The Accidental Husband

2009 "Falling in love...even the expert is confused."
5.6| 1h30m| PG-13| en
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Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick, a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancée to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.

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Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
amy_halsall This is a movie about toxic masculinity. 23 minutes into this and I'm having to turn it off. A shame that so many good actors & actresses are in this.
Paul Magne Haakonsen Director Griffin Dunne managed to take the stereotypical how-to-make-a-romantic-comedy recipe and douse it with twice as much sugar than what was needed. And the end result was a less than mediocre movie.While stories are usually sappy and predictable in romantic comedies, then the story in "The Accidental Husband" was just ludicrous. The concept idea of the story was just so far out there and unrealistic that it was more of a farce than an actual romantic comedy.And throughout the entire movie there was just something missing from the recipe, and it was dragging the movie down. It felt as if even the actors and actresses themselves weren't buying into the storyline. So why should the audience?Uma Thurman and Jeffrey Dean Morgan did good jobs with their acting, but there wasn't any particular chemistry between them on the screen. And it was a shame that Colin Firth didn't have a bigger role in the movie.If you enjoy romantic comedies, then there are far better movies available than "The Accidental Husband".
stateoftheunion This movie is an unexpected find. After reading some of the other reviews for this, mostly negative, I wondered what I might be getting myself into in watching it. In fact it is a charming romantic comedy. Yes this kind of thing has been done many times before, but that doesn't mean it can't succeed another time. And this one does succeed.The script is witty and light and the acting is just beautiful, especially Uma Thurman who absolutely sparkles as Emma, who thinks she knows all there is to know about romantic relationships and is about to be married to Richard, played by Colin Firth when Patrick, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan enters her life claiming that he is her husband, which leads to massive complications in Emma's life.Thurman and Morgan have excellent chemistry and are definitely believable together. And I really loved this movie and would highly recommend it to anybody who wants to see a good old fashioned romantic comedy set in modern day.
Samuel Chiang This Rom-Com has one or two actually funny moments, but in the end is a rather cynical movie disguised as a romantic comedy. Most of the time it tries too hard to be charming. It fails to do so because of its rather uncharismatic characters. The only charismatic character is Colin Firth's Richard who is mature, patient, and understanding.The message that the writers try to convey about not being perfect is dominated by the message that being a boorish jerk and butting into other people's lives (both main characters do this) results in a happen ending and love. Worse, that a good, true, and honorable man doesn't get the woman he loves, and is completely marginalized, considered boring and stupid, even my the main female character's father.