The Accidental Husbanda.k.a. “Marido por Acaso,” “Marido por Acidente,” “Marido por accidente,” “Novio por accidente,” “Syzygos… kata lathos,” “Tuplamorsian,” “Un mari de trop,” “Un marito di troppo,” “Zufällig verheiratet”

MPAA Rating: for some sexual content and brief strong language.

Review coming from Contributor: Mia J. Best

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

Primary Audience:

Adults, Teens

Genre:

Romance, Comedy

Length:

1 hr. 30 min.

Year of Release:

2008

USA Release:

UK: February 29, 2008
DVD: November 10, 2009

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Producer’s Synopsis: “‘The Accidental Husband’ centers on Emma (Uma Thurman) a successful but uptight relationship expert with a hit radio show and an upcoming book. She is serious and sensible about the issue of love and gives frank, “on the nose” advice to women on how to find the right man without wasting time on the wrong ones in between. Emma believes she has met her own perfect match in Richard (Colin Firth) a successful and conservative publishing executive.

Of course matters of the heart are never as clean cut as Emma believes them to be! Just weeks before her wedding Emma discovers she is somehow already married to Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) an irresponsible but charming neighborhood fireman with a big secret …the marriage is no accident.

It turns out Patrick is harboring a grudge—his fiancee broke up with him after receiving relationship advice from Emma on her show. The ‘accidental’ marriage is a prank Patrick pulled to cause chaos in Emma's apparently perfect love life and show her what it feels like to have a complete stranger meddle with your life.

Unable to come clean, Patrick goes along with the ruse pretending to be just as baffled as Emma. Whilst trying to figure out how to end the marriage their opposite approaches to life create much tension and chaos. But as they spend more time together, Patrick starts to fall in love with the woman he thinks ruined his future marriage and Emma starts to admire his carefree, reckless passion for life and doubt her own conservative, button-down views on life and love.”

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Neutral - I enjoyed most of the movie—it was light-hearted and charming and had some good humor. But as a Christian, for my family, I can't endorse the whole thing. My husband and I watched it with our 17 and 15 year old, and even they felt offended at times. There was premarital sex, and premarital sex is totally accepted in the movie. The main character is engaged to be married and sleeps with another man, and there was some slight nudity. Also, the “F” word is used once (by the main character in her wedding dress) and it was a little shocking and totally unnecessary. As there are in most Hollywood movies, there are a few obviously homosexual characters.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 3½
—Bev S, age 47 (USA)

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