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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIt's the beaming movie-star intensity of the complicated comic Carrey in the role of the dominant lover and Obi-Wan Kenobi McGregor as the gentle beloved that makes this unfettered, stranger-than-fiction picture pop.
- 80NPRBob MondelloNPRBob Mondello"Liar Liar" meets Obi-Wan? Who'da thunk even fearless star power could make these two work as a romantic pair? But both stars prove to be enormous fun in a gay love story played straight in a thoroughly crooked context.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirCarrey provides one of his most whacked-out and enjoyable performances.
- 80EmpireEmpireOne of the funniest films of the year, this is a wonderful mix of old-school Carrey outrageousness with a genuinely touching - and very modern - love story.
- 75MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekThis is a love story in which one of the partners repeatedly does some really bad stuff, and while it's easy enough to admire him for his ability to get away with it all, it's harder to square the way he so cheerfully dupes innocent people, including his beloved.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickIt's a welcome alternative to the homogenized Hollywood releases that proliferate during the holiday season.
- 60The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneAt best, I Love You Phillip Morris may be hailed as a necessary step in Hollywood's fearful crawl toward sexual evenhandedness; the film upholds the constitutional right of every gay man to be as much of a liar, a crook, and a creep as the rest of us. Makes you proud.
- 58Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerThe movie, at its best, is compellingly odd, which is also the most accurate description of Carrey's performance.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliSan Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliA tonally confused, fitfully entertaining film about a pathologically two-faced man.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierI Love You Phillip Morris not only blasts gay stereotypes back decades, it could actually make people wish for a third "Ace Ventura" movie. Both of those are an accomplishment, though neither is a compliment.