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Love and Other Disasters
Love and Other Disasters
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alek Keshishian
Written by	Alek Keshishian
Produced by	Alek Keshishian; Alison Owen; Virginie Besson-Silla;
Starring	Brittany Murphy; Matthew Rhys; Catherine Tate; Santiago Cabrera;
Cinematography	Pierre Morel
Edited by	Nick Arthurs
Music by	Alexandre Azaria
Production; companies	EuropaCorp; Skyline Films; Ruby Films;
Distributed by	EuropaCorp Distribution
Release dates	9 September 2006 (Toronto); 25 April 2007 (France);
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom;
Language	English
Budget	$9 million

Love and Other Disasters is a 2006 romantic comedy film written and directed by Alek Keshishian. It had its world premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2] In 2008, the film had its UK premiere in London as the gala screening for the BFI 22nd London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

Brittany Murphy portrays an assistant at British Vogue who is the catalyst for a group of young friends as they try to find love. Outfest 2007 presented the film as one of their features.^[3]^[4] Keshishian originally wanted Gwyneth Paltrow to play Jacks, but she was pregnant at the time. Paltrow was later given a cameo role.^[5]

Plot

Emily "Jacks" Jackson is an American transplant living in London and working as an intern at British Vogue. She shares an apartment with her gay friend Peter Simon, a screenwriter. Afraid to be disappointed by a serious relationship, Jacks prefers to spend her free time with her friends and sleep with her ex-boyfriend, James, whom she does not love.

Peter, who has never been in a relationship, spends too much time in his dreams and as a result cannot fall in love with a real person. It gets more complicated with the entrance of Paolo, an assistant for one of the photographers at Vogue. As the film develops, they come to realize their mistakes and eventually reach their happy endings.

Cast

Brittany Murphy as Emily 'Jacks' Jackson
Matthew Rhys as Peter Simon
Santiago Cabrera as Paolo Sarmiento
Catherine Tate as Tallulah Riggs-Wentworth
Elliot Cowan as James Wildstone
Adam Rayner as Tom / Fantasy David
Jamie Sives as Finlay McMillian
Will Keen as David Williams
Frédéric Anscombre as Sascha Santori
Stephanie Beacham as Felicity Riggs-Wentworth
Daniel Lobé as Freedom
Sam Bloom as Pandora
Jamie Honeybourne as Unicorn Gallagher
Robert Chilcott as art patron
Dawn French as therapist
Michael Lerner as Marvin Bernstein
Gwyneth Paltrow as herself playing Jacks (cameo)
Orlando Bloom as himself playing Paolo (cameo)

Reception

David Rooney of Variety wrote, "wanly conceived effort looks an unlikely bet for significant bigscreen dates" and "Keshishian’s script is sloppy in both setting up and sustaining the sexual identity confusion that fuels the comic engine".^[3]

Greg Hernandez of Out in Hollywood called it "a damned entertaining film", "well-written and well-directed by Alek Keshishian and wonderfully acted" and "includes a hilarious scene featuring cameos by Gwyneth Paltrow and Orlando Bloom."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Hernandez, Greg (20 July 2007). "My review of "Love and Other Disasters"". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Love and Other Disasters". 11 September 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Rooney, David (10 September 2006). "Love and Other Disasters". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "A Night With Kook & Crook". perezhilton.com. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Premiere Scoop: Brittany Murphy Grabs Paltrow Role". FemaleFirst.co.uk. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.