, Jacks adores fixing up her friends, but when it comes to finding the right guy for herself, she's totally clueless. Love comes knocking at her door when she meets sexy photographer Paolo (Santiago Cabrera, TV's Heroes), but will she dare to let her guard down and let romance in?

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.61 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Alek Keshishian
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ AC-3, Multiple Formats, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 26 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 21, 2010
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Catherine Tate, Santiago Cabrera, Elliot Cowan
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ David Fincher, Alek Keshishian, Luc Besson, Alison Owen, Virginie Silla Besson
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Image Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003HTPHTK
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 438 ratings

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Delightfully fresh take on the familiar theme of mistaken identity and lighthearted romance. Brittany Murphy is adorable, and the subtle nuances of Santiago Cabrera's performance make for an endearing character. Very enjoyable movie. Definitely worth the watch.
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Dr CHUANG Wei Ping
5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to dislike
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2010
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Whatever your taste in good movies, you will like at least some parts, if not all, of this movie. Even if you find it hard to embrace this movie, you will find it even harder to dislike it.

At the risk of being controversial, I will rate this movie above multi-threaded ensemble movies like "Love Actually", "Crash", "Valentine's Day" and "New York, I Love You". The surprise is in a singular actress carrying the entire movie, supported by a cast of relatively unknown but competent actors.

As I am writing this review, James Taylor is coming on "live" at the Oscar presentation (this is Oscar night, 7th March in the USA) with Brittany Murphy being remembered on screeen, and her image reprised at the end of Taylor's solo "In My Life". We will never know if she would earn an Oscar one day, but from her performance in this movie, it is not possible to rule out her future potential. I have watched "Ramen Girl", "Uptown Girls" and the Futurama with Brittany's voice, and I went on a binge of Brittany Murphy's movies like "Little Black Book" after I got the news that no more movies would be made by this great actress. This movie was among the prominent ones recommended by Amazon when keying in the actress' name. The movie surprises at many levels.

From earlier reviews I gathered that the plot was going to less straightforward than "Ramen Girl" or "Uptown Girls". Without going into the story line, I like this movie because:

1. The acting was serious, focused and well directed. I cannot think of another actress who could have been better cast in the main role. The British accents all round were from good character thespians.

2. The cinematography was good. There were refreshing camera angles of contemporary London. The Houses of Parliament framed by the London Eye (across the river) was one such unexpected view.

3. The colours were bright. Like on picture post-cards. The indoor shots were unusually bright and colourful. No dim "Memoirs of a Geisha" artwork requiring Night Vision Goggles here. Brittany Murphy's fully nude body in a kitchen scene(strategically covered by a copy of "The Naked Chef") was boldly illuminated. Refreshing to see the details of English interior furnishing instead of the usual American home interiors.

4. For an adult movie, there was relatively little swearing. Then there is a sensible plot. It is fun, but does not sit well as a chick-flick. Nobody picks up a movie like this to feel depressed at the end. Best watched together with close friend(s): beer/alcohol optional, not a necessity. For morbid, pick up "Deadline" or "Dead Girl".

Brittany Murphy does a good "damsel in distress" with pleading doe-like eyes, as in "Ramen Girl". This appears be a recurring pattern in her movies. Well, if you are good at something, keep doing it - Denzel Washington does a good "Don't lie to me", Tom Hanks replayed "stupid" in "You've Got Mail" and Julia Roberts does a good petulant temper tantrum in "Pretty Woman", "Pelican Brief", "Erin Brockovich" and so on. I thought that Brittany's waif-like begging was similarly getting to be one of her acting trade-marks.

I am glad to have experienced this movie.
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Jared
5.0 out of 5 stars Points to a more sadistic sad coupled version of how romance doesn't always guarantee a ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2015
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Entertaining to say the least. Points to a more sadistic sad coupled version of how romance doesn't always guarantee a love that is worth treasuring. All characters in the film are witty and outgoing to the point where you're almost entirely involved with what it is the film has to deliver. Among Brittany Murphy's numerous films, she is very well known to be funny in an almost hit on the side of the head kind of way. This movie does that for you. If you're looking for a romantic comedy that is going to put a glimmer of hope in the pinched out distress of why it is that relationships don't develop as we'd wish that the would. This movie tags you along for that ride. Through glitzy wardrobes and clever scene suggestions, this film truly brings out the virtuous talents and off set practices that it takes to see life as an enjoyable joke. Where the joke is, that love comes in all different types of shapes and sizes. You just have to be able to wear the costume.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely in my top 10 rom-coms
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2021
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This was one of my all-time favorite romantic comedies. Brittany Murphy was a delight and so is the rest of the cast. It gives you all of the familiar and heartwarming tropes without the cliches, more truth about their own BS, and somehow a much more satisfying ending than the big blockbuster moment they make fun of in the movie. This is the type of movie you can watch over and over and always be just as satisfied with the way it turns out. Personally? I just finished watching it for the 60th time (a conservative guess) since it came out in 2006.
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Colby
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet love story, Loveable characters!
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2012
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Love and Other Disasters is bursting with eye-candy, ear-candy, and heart-candy. The cinematography is gorgeous, the music is wonderfully charming and the story is cute. Fans of well-written/acted/produced films take note: this is one such gem.

The comedy works as well as the romance, and the characters poke fun at movie stereotypes as well as at themselves (the wacky smoker gal is hilarious) and the relationships are brightly played out in the 90 minute run-time. From start to finish I couldn't find anything wrong with this one!

There are 3 central characters, each trying to find love, each with lessons to learn. The gay roomate's story is especially touching.

In the film the characters watch "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and one states its her favorite film. That older film may be a classic, but I enjoyed this one much more.

5/5 stars! Funny, romantic film.

Blu-ray: 1080p video is great, colorful. DTS HD sound is fantastic. No special features, no subtitles.
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R. Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars good movie that no one knows about
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2009
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Love and Other Disasters is a film that very few people even know about. I happened to catch it, maybe 4 years ago as part of the Toronto International Film Fesival, when it was one of the movies showing that year. I saw it with two friends and we all enjoyed it very much! It's light...it's funny...it's cute...a great date movie...and has something for all adults, gay and straight alike (as it has a slight gay element) who like a good romantic comedy. After we saw it.... we never heard another thing about it. It never apparently found a distributor, and never was shown in theaters, to my knowledge. About three years later...it appeared on DVD. I have owned a copy since it came out on DVD and we had one of our "Movie nights" at our home with 8 or 9 friends over, and everyone enjoyed it a lot!

What amazes me in the movie business is all of the total garbage movies that get made and shown in theaters every week..... bad, awful, poorly made and poorly acted films that should never even be produced.... and then there are movies like "Love and Other Disaster" that are well-made, with good acting, and they never see the light of day.
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Norma I. Dalziel
5.0 out of 5 stars Haven't been able to watch it on my blue ray.....
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2023
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Made the mistake of not checking properly that this Blue ray would play on my blue ray machine and so haven't been able to watch it, however I have seen bits of it on YouTube so I can recommend its a sweet story, funny and with charm.
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5.0 out of 5 stars funny
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2018
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really enjoyed it
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hubert marie
5.0 out of 5 stars love et ses petits desastre
Reviewed in France on July 19, 2015
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dvd reçu rapidement ,heureuse de l'avoir trouver sur amazon petite comédie tres sympa on y retrouve Santiago Cabrera (Aramis dans le série the musketeers) pour ceux qui aime les comediesqs romantiques avec un brin d'humour je recommande d'autant que le prix est abordable
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ブレア・ウォルドーフ
5.0 out of 5 stars キュート
Reviewed in Japan on December 2, 2013
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ラブコメやラブロマンスが大好きで、いろんな作品を観てきましたが、
その中で一番人にお勧めしたい作品です。
全体的にテンポがよく、いい音楽ばかりが次々と流れ、ミュージカルじゃないのに
ミュージカルを観ているようです。
観ていて、上映時間が過ぎて終わり近づいていくのが惜しくなるほど素敵です。
新しいようでいて、どこか古き良き映画の雰囲気があり、
明るく面白いだけのラブコメや、ロマンティックなだけのラブロマンスとは一線を画す作品です。
日本語題は最悪ですね。
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André L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2017
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