I Love You Phillip Morris stunned audiences at this year’s Sundance Festival. A handful of the praise was due to Jim Carrey‘s stellar performance as a flamboyantly gay man obsessed with the title character (played by Ewan McGregor). So if the film is so great, why isn’t it getting a US release?
Well, apparently there’s a certain gay sex scene that the industry types are worried about. Really? People were down with Brokeback Mountain, so what could be so naughty about this scene that the movie’s not able to find a handler?
Michael Musto of The Village Voice spoke with TLA Video‘s Lewis Tice to get to the bottom (pun intended) of this matter. Here’s what Tice had to say:
“The scene is not shocking in the sense that any body parts are actually revealed–both actors are nude, but the way the scene is shot, no pickle is on display. The surprising part is that the ‘bottom’ is this muscle, bearish type, who is on all fours, getting a really hard pounding by Carey. It was mostly the tone and my perception of Carey as an actor, just because I never looked at Carey in a sexual manner and he was so dedicated to giving it to the muscle-bear and the sexual tone was authentic, it caught me off guard.”
Wow! I’m not sure how I’d feel about seeing Jim Carrey drilling a beefy muscle bear, but I must admit I’m a little intrigued. Quite honestly, I’m more uncomfortable about Jim Carrey being naked than the hairy guy he’s giving it to.
– Dewitt
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