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A Pyromaniac's Love Story

Play trailer Poster for A Pyromaniac's Love Story PG Released Apr 28, 1995 1h 34m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Sweet-natured bakery employee Sergio (John Leguizamo) is in love with a tough-cookie waitress, Hattie (Sadie Frost), who won't go out with him because of his minimal income. When the bakery burns down, Sergio receives a strange offer from an unknown man: confess to arson and get $25,000. His boss, Mr. Linzer (Armin Mueller-Stahl), also confesses to the crime, but when the real arsonist (William Baldwin) appears, Hattie finds herself attracted to the mysterious stranger.
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Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune The cast is fine, the direction fluid, but the story wears you down. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 16, 2017 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times A Pyromaniac's Love Story starts out like a lighthearted charmer, and then it goes on and on and on -- circling the same plot idea so doggedly that I began to wonder idly what it might have been like as a short subject. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Rated: 0/5 Apr 22, 2004 Full Review Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 2/10 Feb 19, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Heather M Honestly best movie i've seen in a long time. They really don't make movies like this anymore. I have always had pyromaniac tendencies and i have never felt more seen. 10/10!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Sorry, but I gotta defend this. It was kinda cute for its time. Seems like the entire cast had some quirk or other and it was fun putting all the pieces together. It was not the wasted effort the rating seems to indicate. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Funny from start to finish. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member it's. a fucking. bad ass movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A PYROMANIAC'S LOVE STORY, what appears to be a Made-for-TV presentation, is a weird experience. I should have been forewarned when I heard the goofy music. Generally, for me, goofy music means goofy movie! Plus, in this one, the story combines romance and arson, not a customary twosome. And although Sergio, played by John Leguizamo, tries very hard to be lovable and significant, I just didn't get it. Bottom line: a bakery burns to the ground and six silly characters confess to the crime. The dumbest confession was the bakery owner's wife, played by Joan Plowright, who confessed because she wanted to do something to show her husband how much she loved him. Seems like there might be better ways of doing that than causing a 3-alarm fire! And then there's just one stupid situation after another - so much so, I fast-forwarded at times. I couldn't stand it. This one is complete with pratfalls, racing here and there, misunderstandings, and overblown, overplayed and ridiculous characters (some of whom were played by William Baldwin, Sadie Frost, Richard Crenna, and Michael Lerner.) I kept watching thinking one of these characters might eventually appeal to me. But it was a lost cause. The ending was predictable and I was glad when the goofy music began playing during the ending credits. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member So, this kind of movie... Funny... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sweet-natured bakery employee Sergio (John Leguizamo) is in love with a tough-cookie waitress, Hattie (Sadie Frost), who won't go out with him because of his minimal income. When the bakery burns down, Sergio receives a strange offer from an unknown man: confess to arson and get $25,000. His boss, Mr. Linzer (Armin Mueller-Stahl), also confesses to the crime, but when the real arsonist (William Baldwin) appears, Hattie finds herself attracted to the mysterious stranger.
Director
Joshua Brand
Producer
Mark Gordon
Screenwriter
Morgan Ward
Distributor
Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Hollywood Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 28, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$465.6K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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