Mr. Wrong

Directed by Nick Castle. With Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Dean Stockwell. A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.

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In this black romantic comedy, television producer Martha Alston finally gives in to parental badgering and begins looking for a nice husband. When she meets Whitman Crawford, he seems to be her dream man. However, when she meets Whit's mother and his crazy ex-girlfriend, Martha begins to have second thoughts.

Ellen has found a movie vehicle that's sui DeGeneres in Mr. Wrong. The saga of how the perfect mate evolves into the date from hell has an underlying darkness that may surprise and put off some of the actress' TV fans. But the hip, smart yarn has a bite not seen in American movies since The War of the Roses.

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Not quite the hidden-in-plain-sight queerness of the straight-laced Rock Hudson romcoms of yesteryear, this film still aches with Ellen's apparent lack of interest in men. At no point does she sell her interest in Bill Pullman's character, even early on. Her awkward demeanor comes off as completely detached from the moment during her meet-cute, and it never goes further than that. From there, as the romcom tropes are dashed against the increasingly bleak comedy (that leaps heedlessly into a goofy version of horrifying abuse), her aww shucks babbling humor fails to find a place in the hapless flibbertigibbet (I use

Mr. Wrong is a 1996 American romantic black comedy film starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman. It was a critical failure and box office bomb. DeGeneres still mentions it occasionally in her talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, poking fun at the disastrous reception of her major film debut.