Love Stinks
A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night. The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes the War of the Roses look like child's play.
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- Cast:
- French Stewart , Bridgette Wilson-Sampras , Bill Bellamy , Tyra Banks , Tiffani Thiessen , Jason Bateman , Steve Hytner
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A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Okay, I'm giving it a solid 7 out of 10, since I missed a few spots in between. It could be an 8 or a 9, if those are as good as the rest of what I saw.There are a million things going against this movie: Tyra Banks, the fact that your main character is played by French Stewart, or just that it was being played on the TVGuide Network above the listings (that's one way to make letterboxing look more natural!).Without giving too much away, Stewart and a marriage-obsessed Wilson fall in love, move too fast, and then when the ring doesn't come, things get ugly in a comical way. Someone likened this to "War of the Roses", but that movie was much darker, and was not nearly as playful. Plus, French Stewart really has some fantastic lines in this film; I frankly didn't think he had this in him. Both play their parts over-the-top, and that's what makes it work. Bill Bellamy is pretty solid as the best-friend, and Tyra Banks does her best "Robin Givens" in looking like a complete control-freak golddigger.I'd like to see the "unedited" version, to catch more of the angry commentary between the two combatants. And the good news is, it has an unbelievably happy ending.I'm not saying this ranks up there with a truly great film, but it's better than 90% of what's out there (that you probably didn't already see in the theatre). I'd recommend you see this, but it's definitely NOT a date film. Unless you want to break up, that is....
French Stuart does not act. He announces, shouts, derides, and pleas, but never actually talks. But, this is really a 90-minute series of skits on the wars between women and man from the point of view of a self-righteous, successful, white, Anglo-Saxon, spoiled brat. Consequently, some of the skits are highly amusing, others merely stupid, and still others insipid.There are a few brilliant sequences that had me chuckling and one that had me laughing out loud despite myself. And, I do believe that other guys who have been through messy divorces, who have been dumped, or spent most of their lives being derided by women for being children, will enjoy a number of these sequences amusing. Will such guys be entertained? I think so.Is there an iota of artistic merit or redeeming social value in this movie? Absolutely not. If you are looking for that, look elsewhere.
Wow, This is a great movie. I just say it on TV after almost 8 years of its release. And i admit that i did miss some thing cool.The movie is very simple and light hearted and my soul reason to watch it was due to Bridgette Wilson. But the story it self and all the other characters are very well done. Wilson is beautiful as usual and she is every man's dream. The role didn't quite suit her innocence but overall she did a great job.Some one suggested that if u like this movie and your girl friend doesn't, then sue her.. Ya, you are right as this movie is must watch for all the couples (un married especially).My vote 7/10.Overall Good Acting, Nice lines and scenes. THe Ending was a bit surprise though Unconventional.Must watch.
This movie was one of the FUNNIEST movies I have ever seen and it gets better every time I see it...French Stewart is awesome in this film. I highly recommend for those of you that like a good comedy to watch this one. The story was well thought out and describes most relationships that we all think about in the movies. at this point I am going to babble on and on because I have to write 10 lines or it wont post my comment...what a joke...I mean, what if I didn't want to write 10 lines about a movie? why is less then 10 lines a BAD THING? Kinda stupid if you ask me..well, I will close this up now because I am almost at 10 lines...thank you all very much for reading this...LOVE STINKS ROCKS!!!