Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This movie was assassinated by the critics. I really think it was a matter of sexism. The mainly male critics could not handle Jenny McCarthy's assertive nature.McCarthy is as wide-eyed, big mouthed, and rubber-faced here as Jim Carrey in his Ace Ventura days. Why did the critics find Carrey hilarious, but McCarthy "over the top" and disgusting? I think they want leading women, even comic ones to be their gentle, understanding lovers and sisters, but not a woman who grabs you by the scrotum and demands "**** me!" McCarthy wrote the movie and that's probably its greatest weakness. She ties together a bunch of comic sketches, date with Woody Allen type, date with a magician, girls out drinking, etc. It sort of works inside of a simple, girl looks for true love after being rejected plot, but the sketches are hit and miss and quite uneven, as they tend to be in raunchy comedies like this.McCarthy makes up for the so-so writing with her acting. She's does all kinds of physical stuff from farting to menstruating as if she's the center of attention at a party. She acts naturally and with amazing self-confidence.Over all, McCarthy makes the movie watchable and at times entertaining and fun. It is an okay raunchy little comedy. It certainly does not deserve all the hatred movie critics have thrown at it.

What an entertaining movie!I share the critical consensus, that it is poorly made and a failure in all its intended dimensions. But I watch movies a different way, and that allows me to get a lot out of it. In this case, it matters that this is Jenny McCarthy's project.If you do not know her, she was a nude model with artificial breasts who achieved the golden prize, the 'Playmate of the Year.' She was able to create a marketable persona as a lovable ditz. Later, she would become a spokesperson for one of the more dangerous ignorant memes; that vaccines caused her son's autism. What is salient here is that she is a dumb model with an act like the early Goldie Hawn and who married a filmmaker.She gets enough leverage to make her own movie. This was written by her; she plays the main role and her husband directs. So what is it about? Both sides of her: a vacuous supermodel who has no understanding of 'real love' and who spends the movie involved in embarrassing his hapless lover. She physically plays that target, who is a photographer like her husband..Among the embarrassments we are supposed to find comedic: her jilted tantrums; being vomited on; publicly slipping in a pool of her menstrual blood; having her breasts exposed in public; volunteering for casual sex with a couple losers; any number of silly 'girl talk' episodes; an extended drugtaking sequence and the final wrapup (where she finds her true love) triggered by a ridiculous belief in fortunetelling.To emphasize the embarrassments, we have two on-screen observers in her roommates, also extreme stereotypes. One, played by Kam Heskin, is actually effective because it finds the comedic balance Jenny misses.So, the fold here is simple: a woman's real life, exploited by her. It is supposed to leverage a dumb blond stereotype on screen and fails, but succeeds if you know that the created it herself.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

My friend recommended four movies to me. This is #2 of 4. I won't mention her name, as I want her to maintain a little dignity in regards to this movie…even though I am thoroughly p*ssed I had to sit through this.Raised Christian, I *MUST* forgive her, but by God, Dirty Love is a painful experience. This aimless, plot less, humorless, incoherent film is the reason I would like to either: A: go to film school in order to make a better movie to show them how it's done, or B: go to law school and sue these mothers for my 90 minutes back. Even Judge Judy would sympathize when I present Exhibit A: this DVD.Perhaps I should CC: Katherine Heigl on this… The main dufus character (played by Jenny McCarthy) appeared to be written directly for Katherine's signature sad slapstickish, bottom-feeding lack of talent schtick. But, lo…when the film mercifully finished, and after the (had-to-be-embarrassed) Director's name was read, the words came on: Written by Jenny McCarthy. I literally screamed out: "Well, there's the problem!"Look, I know my friend was trying to do good and I know she liked this a lot…but she did tell me to be honest.Maybe it's my own prejudice, but I cannot stand bleached blonde nobodies from LA or any high-society sector as portrayed here. They're incredibly shallow, thoughtless, selfish, brainless and ugly on the inside, and they're not helping themselves with the bloated lip work, fake boobs, yellow hair…I can't even watch any of the stupid Kardashian or Real Housewives (Oh, and they're real, my ass) reality crap shows for this very reason. Likewise, if there is a guy out there that likes this kind of flake, and even turns metro for it, they're equally just as guilty.I digress. This movie was so all over the map, so jumbled, such a mess, even if the three main leading ladies had IQs nearing double digits, you'd still have a hard time rooting for them. So, with that said, we have no one to cheer for. Even the best character of the bunch, John (the always fun even with crappy movies, Eddie Kaye Thomas), who plays the predictable love interest, still is so attached to such dead weight, you look for the nearest gun to put him (and following, us) out of our misery.Okay, here's the paper-thin plot: Girl says she's found true love in the opening few seconds and we have no reason to doubt her since the movie just began. Alas, it's a fake-person relationship and she, GASP, catches her model boyfriend cheating on her. So, we spend the next 85 minutes watching her, I'm guessing, attempts at revenge and discharging blood – her period in one of the most misplaced and unfunny scenes – in a supermarket. All the while, John wants to woo her, but is too wimpy. Finally – SPOILER for people that rightfully kept their eyes closed, John gets the girl in one of the most outrageous and illogical finales on a bridge with a bus that apparently was headed straight towards perfectly timed fireworks. WTF?Look. Listen. I've had to endure the painful The Ugly Truth with Katherine Hiegl, and as much as I hated that movie, this one actually topped it with absurdity. There is no reason to watch this. SKIP IT!

This film is absolute magic. Despite all the negative reviews this is the perfect film to watch if you are sitting around having cocktails with a few friends. Jenny McCarthy is ridiculous and over the top, however the whole movie is meant to be ridiculous and over the top. A movie called Dirty Love is not meant to be the new Good Will Hunting. Dirty Love accomplishes exactly what it was going for. Cheap, Raunchy, Insane moments of outrageous deliberate dirty, as mentioned in the title, jokes. If you want to be entertained and not take life too seriously I suggest a viewing. If you are looking for the next Academy Award Nominee. Look elsewhere.