Love and Other Disasters

Love and Other Disasters

A comedy that proves love is blind.

2006•1h 31m•5.7/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(343)

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.

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Production

Skyline Films, EuropaCorp, Ruby Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy

Emily Jackson

Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys

Peter Simon

Santiago Cabrera

Santiago Cabrera

Paolo Sarmiento

Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

Tallulah Wentworth

Jamie Sives

Jamie Sives

Finlay

Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham

Felicity Wentworth

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jacks

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom

Paolo

Dawn French

Dawn French

Therapist

Will Keen

Will Keen

David Williams

Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner

Marvin Berstein

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson

Registrar

Elliot Cowan

Elliot Cowan

James Wildstone

Daniel Njo Lobé

Daniel Njo Lobé

Freedom

Samantha Bloom

Pandora

Adam Rayner

Adam Rayner

Tom / Fantasy David

Angus Deayton

Angus Deayton

Celebrity

Frédéric Anscombre

Frédéric Anscombre

Sascha Santori

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Daphne Spring

Tony MacMurray

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