Love Stinks

1999

Comedy

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 19% · 47 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 5701 5.7K

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Plot summary

A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night. The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes the War of the Roses look like child's play.

Director

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Jeff Franklin

Top cast

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Jason Bateman as Jesse Travis
Colleen Camp Photo
Colleen Camp as Monica Harris
Ivana Milicevic Photo
Ivana Milicevic as Amber
Erika Eleniak Photo
Erika Eleniak as Gina, Jasmine' friend
480p.DVD
830.46 MB
640*352
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by braddy 7 / 10

I was surprised by this movie!

I reluctantly rented this only on my daughter's recommendation. I have never been impressed by French Stewart's acting ability, but he came through very well. Bridgette Wilson and her acting performance, however, stole the show! Bravo to her and the movie's overall humor!
Reviewed by Myrzan 6 / 10

A uneven but worthwhile watch

Firstly I'd like to mention, that this movie is a rather over-the-top and not very intelligent or realistic comedy containing rude/insulting humour (looking at the rating many would probably call it just stupid) mainly about a woman who turns into a quite she-Satan when the well-off man she has sinked her claws on refuses to marry her. If that sounds like it will make you feel bad don't watch this, go have a glass of milk and some cookies instead.After seeing 'Love Stinks' I thought it probably hasn't got a very good rating here because of bashing from some ferocious feminists and other people who take themselves and things in general too seriously. However when I checked the ratings (which weren't very high as expected) I saw that women didn't in general give lower points than men which was a pleasant surprise. I guess there are more than few women who can take even a little provocative joke after all.The reason why I expected women to bash this movie is that it portrays many women as either rather bimbo-like (many of the side characters) or manipulative control freaks (especially the main character and also to some extent her woman friend).The main plot revolves around Chelsea and Seth who meet at a party. Chelsea is the bridesmaid and Seth is the.. umm.. 'groomsmaid' at their friends wedding (can't remember the real word at the moment, bad English, sorry, if u want to make a complaint please make it in finnish ;)). They get together and for a while things are OK. Then Chelsea decides she wants to get married and starts plotting on how to get what she wants. At first it seems to work but then Seth starts to get worried and jumps on the brakes. When he determinedly refuses to propose to her Chelsea goes slightly mad and tries to rip Seths life apart, which leads to quite a war between the two.Someone compared this to the 'War of Roses' and I also think the two are a bit similar. The War of Roses is a little better I think, Love Stinks is bit like War of Roses with a screwball twist.I gave this movie a rating of 6 due to it being a bit uneven (there are few moments that are in my opinion a bit boring or stupid). However I would recommend seeing this because the funny parts are quite funny. There's a farting in bed - scene for example that has been circling in the net (Feeder on fire! Incoming..! ;).
Reviewed by ronnie-19 7 / 10

Clever Movie worth watching.

I just rented this movie today, and came to imdb to check out the comments so I could get some idea of how others enjoyed the movie. When you are a single guy, you can really relate to this movie. Fortunately most of us don't come out of relationships quite this bad. French Stewart and Bridgette Wilson really pulled this off. I especially liked the ending, and wasn't quite sure what it would be even though hints were there.It's not Gone With The Wind, but enjoy if for what it is, an over the top comedy that really hits its mark!
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