I Love You Phillip Morris is the improbable but true story of a conman's journey from small-town businessman to flamboyant white-collar criminal, who repeatedly finds himself in trouble with the law and on the lam, brilliantly escaping from the Texas prison system on four separate occasions - all in the name of love. Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) leads a seemingly average life - an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie (Leslie Mann), 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 (Ewan McGregor). 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.I saw this movie almost a year ago because it ended up online since it was tied up forever in legal battles before finally being released very limitedly now. From what I can remember, I enjoyed the movie but it is a very dark comedy. The guy is such a pathological liar that it just keeps getting worse and worse and you feel guilty laughing but it's Jim Carrey. How can you not? It's short so it doesn't drag on and you find yourself feeling bad for the characters even though the logical part of you doesn't want to.
I'd lukewarmly recommend people seeing this movie. It is not a must see by any means and you really won't have the chance until it's on dvd anyway, but it is a pretty decent dark comedy.
