Love and Other Disasters

Sep 9, 2006

1h 31m

★ 5.7

A comedy that proves love is blind.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Skyline Films

EuropaCorp

Ruby Films

Love and Other Disasters Trailers

Cast

Emily Jackson

Brittany Murphy

Peter Simon

Matthew Rhys

Paolo Sarmiento

Santiago Cabrera

Tallulah Wentworth

Catherine Tate

Finlay

Jamie Sives

Felicity Wentworth

Stephanie Beacham

Jacks

Gwyneth Paltrow

Paolo

Orlando Bloom

Therapist

Dawn French

David Williams

Will Keen

Marvin Berstein

Michael Lerner

Registrar

Richard Wilson

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