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The Accidental Husband

PG-13

2008

1 hr. 30 min.

Romance

Comedy

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6%

18 Reviews

Tomatometer

36%

100,000+ Ratings

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Emma (Uma Thurman), a radio host, is about to be married to Richard (Colin Firth), her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancee to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.

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Peter C

No doubt an overall bad movie, formulaic, and wallowing in stereotypes, but there are probably worse ways to waste some time… I thought they tried hard to pull off making this into something watchable. But really, it was DOA starting with the script.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/19/23

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Teresa D

Predatory behaviour depicted not acceptable in a romantic comedy

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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Eric R

Just so uninteresting and unrealistic. Definitely the bottom of the romcom barrel for me.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/27/23

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Audience Member

So Cringe. If the bad dialogue wasn't enough to make this rotten, the story line of a complete a**h*le destroying a woman's life, all for her to fall in love with him. Is the lesson, ruin lives and all your dreams come true? Well it was in this film. Hard Pass, waste of 90 minutes!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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antonis k

A sweet, charming and funny romantic comedy with good perfomances by Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Colin Firth, that despite it's cliches? succeeds on it's simple premise. (8/10)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I love this movie. Not really sure why I do, but it is comfort in a bottle.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Griffin Dunne

Director

Uma Thurman

Emma

Colin Firth

Richard

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Patrick

Sam Shepard

Wilder

Isabella Rossellini

Mrs. Bollenbecker

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

There's little fun in being asked to identify with yet another female character who spends her running time being shamed like a dog who soiled the rug.

May 5, 2010

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Words almost fail me after watching this terrible romantic comedy from Griffin Dunne which is perilously described as a "sort of Carole Lombard screwball comedy". Would that it were.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 29, 2008

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

A plot of insufferable silliness contrives to keep the lovers on tenterhooks and the audience in a permanent cringe, none of it helped by Thurman's thoroughly phony performance.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 29, 2008

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

It lives on as an artifact of a big screen career that might have been, or might have been extended, a director who talks a better game than he directs and a distributing studio/vanity project that never was and never have been.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 3, 2022

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

Sweet, teen-friendly rom-com borders on the cliched.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 2, 2010

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

Sub-lousy hackneyed crapola all the way, a complete disaster, one of the year's worst movies.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 23, 2009

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Synopsis

Emma (Uma Thurman), a radio host, is about to be married to Richard (Colin Firth), her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancee to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.

Director: Griffin Dunne
Executive Producer: Anthony Katagas, Kam Mateen, Neil Kadisha, Bradley Jenkel
Screenwriter: Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor, Bonnie Sikowitz
Production Co: Yari Film Group, Team Todd, Blumhouse
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2018

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