Dirty Love (2005)

Comedy genius, love it as well as references to clubbbing and dating in that awesome time perriod we call the 90s. Closet classic. Thanks for this movie. Kudos to the writer, funniest Jenny McCarthy! If you dont get it, its just not your kind of movie, i understand but for someone who has lived any part or seen friends in this same state if clubbing depressed just broke up hoeing ,, i laughed my ass off...get a life haters

How did this movie get made? I assume people actually put up real money to have this toilet bowl of feces produced, right? Was it trying to be bad? One of McCarthy's lines in the film was "I'm not an actress", so was the joke on us? I thought movie 43 was bad but this one takes the cake.This film (if you can call it that) sets the standard that all bad movies should be judged up against. I don't think a worse movie could be made if someone tried. It makes time stand still. By far my favorite line was, "Did you sleep with Charlie Tuna or do you just need to douche". So classy. Someone should have paid the audience at the door to sit this this ocular torture.

All of my instincts were screaming at me not to click this movie, even though it was free...but the little devil on my shoulder was telling me that I might stumble upon some little-known McCarthy-on-Electra soft- core pr0wn, and return to my friends, trophy in tow, a hero. I could already see the look of admiration on CraigMakk's face as he proclaimed me a true smut spelunker and discoverer of hidden gems. But you know what they say: "You dance with the devil, and he slips you a mickey and gives you the horns all night long." At least that's what my homeless friend that I pass every day on the way to work says. Anyway, within the first 30 seconds, I was already feeling my toe stepped on, my head swimming, and the tickle of a horn in an uncomfortable place. Please take note that in the following paragraphs, I won't "spoil" the ending, but I will talk about the various unfunny jokes and disgusting antics in the film. Besides, you can't "spoil" something that's already terrible, and plus I am writing this article in hopes that it will prevent you from ever watching this movie, or get you to join me in a survivor support group if you already have watched it. Guys like McCarthy because she's not afraid to act silly or laugh at herself, despite being really hot. Unfortunately, this time she badly misjudged the line between being silly and self-deprecating, and being crass and disgusting. Throughout this movie, she tries extremely hard to make you find her repulsive, including: having a fart contest with an old woman; catching projectile vomit in her breasts; engaging in weird sodomy with a fish; bleeding all over a supermarket floor; and annoyingly shrieking like a chimp with rabies...sadly, this list is not all-inclusive. The dialogue was ridiculous, almost everyone over- or under-acted (mostly over), and the jokes were either terribly corny or borderline-offensive--for instance, in one scene, McCarthy's character "stoops" to dating a stereotypical, caricature-like, mousy Jewish producer with a big nose, badly receding hairline, ugly jacket, and thick glasses in order to help her friend land a role; also, Electra's "wigger" character gets very tired very fast; I don't consider these types of jokes off-limits, but if you're going to do them, they should be witty and/or funny...instead, the big payoff we get for watching Electra act like a "hood rat" all movie is a guy from Sum41 asking her, "You know you're white, right?" And not only did McCarthy bomb as the lead actress in this movie...she also wrote it. In an hour and a half, she managed to shift my opinion of her as an entertainer 180 degrees. This movie did have 4 bright points: (1) Thomas was outstanding, convincingly playing a love-struck, patient, loyal, and funny friend (I wondered if he wrote his own dialogue); (2) Guillermo Díaz was also good, managing to overcome corny lines with a humorous delivery; (3) there is a single naked shot of McCarthy's wonderful breasts (although they're covered in throw-up...but at least we know it's fake); and (4) the film made me appreciate just how brilliant Bridesmaids was, and how many things could have been written, directed, and acted terribly about that concept. However, these small roses in the concrete do not smell nearly sweet enough to overcome the stench of urine pervading this movie. McCarthy must have pitched this movie naked, because I can't believe anyone agreed to make it. Steer clear.

What an entertaining movie!I share the critical consensus, that it is poorly made and a failure in all its intended dimensions. But I watch movies a different way, and that allows me to get a lot out of it. In this case, it matters that this is Jenny McCarthy's project.If you do not know her, she was a nude model with artificial breasts who achieved the golden prize, the 'Playmate of the Year.' She was able to create a marketable persona as a lovable ditz. Later, she would become a spokesperson for one of the more dangerous ignorant memes; that vaccines caused her son's autism. What is salient here is that she is a dumb model with an act like the early Goldie Hawn and who married a filmmaker.She gets enough leverage to make her own movie. This was written by her; she plays the main role and her husband directs. So what is it about? Both sides of her: a vacuous supermodel who has no understanding of 'real love' and who spends the movie involved in embarrassing his hapless lover. She physically plays that target, who is a photographer like her husband..Among the embarrassments we are supposed to find comedic: her jilted tantrums; being vomited on; publicly slipping in a pool of her menstrual blood; having her breasts exposed in public; volunteering for casual sex with a couple losers; any number of silly 'girl talk' episodes; an extended drugtaking sequence and the final wrapup (where she finds her true love) triggered by a ridiculous belief in fortunetelling.To emphasize the embarrassments, we have two on-screen observers in her roommates, also extreme stereotypes. One, played by Kam Heskin, is actually effective because it finds the comedic balance Jenny misses.So, the fold here is simple: a woman's real life, exploited by her. It is supposed to leverage a dumb blond stereotype on screen and fails, but succeeds if you know that the created it herself.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.