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Dirty Love (2005)
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: While some may raise an eyebrow when they discover that Jenny McCarthy wrote the script for DIRTY LOVE, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise: McCarthy has already established herself as a writer, has never been afraid to laugh at herself, and has further screenplays in the works. The... While some may raise an eyebrow when they discover that Jenny McCarthy wrote the script for DIRTY LOVE, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise: McCarthy has already established herself as a writer, has never been afraid to laugh at herself, and has further screenplays in the works. The curvacious former model proved her comedic chops as host of MTV's SINGLED OUT, and serves up further laughs in this addition to the gross-out comedy genre, which was directed by her husband, John Mallory Asher (although McCarthy filed for divorce from Asher shortly before DIRTY LOVE's theatrical debut). Rebecca (McCarthy) is a fashion photographer who is shocked when she discovers her boyfriend, Richard (Victor Webster), in bed with another woman. After the initial hurt, Rebecca decides she wants Richard back, and embarks on a quest to sleep with as many men as possible, thinking her former lover will be so jealous that he'll beg her to return. Rebecca's friend Michelle (Carmen Electra) eggs her on, and a series of farcical set-pieces is engineered to highlight Rebecca's increasingly desperate attempts to get laid. In a film full of bawdy humor and harsh language, McCarthy camps it up as her character wallows in her own menstrual blood, throws up over her own ample cleavage, and does whatever it takes to win her man back. DIRTY LOVE is a piece of lowbrow filmmaking that is unashamedly trashy, and owes a sizeable debt to the ribald comedy of Benny Hill and the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jenny McCarthy, Carmen Electra, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Victor Webster, Kathy Griffin
Screenwriter: Jenny McCarthy
Producer: Jenny McCarthy, John Mallory Asher, B.J. Davis, Kimberley Kates, Michael Manasseri, Rod Hamilton, Trent Walford
Reviews
It doesn't make a lick of sense, largely because none of these characters acts like a recognizable human being.
Dirty Love is in the worst possible taste. It has crossed the Himalayas of bad taste and come out the other side. And for that reason, if no other, I kinda love it.
Dirty Love is ninety mintes of soul-crushing idiocy, wrapped in incompetence and smothered in fart jokes.
Aims to be the chick-flick answer to Deuce Bigalow, but even that turns out to be setting its sights too high.
The shtick is desperately crude and not particularly funny. One wonders why any actress, even a retired MTV game show hostess, would stoop to such a disgraceful gig.
Dreadfully lacking...about as awkwardly received as a training bra on Anna Nicole Smith’s bouncy bosom...a cheap-minded farce aimed at the lowest common denominator
Even by the standards of its bottom-feeding genre, Dirty Love clings to the gutter like a rat in garbage.
The shoddy script and train wreck of a supporting cast don't do much to win us over.
Jenny McCarthy's giddy charm is wasted by screen writer Jenny McCarthy.
This dyspeptic exploration of modern romance was written by TV-star Jenny McCarthy, who tailored its vulgar slapstick to her own apparently endless willingness to be the butt of raunchy gags.
I can remember only one other scene in the entire 90-minute movie that made me laugh...
McCarthy ... is so busy trying to prove she doesn't take herself seriously that she undersells what is actually some serious comedic talent.
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