Love and Other Catastrophes

Aug 1, 1996

1h 18m

★ 5.3

The trouble with love is, you never know where it's going to strike next.

Overview

A day in the life of two film school students trying to find love and another housemate.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

New Vision Films

Screwball Five

Beyond Films

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Love and Other Catastrophes Trailers

Cast

Michael Douglas

Matt Day

Mia

Frances O'Connor

Ari

Matthew Dyktynski

Alice

Alice Garner

Danni

Radha Mitchell

Professor Richard Leach

Kim Gyngell

Savita

Suzi Dougherty

Dr. Russell

Suzanne Dowling

Toby

Torquil Neilson

Zac

Dominic McDonald

Susan

Christine Stephen-Daly

Brigid

Brigid Kelly

The main thing is sexy - no matter whether thin, fat, what skin color, young, old, we can all be sexy in different ways. Almost every woman grows up having to work on herself in order to remain desirable. Why? What if we stopped pushing ourselves into a sexy pose with all our might? What if we no longer fought for the right to be sexy, but were truly free? What if we stopped investing all our time and energy in being heard and the world started to hear us? A modern movie about modern women and men - who might be able to find a common language.

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