Dirty Love

Dirty Love
Directed by	John Mallory Asher
Produced by	John Mallory Asher BJ Davis Rod Hamilton Kimberley Kates Michael Manasseri Jenny McCarthy Trent Walford
Written by	Jenny McCarthy
Starring	Jenny McCarthy Eddie Kaye Thomas Carmen Electra Victor Webster
Distributed by	First Look Pictures and DEJ Productions
Release date(s)	January 2005 (2005-01) (Sundance) September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)
Running time	91 minutes
Language	English
Box office	$36,016

Dirty Love is a 2005 comedy film written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming McCarthy and Asher were married, they divorced the month the film went into wide release.^[1] The film heavily plays off McCarthy's reputation for toilet humour.

Plot

Rebecca (Jenny McCarthy), a struggling photographer, finds her model boyfriend Richard (Victor Webster) in bed with another woman. He also destroys all of her camera equipment. She is distressed by this and falls apart, alternating between wishing to get revenge on him, make him jealous, or just abandon hope of love and become sexually promiscuous.

Her best friends, Michelle (Carmen Electra), a hip body waxer, and Carrie (Kam Heskin), an airheaded actress, try to set her up on dates. These include one with a freakish magician (Guillermo Díaz) and another with a man who gives her ecstasy and has a fetish for fish. She attempts to make Richard jealous by taking a director, who is reminiscent of Woody Allen, to a runway show; he ends up vomiting on her breasts in front of everyone.

Ultimately Rebecca realizes she should focus her energy on being with someone who truly loves her, and that turns out to be John (Eddie Kaye Thomas), her nerdy but caring best male friend who has been supportive of her through the entire ordeal.

The film features Sum 41 as a guest artist, and they perform "No Reason", the main song on the soundtrack. Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz appear in supporting roles, and Kathy Griffin has a cameo as a fortune teller.

Cast

• Jenny McCarthy as Rebecca Sommers
• Eddie Kaye Thomas as John
• Carmen Electra as Michelle López
• Victor Webster as Richard
• Kam Heskin as Carrie Carson
• Deryck Whibley as Tony
• Steve Jocz as Steve The Drummer
• Kathy Griffin as Madame Belly
• David O'Donnell as Jake
• Lochlyn Munro as Kevin
• Jessica Collins as Mandy
• Sum 41 as Themselves

Reaction

The movie was a critical disaster. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the movie a rare "zero star" rating and claimed it to be the third worst movie of 2005. In his written review of the film, he stated, "Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the level of badness. It is hopelessly incompetent."^[2]

Awards

Dirty Love has won four Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies): Worst Picture; Worst Director (John Asher); Worst Actress (Jenny McCarthy), and Worst Screenplay (written by McCarthy). It was also nominated for Worst Supporting Actress (Carmen Electra) and Worst Screen Couple, (Jenny McCarthy "& ANYONE Dumb Enough to Befriend or Date Her").^[3]

See also

• List of American films of 2005

References

1. ^ "The John Asher and Jenny McCarthy Divorce". recordssitereview.com. http://recordssitereviews.com/divorcerecords/john-asher-jenny-mccarthy-divorce.html. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
2. ^ Ebert, Roger (2005-09-23), "Dirty Love", Chicago Sun-Times, http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050922/REVIEWS/509220303/1023, retrieved 2007-08-17 
3. ^ 26th Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie©) Award “Winners”, http://www.razzies.com/history/05winners.asp, retrieved 2007-08-16 

External links

• Dirty Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Dirty Love at AllRovi

Awards
Preceded by Catwoman	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 26th Golden Raspberry Awards	Succeeded by Basic Instinct 2