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If I Were You

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A woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress and achieves unexpected results.
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Bruce DeMara Toronto Star 11/28/2013
1.5/4
Here's a safe prediction: movie critics are going to have fun with the title of If I Were You. Go to Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post 03/15/2013
2/4
"If I Were You'' has more than its share of laughs, but director Joan Carr-Wiggin needed to cut half an hour to make this fly without interest flagging. Go to Full Review Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times 03/14/2013
2/5
Harden is a wonderful actress but struggles to find the complexity in so strained a situation. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/08/2019
It's been a minute since we've seen [Marcia Gay Harden] in a really juicy lead role, and she sinks her teeth into this one. How unfortunate then that nothing else about the film even comes close to matching her considerable talents. Go to Full Review Brent Simon Shared Darkness 03/17/2013
C
An odd little duck of a film [that] kicks around enjoyably for a while in the same sandbox as some of Woody Allen's mid-career farces, before eventually pivoting and skipping off into less rewarding territory. Go to Full Review David Noh Film Journal International 03/15/2013
An anti-rom-com in the best sense, Joan Carr-Wiggin's film joyously revives the screwball tradition with real wit, as well as making one fabulously tart female buddy movie. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Maria M 08/12/2024 Nice take on infidelity, human insecurity and our need for acceptance. Marcia is wonderful in this role. Gentle human movie about the nature of love and forgiveness. See more Diane E 08/27/2023 I agree with many of the critics that this movie was too long, with too many subplots. However, the one I would have shed was the one with the Aiden Quinn character, and I would have kept the King Lear production. See more Andrew H 04/20/2023 I can't believe this witty movie which was obviously played by a cast with real commitment gets 13%. It's an outrage. If you're a fan of light comedy/farce in the vein of Sondheim or Coward etc then this is a really enjoyable way to spend an hour or two. I came across it on the off-chance, checked some reviews via other sources, and went for it on the basis of how good those reviews are. I am so glad I decided to watch this, it's an excellent production. Recommended. See more David K 02/28/2023 There are many misplaced audience reviews here for a different movie from Brazil, with a conventional body-switching plot. The real movie is a witty Canada/English co-production with an excellent cast and a novel script. The dyspeptic critics hated it, but in fact it's quite funny, and it is NOT too long. My wife and I watched it as a second streaming feature one night and were never bored. Quite a few laughs. See more 06/20/2022 different from anything I have seen before. Loved the premise because it is possible just not seen by most. Marsha was excellent See more 02/09/2021 This was a gem of a movie with 2 fine and subtle lead actresses. The critics and I seem not to have watched the same movie. See more Read all reviews
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Joan Carr-Wiggin

Director

Marcia Gay Harden

Madelyn

Leonor Watling

Lucy

Joseph Kell

Paul

Aidan Quinn

Derek

Valerie Mahaffey

Lydia

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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress and achieves unexpected results.
Director
Joan Carr-Wiggin
Screenwriter
Joan Carr-Wiggin
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Rating
R (Language|Sexual References)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.2K
Runtime
1h 55m
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