Love Stinks (film)

Love Stinks is a 1999 American screwball dark comedy film written and directed by Jeff Franklin and starring French Stewart, Bridgette Wilson, Bill Bellamy and Tyra Banks.

Love Stinks
Promotional poster
Directed byJeff Franklin
Produced byAdam Merims
Written byJeff Franklin
Starring
Music byBennett Salvay
CinematographyUta Briesewitz
Edited byRichard Candib
Production
company
Prophet Entertainment
Distributed byIndependent Artists
Release date
  • September 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$2,924,635[1]

Synopsis

Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night.

Chelsea changes from her bridesmaid dress into a sexy outfit and tells him that she has only one rule: she won't have sex with a guy until they have had at least three meals together. Seth proceeds to speed date through the evening ensuring that they actually eat three meals. They end up in the showroom of Chelsea’s job having sex in a four poster bed until Chelsea's boss interrupts them and presumably fires Chelsea.

The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes The War of the Roses look like child's play.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception

Upon its release, Love Stinks received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 19% based on 47 reviews and an average rating of 3.46/10, while the audience rating is 64% based on 6,750 reviews and a rating of 3.58. The site's critical consensus reads, "This one-dimensional comedy with recycled laughs will have you holding your nose." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 23 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Soundtrack
  1. Love Stinks – Andru Branch
  2. Let's Get It On – Marvin Gaye
  3. Can't Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
  4. I Promise – B. Chevis
  5. Glaym Lyfe – Shady Montage
  6. Fairy Tales – Kevin Perez
  7. Why Ya Wanna Do Me (Like This) – Chip Allen
  8. Playa Wayz – Andre Branch
  9. This Thing Called Love – Jonathan Douglas
  10. Na, Na, Na – Brion James
  11. I Feel Good – Alexander
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References
  1. Love Stinks at Box Office Mojo


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