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Big Bad Love

Big Bad Love

2001Movie⏱️ 1h 51mR
ComedyDramaRomance
5.8
IMDB Rating
749 votes

Barlow is a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking, long-haired, and deeply unhappy aspiring writer who pulls a dozen rejection slips out of his mailbox every day while trying to get through his life with some semblance of purpose.

Director
Arliss Howard
Writers
Larry Brown, Jim Howard, Arliss Howard
Stars
Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat
Release Date
October 11, 2001
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 28
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Arliss Howard
Arliss Howard
as Barlow
Debra Winger
Debra Winger
as Marilyn
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat
as Monroe
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Arquette
as Velma
Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson
as Mrs. Barlow
Michael Parks
Michael Parks
as Mr. Aaron
Alex Van
Alex Van
as Deputy
👤
Zachary Moody
as Alan
👤
Olivia Kersey
as Alisha
👤
Kevin Mitchell
as Twin #1

💰 Box Office

$104,294
Worldwide Gross
$104,294
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA
Production
Big Bad Love LLC, Pieface Productions, Rocking S

🏷️ Keywords

child supportwriterabandoned theaterfantasy sequencehallucination

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

An Ode to Writing
by camerondietrich2002-03-28

"Unfortunately, Big Bad Love, for all its undeniably good anti-mainstream intentions, fails to come off even as the cutting-edge manifestation it tries so strenuously to be. Mr. Howard directs himself as a long-failed writer named Barlow, who keeps mailing manuscripts to various publishers and getting them all back with a variety of rejection letters. The returned manila envelopes bulk large in his rustic roadside mail box. But no matter: Barlow keeps stuffing the box with new manila envelopes. Words keep floating around his head, and even on the screen and on the soundtrack. Even big words you..."

💡 Did You Know?

Debra Winger's return to acting after a six year absence.

📖 Synopsis

Barlow is a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking, long-haired, and deeply unhappy aspiring writer who pulls a dozen rejection slips out of his mailbox every day while trying to get through his life with some semblance of purpose.