Dirty Love

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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 and Victor Webster
Distributed by	First Look Pictures
Release date(s)	September 23, 2005
Language	English
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Dirty Love is a 2005 comedy film, written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming the couple were married but have since filed for divorce. The film heavily plays off McCarthy's reputation for scatological comedy. It was not critically successful, but did well commercially on DVD and other digital outlets. It 'won' the Golden Raspberry worst movie award in 2005.

1 Plot
2 Reaction
3 Awards
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Plot

Rebecca (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.

[edit] Reaction

The movie was a flop critically and reviews were mostly unfavorable. 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."^[1]

[edit] Awards

Dirty Love has won three Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies): Worst Picture; Worst Director (John Asher); and Worst Actress (Jenny McCarthy). It was also nominated for Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actress (Carmen Electra) and Worst Screen Couple, (Jenny McCarthy & ANYONE Dumb Enough to Befriend or Date Her).^[2]