Mr. Wrong (1996)
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4% of critics liked it
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29% of users liked it
(8,855 ratings)
Popular comic and television personality Ellen DeGeneres had her first starring role in a feature film in this black comedy. Martha Alston (DeGeneres) is a thirtysomething single working as a producer for a talk show. Ever since Martha's younger sister got married, her parents have been after… More Popular comic and television personality Ellen DeGeneres had her first starring role in a feature film in this black comedy. Martha Alston (DeGeneres) is a thirtysomething single working as a producer for a talk show. Ever since Martha's younger sister got married, her parents have been after her to settle down, but Martha has had little luck finding the right guy. On Valentine's Day, Martha is depressed and drinking at a bar when she meets Whitman Crawford (Bill Pullman), who seems like the perfect man -- he's good looking, sensitive, intelligent, and affectionate. However, when she makes the mistake of telling her new beau that he can be himself around her, she discovers the real Whitman -- he's a horrible poet, he likes awful music, he enjoys shoplifting ("Stolen beer just tastes better!"), and he's a borderline psychotic who doses her with LSD for fun. What's more, his mother (Joan Plowright) and ex-girlfriend (Joan Cusack) hate Martha's guts and don't mind telling her so. So how can Martha convince her friends and family that she wants nothing to do with the man of her dreams? More importantly, how does she convince Whitman? ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nick Castle Jr.
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Feb 16, 1996 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Leonard Klady, Variety
The hip, smart yarn has a bite not seen in American movies since The War of the Roses.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
A dreadful movie.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
This is a romantic comedy parody, but how can you satirize something that's a comedy to begin with? If this motion picture is an example, not only can't it be done, but the result is downright ugly.
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
A sour, listless debunking of romantic comedies.
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Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Like its title character, Mr. Wrong doesn't know when to quit.
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Cast
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Ellen DeGeneres
as Martha Alston
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Bill Pullman
as Whitman Crawford
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Joan Cusack
as Inga Gunther
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Dean Stockwell
as Jack Tramonte
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Joan Plowright
as Mrs. Crawford
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John Livingston
as Walter
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Wayne Alexander
as Man at Opera
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Louie Anderson
as Himself
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Christine Cattall
as Nancy Culpepper
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Ellen Cleghorne
as Jane
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Maddie Corman
as Missy
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John Cothran Jr.
as Old Man
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Hope Davis
as Annie
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Hector Elias
as Mexican Lieutenant
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Robert Goulet
as Dick Braxton
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Polly Holliday
as Mrs. Alston
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Casey Kasem
as Mexican Detective
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Jean Kasem
as Herself
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Christopher Kriesa
as Cop #2
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Frank Roman
as James
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Camille Saviola
as Consuela
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Peter White
as Mr. Alston
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Shea Farrell
as Priest
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Frank Lugo
as Priest
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Jonathan Hernandez
as Himself
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Bob Harvey
as Elder Neighbor
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Brad William Henke
as Bob
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Gilbert B. Combs
as Bartender
