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Description

Firefighter Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) finds his life turned upside-down when his fiancée suddenly calls off their pending nuptials per the recommendation of radio love guru Dr. Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman). Determined to get back at this "love doctor," Sullivan forges a fake marriage license, "accidentally" marrying him to Emma,who's already engaged to Richard (Colin Firth). But as Patrick's charms begin to wear Emma down, she must decide which of these bachelors is her "Mr. Right." Also starring Sam Shepard, Justina Machado and Isabella Rossellini in this romantic comedy that proves even the experts need to learn a few love lessons now and then.

Doctor, heal thyself! That's the wry message underscoring the charming romantic comedy The Accidental Husband, which features Uma Thurman as Emma, a radio "love doctor" who can't quite seem to manage her own love life off the air. The cast is splendid, led by Thurman, who has rarely gotten to show her comic chops, and who really is very funny and has a gift for physical comedy as well. The two bachelors whose lives are accidentally (on purpose?) entangled with hers are played by two dreamboats, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (rugged firefighter Patrick) and Colin Firth (her fiancé, Richard). The chemistry between Emma and both suitors is crackling and captured well on film by director Griffin Dunne. Thurman, Morgan, and Firth are joined by a supporting cast every bit as spot-on as they are: Sam Shepard, Brooke Adams, Isabella Rossellini, Sarita Choudhury, and Keir Dullea, each of whom brings his or her own quirks and charms. The Accidental Husband is very much in the mode of Four Weddings and a Funeral and the Bridget Jones films--which is to say, make a date with it for your next date night. --A.T. Hurley

DVD Information

Binding: DVD
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Brand: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Original Release Date: 2007-01-01
Actors:

• Uma Thurman
• Colin Firth
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan
• Sam Shepard
• Isabella Rossellini

Reviews

Cute movie for a chick flick night. Some language but not really that bad. I can't say it is for the whole family. A tough talking radio host gives advice to the wrong person's fiance. Revenge time (unrealistic) takes place for this radio show. It starts getting funny and then gets serious again. The ending can go either way.

Great movie....i rented it from the amazon unbox....very fast in downloading, absolutely no problems. And i absolutely loved the movie. It was a $3.99 well spent. thank you.

Wow. I'd hate for anyone to think -- even for a second -- that this film somehow reflects American culture as it is actually experienced by we the living. I can only hope that when historians sift the immeasurable tonnage of creative discharge that is the output of the early 21st century entertainment bidness they see this chunk of chaff for what it is: a wholly shallow and derivative kluge whose target market can only be the LA-Auckland route. An in-flight soporific produced to help you gulp down the microwaved " 'chicken'/ 'kiev' " with the "hardicourt(sic) vert" meant to somehow sustain you during the next 10 hours of the flight. Of course, you're in coach and, of course, the folks with the infant across the isle find it completely possible to sleep through lil' Hermione's endless wet screams, while the pair beside you begin to lose their struggle against claustrophobia just as the folks ahead lean all the way back at the very moment that the young couple directly behind you start the interminable family debt argument so yeah! baby, yeah! "The Accidental Husband" it is!

I was greatly surprised that I didn't like this movie at all. I usually love all romantic comedies and am perfectly willing to suspend all sense of disbelief for any movie. However, I practically hated this movie because I hated the plot. I could forgive its predictability and cheesiness, but not its total disregard for anything seemingly believable! The woman gives up the perfect man - honest, kind, considerate, and loves her to death; even if he is a "safe bet" (I mean he's so perfect that, at the end, he neatly steps aside so she can be happy with the other guy). Instead, she wants the guy with whom she has nothing in common and who falsified a wedding certificate just to mess with her life. It's nonsensical to me and it's not romantic. I spent the whole movie praying she'd come to her senses and stay with her fiance. However, if you're in the mood for a mindless chick flick, it's not a bad choice. There are some parts that are pretty good and I enjoyed the cinematography in NYC. My problem was with the plot - I just wanted to slap Uma's character silly at the end!

What a waste of time and energy this film is for Colin Firth. He is an incredibly talented and intelligent actor and I fail to understand why he would stoop this low to have agreed to act in this immensely stupid film? Uma Thurman not only can't do comedy, she needs to quit acting altogether. This woman can't act and it shows. The best part of the whole film is the Bollywood dancing segment which does not fit into the whole scheme of the film by the way. I had to fast forward my way through the movie because it was painful to watch. Please save your money and don't even rent it. Just forget it was ever made.