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Mail Order Wife (2005)

Director: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland

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From Time Out New York

Beginning as a shining example of a mockumentary, then curdling into a private joke, Mail Order Wife features an offscreen narrator-director named Andrew (Gurland) interviewing Adrian (Martinez), a working-class slob from Queens who registers with a matchmaking service that hooks up Third World women with American men. A Burmese maiden is successfully summoned. But when the situation becomes abusive, Andrew lamely steps in front of the camera to confront his subject. Unfortunately, as Andrew loses his luster so does the film.

Author: LS 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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  • Adrian said...
    Posted on Jul 17 2008 01:50 a movie that takes chances in todays sellout climate should be praised.
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Director: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland

Producer: Avram Ludwig, Kendall Morgan, Andrew Weiner, Nina Yang

With: Andrew Gurland, Eugenia Yuan, Adrian Martinez

Duration: 89 mins


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