Mr. Wrong

MR. WRONG ** Unfunny comedy, save two or three role-plays, that casts comedian-turned-actress Ellen DeGeneres as a hapless woman with no man in her life, and Bill Pullman as Mr. Right, the fellow she never figured she needed. But the story has seemingly charming Pullman become insensitive and obnoxious - qualities that can be said of what the screenplay evolves into - and DeGeneres wants out when she comes to terms with it. Wasting the talents of all involved, it's one of those films that seems entertaining on commercial release, but disappoints when you actually rent it. Don't waste your time. I saw the movie two or three years ago, and haven't seen it since, nor ever again.

While I love to see movies that are "so bad they're good", this one is just plain AWFUL! I love Bill Pullman (he made me melt in "While You Were Sleeping"), and while it's amusing to see him dressed up as a clown in this movie, he really missed the boat in this role. As for Ellen, I'm sorry, but I can't take her seriously in roles as a "straight" woman, no offense.

I did enjoy hearing Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (one of my favorite songs) in the film. That was one of the few bright spots in this film. The film really crashed and burned in the last 45 minutes. The kids and the guns (which ultimately turned out to be fake) was a very insulting scene.

Don't even waste your money renting this horrible movie!

31 year old Martha is in a Mexican prison in her wedding dress. She tells the detectives how she got into this situation and talks back over the past year back to the day she first met Whitman. They fell in love of course and dated for a while but soon Whitman's personality began to become increasingly worrying and the relationship came to an end. However as Martha finds, Whitman won't let her sabotage her won happiness.

I knew that this film would be a romantic comedy without a great plot and would probably not be that good. However I had hoped that it would have enough wit and energy to it to be fun if not brilliant. However it is actually a bit dopey and really drags along with no fun whatsoever. The film premiered in the UK on channel 5 in the middle of the afternoon schedule of soaps and bad chat shows – that is how much they thought of the rights to this movie.

The plot is really poor – basically Whitman can't accept he's been dumped and starts to freak out Martha. It does nothing funny with this premise whatsoever and it just gets increasingly desperate as it tries to be `wacky' and `off the wall'. Instead I found it tiresome and just plain unfunny. It didn't even seem to be trying hard – it just seemed content to drag it's feet as it went along. Whitman isn't sold as a stalker of any kind and his actions aren't ever explained as they finally go a bit extreme. It ain't funny, it ain't romantic and it left me wondering what the point of it was.

I like DeGeneres even though I know she's rubbish. She does occasionally get some laughs in a poor vehicle. Here she did nothing and if anything just made the film worse! Pullman is usually good in anything he does but he has nothing to work with in a character who is never really given any foundation or basis. The rest of the cast are simply TV support actors which suits the feel of this film. Oh, and special mention to Joan Cusack – what a terrible performance and a terrible career choice! Fire your agent.

Overall this was a waste of 90 minutes and it really felt like it was twice as long as this. It has no natural energy and it just drags along. It is the least funny thing I have ever seen Ellen in.....and that's saying something.

Mr.Wrong has been unfairly reviewed. Designed as a vehicle for the considerable comic talents of Ellen Degeneres, this perhaps wasn't what many people were expected. Okay so its got a glossy sheen and typical 'madcap' comedy music but its tone is much darker than your average comedy.

Ellen plays Martha, a single women who thinks shes found the man of her dreams in Whitman, played with creepy assurance, by Bill Pullman. After making the mistake of telling him to act like himself, it becomes clear that he is completely insane.

He makes her shoplift, sends her endlessly random gifts, steals mexican kids for her and in the most uncomfortable scene of all, in an effort to show her how much he loves her, he breaks his finger for her.

For some people this may sound more like the plot of a thriller and some critics did find the film a little distasteful but for black comedy fans, this is great fun. Degeneres is fantastic as the goofy heroine, providing most of the films laughs.

The random humour of the film is what makes it really funny. Disgruntled ex Joan Cusack's attempts to strike back at Degeneres are great. 'Do you want gum in your hair?', 'Prepare to be consumed by ants!', 'Don't be nice to her! Pull her hair!'

It may not be to everyone's tastes but this is a real comedy gem.

At the start, Martha is in a Mexican jail wearing a wedding dress. So right away you know this is not going to be an ordinary movie.

A few months earlier, as she explains to the authorities, Martha was at her sister Annie's wedding. Her parents think Martha will be next to get married, as do about 30 other people. But Martha isn't seeing anyone.

Martha works for the KSDG-TV program 'Daybreak San Diego', co-hosted by Dick and Nancy. Walter, one of her co-workers, Walter, is a possible romantic partner. But Martha meets Whitman when he selects the same song she wants on a jukebox. They fall for each other, and he meets her normal parents, and she meets his quirky mother and her maid Consuela. Whitman's family appears to have money, and he doesn't have to work but can afford all sorts of expensive gifts, even though all he does is write poetry.

After a while, it becomes clear Whitman has a fun side that Martha is too uptight to appreciate. And things go downhill from there. Not only that, but Whitman's former girlfriend Inga is mentally unbalanced and very jealous. And she has a very large but friendly sidekick named Bob. Things get so bad Martha has to hire private detective Jack Tramonte.

During the first half, I thought this was just going to be a standard romantic comedy. But the second half turned out to be anything but normal. Let's just say Martha appears to be the only sane person left, but not for long. Everyone else thinks she's crazy. And what happens would be quite unlikely in real life.

I'm not crazy about Ellen DeGeneres, but let's face it. She has this irresistible perky quality about her that works very well here. Not Olsen twins perky, but pleasant. I can't stand Joan Cusack, but I think people might enjoy her demented portrayal of Inga.

Most of the music was good. A lot of it came from the 40s and 50s or at least sounded like it (I know Queen recorded 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' around 1980). And Martha went to the opera. There was also Mexican-flavored music in some scenes. And a boys' choir sang 'I Want To Know What Love Is' by Foreigner, which sounds much better here than in the original version. Unfortunately, Whitman liked Foreigner, Toto, Boston and REO Speedwagon.

This was a really good movie, once it really got going.