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Director: Adam Goldberg
Actors: Marisa Coughlan, Judy Greer, Shalom Harlow, Jared Harris, Joshua Jackson
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

9 reviews
Sales Rank: 60815

Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: TF-54295
UPC: 821575542951
EAN: 0821575542951
ASIN: B000E1NXKO

Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: March 28, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Filmed like an art-house project, I Love Your Work offers thoughtful insight to fame from both the celebrity's and the fan's points of view. When you're a celebrity, every fan is a potential stalker. Or at least that's how movie star Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) sees it. An A-list actor married to a sex symbol, Gray wants to see things clearly in black and white. But his world is a cloudy haze of gray. Are his flashbacks of a comely girlfriend (Christina Ricci) hallucinations or memories of a simpler, happier time? Are his encounters with a stoic fan (Jason Lee) the prelude to his demise, or the manifestation of his paranoia? Director Adam Goldberg doesn't make this clear, but that's also clearly his intent. The drama offers a charismatic performance by Franka Potente (Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity) as Gray's frustrated wife. But Ribisi--at his twitchiest--is an unconvincing movie star, appearing more like a run-down wannabe than a full-fledged insider. I Love Your Work? Not so much. --Jae-Ha Kim

Product Description
The achingly hip I LOVE YOUR WORK arrives with trappings familiar to any keen-eyed independent film fan. With a cast that includes Giovanni Ribisi (LOST IN TRANSLATION) and Franke Potente (RUN LOLA RUN) a big-star-in-a-cameo-role appearance (in this case Vince Vaughn) and the by now obligatory roles for people you wouldn't expect to see in such a movie (Jason Lee Elvis Costello) Adam Goldberg's debut feature is positively dripping in cool and he seems to have looked up every contact in his Rolodex for I LOVE YOUR WORK--even calling on the Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd to carve out a few songs for the soundtrack.Ribisi stars as Gray Evans a hip movie star who--between endless loft parties and frolics with his wife Mia Lang (Potente)--worries he is being stalked. Grappling with dreams about an ex-girlfriend (played by Christina Ricci) and obsessed with a young filmmaker John (Joshua Jackson) who reminds Gray of his pre-fame self he hires an investigator (Jared Harris) to help calm his insecurities. After setting out his stall Goldberg subsequently takes his audience on a disquieting thrill-ride through Gray's life beautifully capturing the preternatural world he inhabits. As Gray becomes more and more obsessed with John and John s girlfriend Jane (Marisa Coughlan) Goldberg steers the movie into bizzaro-world with hints of work by directors such as David Lynch coming thick and fast. While Goldberg s film playfully struggles to reflect the dizzy confusion of its chief protagonist story threads are left dangling and the audience are made to do a lot of work; but it's a rewarding experience for those who are willing to delve into this excellent meditation on celebrity culture at the dawn of the 21st century.System Requirements:Running Time 111 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 821575542951 Manufacturer No: TF-54295

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4 out of 5 stars

I Love Your Work - A Misunderstood Gem Of A Film For Actors And Students Of The Human Psyche December 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you love cinema that pushes the envelope, then I Love Your Work may be what you are looking for. That is, if this is the kind of movie you are looking for and if you are ready. This is not an *accessible* movie, and the plot serves only as a backdrop for the real story: the inner-workings of an alienated, paranoid and crumbling mind. For those that appreciate the psychological in film, this movie is a treasure trove. I think anybody who truly appreciates, studies and aspires to great acting can also learn much from Mr. Ribisi's performance here.

Some people have focused on the plot of this picture and come away with the impression that this is a *woe is me* tale about the grips of celebrity. I see this movie more as a character study of a very needy and praise-dependant introvert who is losing his grip on reality. The fact that the main character is a famous actor is useful in providing a personality type which can be vulnerable to needing the approval and praise of others. Indeed, not all actors have this need, certainly not to the debilitating level of Ribisi's character here. But the need for admiration and approval is something that is probably bigger for actors, and definitely something the rest of the world can relate to.

Granted this film is not for the general public. This is not meant to be watched for surface level entertainment, nor is it meant to be structured like the traditional story many people often expect. To portray the stream of consciousness of somebody's fractured mind on film is a very difficult thing to do. It does not lend itself to traditional plot structure and scene sequences.

Much of what we see on screen is indeed happening inside of the central character's mind after all. Some of it is happening in his memory and some of it is a complete fabrication of his imagination. The complex interconnections between past and present, fantasy and reality require careful study and continued viewing. Those making snap assessments are likely to miss what is happening beneath the surface.

A central theme in this movie revolves around Ribisi's relationship with an aspiring film-maker and his girlfriend. At first he is flattered by the filmmaker, played well by Joshua Jackson. But he begins to identify with his girlfriend as the girl he left behind when he became famous. As he spirals deeper into his fantasy world, he begins to crave her desire and approval. Indeed, he longs for the simple life and real love that they share and he feels he has lost, despite his marriage to the actress that was the object of his affection before he hit the big time. He also acts in increasingly unhealthy ways as he loses his grip on reality. The results are disasterous.

I really loved the casting of this movie for the most part. The only minor critique I can offer is that the way the script was written didn't allow all of the supporting cast to flex their acting muscles. Still, they are used well even if not to their full potential. I would not critique the disjointed plot nor the slow moving sequences because I believe that both of those aspects of the film are central to the psychological descent they were trying to portray.

If you are looking for a traditional story with an easy to digest plot, this is not for you. But if you are intrigued by the psychological aspects of acting and how various manias are played out on screen, give this movie some time. If you love great acting, there is a lot to learn here.

Enjoy.

2 out of 5 stars

What exactly is the plot here??? April 2, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This movie was painful to watch at times. The main guy seems pretty cool, but his wife in the movie is, well.. it's just unbelievable that she's supposed to be a movie star's wife - she's flat chested and has a big butt, not to mention ugly. And she's really annoying and has some BS accent. The sound levels are totally screwed up - channels aren't mixed right, I found myself straining to hear one minute, and then blasted with sound the next, esp when when music was mixed in. I felt like I was on a miracle ear commercial asking my wife "what did he just say?" And I have otherwise perfect hearing. Overall the "film" is totally shallow and a strained effort to make a clever movie with alot of pretentious B-movie grade ideas. It would be like what would happen if a 5th grader whose father is a bigtime director wrote a script and his father directed and cast it. It's just dumb and poorly executed with good acting and decent cinematography. Did I mention how bad the sound was?? It's very rare that I stop watching a movie partway through, as the last movie that I stopped watching partway through was 'The Man' with Samuel L Jackson, to give you an idea of how high my tolerance for pain really is. And whoo-hoo, people do drugs in the movie!! Wow!! I've never seen anyone do drugs before, and something like that just blows away the average 13 year old from Provo. So totally cutting edge with the drug scenes...and there's boobs, too!! Yee-ha!! Boobs!! I gave it 2 stars b/c the acting is OK and Elvis Costello made a cameo.

5 out of 5 stars

Ya'll peep is crazy February 23, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This was one of the best movie I've seen all year. Guliana Rabissi (sp?) is PHENOMINAL. People giving this movie low ratings must not understand the complex, multi-demintional plot. The acting is excellent, the cinematography is capticating. I rarely purchase DVD's, but I bought this one because of how much it touched me. It's a remarkable piece of art.

2 out of 5 stars

Ennui would be a kind descriptor November 7, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

Clocking in at just under two hours, I LOVE YOUR WORK leaves the viewer feeling as though from the opening sequence that stones have been tied to your feet and your body thrown into the very deep and dank water to slowly settle into the mud at the bottom. Sound dreary? Then avoid this little mess of a film.

It is hard to believe that Adrian Butchart who is giving us the radiant GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS trilogy could help write this script: one wonders if writer/director Adam Goldberg didn't just bring him in for help. The story is tired (small time guy gives up love for a career as a movie star with all the accessories of money, fame, celeb status, gorgeous wife, etc. only to find life in its simpler fashion was preferable) and the choices of casting this very dark and dreary tale are inappropriate. Giovanni Ribisi, superb an actor though he most assuredly is, simply is not credible as a movie star sex symbol whose stardom is accompanied by alcoholism, self hate, paranoia, fragmented thinking, and bad decisions. The only time we see anything vaguely suggestive of his ability to create a role is in the many flashback scenes (with girlfriend Christina Ricci): his on screen chemistry with his famous wife Mia (the enormously talented Franka Potente who here is wasted in a mannequin's role) is nil, and his interplay with such actors as Vince Vaughn, Marisa Coughlan, Judy Greer, Shalom Harlow, Joshua Jackson, Jason Lee, and Elvis Costello is unilateral.

Goldberg films this boring redundant tale using all manner of artsy camera tricks that only serve to make the tedium increase. With a cast like this the product had promise. Goldberg needs some time to think about this phase of his career. Grady Harp, November 06

2 out of 5 stars

It had potential; I'll give it that November 5, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

The last time I saw the names "Adam Goldberg" and "Giovanni Ribisi" together, they were two American Soldiers who perished while trying to save a certain Private Ryan.

Goldberg co-wrote and directed this contemporary psychological drama that has all the ingredients for a great finale but gets left in the oven too long. At times towards the end I was thinking it could have been something perhaps similar to "Memento" or something of that nature. What this film gives you is a plethora of cross analyzing ideas meshed with real time parallels, that ultimately bogs down in a mosh of messy execution. Some of the biggest points and profound themes that it spends so much time getting to in a bizarre and confusingly intricate way are so simplistic they leave you yawning. Despite a stellar cast that besides Rabisi also features Jason Lee, Christina Ricci, Vince Vaughn, Haylie Duff and Elvis Costello, it gets to far out of the main points of what it is trying to convey.

Rabisi stars as Gray Evans, a movie star actor who is having marital trouble. Gray starts thinking amid his days of working on the set, going through fan email, and getting bugged by people, that a fan is stalking him. Relentless in his obsession of this belief, he starts obsessing about others around him. Great ideas here but then the film basically spends too much time zigzagging around to all the different characters and locales. We understand that Gray seems to have a connection with a film grad who is also a fan and is suspected by him at one time, of being the stalker, but by the time 100 minutes roles by it gets to the point of not caring. The ideas are there, I just feel it was a bit over ambitious in the portrayal of it all. The sections that are supposed to be psychological really come off more like psycho confusing, and the parts that are to be rewarding in tying up loose ends towards the films finish end up falling flat.

If you like Independent films, or want to try something different, by all means give it a try. I don't see it as being something I would watch again, or have in my collection for killing time on a Sunday afternoon with.

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