Mr. Jealousy (1997)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Noah Baumbach

Writer:

Noah Baumbach (written by)

Release Date:

5 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Lester is an occasional substitute teacher and he's very jealous. He is jealous about the last boyfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Group Therapy | Art | Brooklyn New York | Deception | Fistfight

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Oct. 14	4:45 PM	SHOW
Thur. Oct. 23	9:15 AM	SHOW

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Lester Grimm, aka Vince
Annabella Sciorra	...	Ramona Ray
Chris Eigeman	...	Dashiell Frank
Carlos Jacott	...	Vince, aka Leo
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Lucretia
Brian Kerwin	...	Stephen
John Lehr	...	Lint
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Dr. Howard Poke
Vincent Polidoro	...	Young Lester Grimm
Yvette Brooks Grant	...	Paulina
Jose Soto	...	Club Promoter
Delaine Yates	...	Ariana
Nico Baumbach	...	Ex-Boyfriend
Joel Castleberg	...	Curt
Dean Wareham	...	Music Video Director

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35510) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Joel Castleberg Productions

Trivia:

On The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance marquee that appears in the film, a quote ("a classic") is attributed to G Brown. The critic in question is Georgia Brown, famed Village Voice film critic and mother of writer/director Noah Baumbach.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Numerous occurrences. At one point, not only is the mike visible, the *boom* is visible.

Quotes:

Ramona: (to Lester) What would you do if I bit your face, now... suddenly?

Movie Connections:

References Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Soundtrack:

I Never Will Forget You

Enjoyable Romantic Comedy

MR. JEALOUSY doesn't aspire to greatness; just a small, quirky, romantic comedy. To this end it succeeds. Set in Manhattan, Eric Stoltz plays a young thirty-something wannabe writer earning a living as a substitute teacher. Annabella Sciorra plays his girlfriend, and they are falling in love with one another. Eric's problem is that he is pathologically jealous and is being eaten away by thoughts of one of her earlier lovers who is now a successful writer. So obsessed is Eric that he joins the ex-boyfriend's group therapy session under the guise of his best friend. And far from being irate, the friend begins to dig on this, receiving therapy vicariously through Eric.

Of course the whole shebang unravels and...well that's the movie. As far as 'date' movies go, this is better than most and is heartily recommended for the guys when the lady wants this kind of movie brought home.