If I Were You

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  • Opened March 15, 2013 (NY)
  • 1 hr 55 min
  • R | Language and Sexual References
  • What happens when your new best friend is your husband’s mistress? Madelyn Reid (Marcia Gay Harden) accidentally learns of her husband’s infidelity when she saves his sexy young mistress Lucy (Leonor Watling) from a bungled suicide attempt. When her unsuspecting young rival suggests the two new friends take each other’s advice – on everything – Madelyn sees an opportunity to seize the upper hand. But the plan backfires when Lucy, an aspiring actress, insists Madelyn keep her end of the bargain and orders her to star as King Lear in a community production, with Lucy playing The Fool. Things really get out of control when Lucy starts giving Madelyn instructions on dealing with an amorous coworker and a handsome stranger (Aidan Quinn). Full synopsis

  • Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling, Joseph Kell
  • Director: Joan Carr-Wiggin
  • Genres: Comedy Drama, Psychological Drama

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Village Voice
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If I Were You is a screwball comedy for Canadians—not LOL funny, but as crazy as you might expect Toronto to get. Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

If I Were You has more than its share of laughs, but director Joan Carr-Wiggin needed to cut half an hour to make this fly without interest flagging. She had the exact same problem with her last movie, “A Previous Engagement.’’ Read full review

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Slant Magazine
| Nick Schager

A wannabe French-style infidelity farce that keeps indulging in unnecessary bathos and subplots. Read full review

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Time Out New York
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It’s a complex geometry that’s mined for some interesting perspectives on romantic fulfillment, but the film’s comic sense (exemplified by a drunken Harden acting inappropriately) is slack and its dramatic conclusion unfulfilling. Read full review

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A scene from "If I Were You."