The Accidental Husband is an American romantic comedy film directed by Griffin Dunne, and starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini, and Sam Shepard. The film was written by Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor and Bonnie Sikowitz, and is produced by Jennifer Todd, Jason Blum, and Uma Thurman.
New York firefighter Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is a happy-go-lucky guy looking forward to a life with his fiancée, Sophia (Justina Machado), until she calls into the show by famed love expert and radio host Dr. Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman). Emma questions Sophia’s concept of romantic love and advises her to break their engagement, which she swiftly does.
Patrick is so upset that when he hears that Emma is about to be married herself, he allows his young neighbour, Ajay, to hack into public records and create a fake marriage between himself and Emma. Upon going to the public records office to get a marriage license, Emma and her perfect-gentleman fiancé, Richard (Colin Firth), are told she is already married.
Emma sets out to find Patrick and give him annulment papers to sign so that she can marry Richard. Emma finds Richard in a bar, and their initial meeting ends with her getting drunk. The next day, Patrick comes to Emma’s work to give her the annulment papers as she is leaving for a wedding cake tasting. Patrick accompanies her to the tasting, where Frau Greta Bollenbecker (Isabella Rossellini) assumes he is Emma’s fiancé Richard and Emma.
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The Accidental Husband
Starring: Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Shepard, Isabella Rossellini, Lindsay Sloane, Justina Machado
Directed by: Griffin Dunne
Screenplay by: Kristen Buckley, Mimi Hare
Release Date: March 27, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and brief strong language.
Studio: Yari Film Group
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