Austin Pendleton, Constance Hsu, Eric Roberts

In the wake of a particularly bad break-up, serial chauvinist Max Bright (Patrick Warburton) kicks off a search for the "perfect" mail-order bride. But the Asian wife he imports (Marie Matiko) is hard...( read more  read more... )ly the woman he was expecting. At first, her otherworldly charms seem to soothe his piggish tendencies, but it doesn't take long for his true colors to return with a vengeance. Jennifer Tilly and Eric Roberts also star.

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Directed by: David Beaird

Release Date: June 7, 2005

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DVD Release Date: March 11, 2008

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  • August 22, 2009
    American book of the dead
  • April 20, 2009
    I wanted to see this due to Patrick Warburton and I am glad I did a very nice way to show how a man can change
  • May 29, 2008
    this one taught me alot about how strong love is.
  • March 16, 2008
    This movie has lousy production, direction, and story flow. That being said, the ending partially makes up for the major flaws. It is a story of one of the most flawed men, who has some good points about American "feminism" who hits bottom and from it, his beautiful Chinese wife ...( read more)literally saves him from Hell on Earth and supposedly Eternal Hell. The inner ugliness of Maxwell vs. the inner beauty of his wife and which one succeeds is very moving.
  • March 18, 2007
    This is a brilliant Drama that will unfortunately never get the attention and respect it deserves, with great performances from Patrick Warburton ( who plays a very different character to his well known puddy in Seinfeld) and Marie Matiko.
  • January 1, 2007
    This is really two movies. In the first half, Patrick Warburton plays a very obnoxious character. Then everything changes, and the rest of the movie is a beautiful meditation. Very well done.

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