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{{infobox film
| name = The Accidental Husband
| image = Accidental husband.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Griffin Dunne]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* [[Jennifer Todd]]
* [[Suzanne Todd]]
* [[Jason Blum]]
* [[Uma Thurman]]
* [[Bob Yari]]
}}
| writer = {{plainlist|
* Mimi Hare
* Clare Naylor
* Bonnie Sikowitz
}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* Uma Thurman
* [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]]
* [[Colin Firth]]
* [[Isabella Rossellini]]
* [[Sam Shepard]]
}}
| music = Andrea Guerra
| cinematography = William Rexer II
| editing = Suzy Elmiger
| studio = [[Blumhouse Productions]]
| distributor = [[Yari Film Group]]
| released ={{Film date|2008|2|29|(UK)|2009|10|10|(US DVD)}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c8bc931|title=The Accidental Husband (2008)|work=[[British Film Institute]]|accessdate=13 May 2018}}</ref>
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $22.7 million<ref name="mojo" />
}}

'''''The Accidental Husband''''' is a 2008 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Griffin Dunne]] and starring [[Uma Thurman]], [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], [[Colin Firth]], [[Isabella Rossellini]], and [[Sam Shepard]]. The film was written by Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor and Bonnie Sikowitz, and was [[film producer|produced]] by Jennifer Todd, [[Jason Blum]], and Uma Thurman. It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom in 2008, but was released direct-to-DVD in the United States.

==Plot==
Patrick Sullivan is looking forward to a life with Sophia, until she calls into the radio show hosted by famed love expert Dr. Emma Lloyd. Emma questions Sophia’s concept of romantic love and advises her to break their engagement, which she swiftly does.

Patrick is so upset that when he hears that Emma is about to be married herself, he allows his young neighbour, Ajay, to hack into public records and create a fake marriage certificate between himself and Emma. Upon going to the public records office to get a marriage license, Emma and her perfect-gentleman fiancé, Richard, are told she is already married.

Emma sets out to find Patrick and give him [[annulment]] papers to sign so that she can marry Richard. Emma finds Patrick in a bar, and their initial meeting ends with her getting drunk. The following day, Patrick comes to Emma's workplace to give her the annulment papers as she is leaving for a wedding cake tasting. Patrick accompanies her to the tasting, where Frau Greta Bollenbecker assumes he is Emma's fiancé, Richard. Greta later comes to Emma's book launch because her husband Herr Karl Bollenbecker is planning to liquidate Richard's publishing house. Greta meets Emma during the banquet and tells her of the same. Patrick still has the annulment papers, so he comes to the book launch. Matters get worse when Richard sees Greta and Karl with Emma and Patrick, who is posing as Richard, but Richard agrees to go along with it when he learns that Greta thinks Patrick will charm Karl so much that Karl will decide to continue business with "Richard".

Patrick invites them all to Ajay's {{lang|sa-Latn|[[upanayana]]}} ceremony. Emma and the other guests have a good time there, and she sees a whole new side of Patrick, who had been repulsive to her so far. There is a slight spark of attraction, but Emma flees the scene before anything can happen.

Patrick decides to throw out everything related to Emma or Sophia, but instead reads Emma's book, ''Real Love''. He comes to confront her about the book because he thinks it only points out all the bad things in a relationship. Patrick and Emma continue their argument in an elevator. Suddenly Patrick flashes his New York Fire Department badge and asks the other occupants to leave the elevator. He then locks the elevator to kiss Emma. Security staff see them through a CCTV in the elevator and ask them to leave.

Emma finally has the signed and notarized annulment papers, but she considers calling off her wedding. She goes to Patrick’s lodgings and they make love that night. The following morning, Emma finds all the papers related to her and Sophia in the trash. Patrick then confesses that he had initially wanted to teach her a lesson about love but then fell for her. Emma then goes back to the honorable Richard, who still loves her and says that she wants to marry him.

One day before her wedding, Patrick calls her at the radio station and tells her that he loves her. She does not answer him. The next day on her wedding day, she confides in her father, Wilder, and asks for his advice. He tells her that the decision is hers. Richard comes to see Emma in the bridal chamber. Richard had also heard the radio show the night before and tells her that he wants her to be happy, and they amicably break up.

Emma sets off the church's fire sprinklers in an attempt to get Patrick to the church. Meanwhile, the fire department where Patrick works is called to the church to put out the fire. When Patrick arrives there, Emma and Patrick get married and leave in the fire truck. The final scene shifts to a year later where it is shown that Emma is pregnant and that she and Patrick are still very much in love. The movie ends with a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] song, "Swasame", from the movie ''[[Thenali]]'' in the background.<ref name=Beal>{{cite web |first=Jane |last=Beal |title=The Accidental Husband |url=http://thepoetryplace.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/the-accidental-husband/|accessdate= 5 March 2018}}</ref>

==Cast==
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* [[Uma Thurman]] as Dr. Emmeline (Emma) Lloyd
* [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] as Patrick Sullivan
* [[Colin Firth]] as Richard Braxton
* [[Isabella Rossellini]] as Frau Greta Bollenbecker
* [[Keir Dullea]] as Herr Karl Bollenbecker
* [[Sam Shepard]] as Wilder Lloyd
* [[Kristina Klebe]] as Katerina Bollenbecker
* [[Lindsay Sloane]] as Marcy
* [[Justina Machado]] as Sophia
* Jeffrey Tedmori as Ajay
* [[Sarita Choudhury]] as Sunday
* [[Brooke Adams (actress)|Brooke Adams]] as Carolyn
* [[Michael Mosley (actor)|Michael Mosley]] as Declan
* [[Ajay Naidu]] as Deep
* [[Lindsey Kraft]] as Lauren
{{Div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
The film features several [[Music of India|Indian songs]], including [[A. R. Rahman]]'s "Yaro Yarodi", "Swasamae" and "Rang De" (from the films ''[[Alaipayuthey (film)|Alaipayuthey]]'', ''[[Thenali]]'' and ''[[Thakshak]]'' respectively) as well as [[Panjabi Hit Squad]]'s "Kuriyeh".<ref name=PHS_at_bbc>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/44rk1Xk25PgtvFmqX5nkd4F/panjabi-hit-squad Panjabi Hit Squad - quote: "Their song "Kuriyeh" appeared in the 2008 Hollywood film, The Accidental Husband"] at bbc.co.uk Accessed 5 March 2018</ref>

==Release==
Theatrically, the film was released on February 29, 2008 in the UK and was scheduled to be released on August 22, 2008 in the United States.<ref name=EntWeekly>{{cite news| url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20192528,00.html | work=Entertainment Weekly | title=Summer Movie Preview | date=April 18, 2008|accessdate= 5 March 2018}}</ref> It was delayed to March 27, 2009 before being shelved indefinitely following the [[bankruptcy]] of its distributor, [[Yari Film Group]]'s releasing division.<ref name=LA_TimesBlogs>{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/12/court-compeles.html | title=Court compels Yari Film Group's releasing unit into Chapter 11 | last=Eller | first=Claudia | date=2008-12-12 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date=2009-03-03}}</ref> It was released direct-to-DVD in the United States on November 10, 2009.

==Reception==
===Box office ===
As of December 12, 2010, it made $22,707,064.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title=The Accidental Husband |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0809504/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 2020-04-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Accidental Husband (2009) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Accidental-Husband-The#tab=summary |website= The Numbers |access-date= 2020-04-24 }}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 6% based on reviews from 17 critics.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Accidental Husband (2009) |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/accidental_husband |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= 2020-04-24 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] it has an approval rating of 14% based on reviews from 4 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".<ref>{{cite web |title= The Accidental Husband |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-accidental-husband/critic-reviews |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= 2020-04-24 }}</ref>

Peter Bradshaw of [[The Guardian]] criticized the predictable plot and the actors lack of romantic chemistry.<ref>{{cite web |date= 29 February 2008 |last= Bradshaw |first= Peter |title= The Accidental Husband |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/29/comedy.romance |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date= 2020-04-24 }}</ref>
Jenny McCartney of [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] was critical of the lack of chemistry "None of it works: the inexplicable alchemy between co-stars that can seduce the audience even in an indifferent rom-com doesn't arise between Thurman and Morgan."<ref>{{cite web |date= 28 December 2013 |last= McCartney |first= Jenny |title= The Accidental Husband, review: 'a film to turn your heart to stone' |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10528914/The-Accidental-Husband-review-a-film-to-turn-your-heart-to-stone.html |website= [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071207144701/http://www.theaccidentalhusbandmovie.com/ Official website]
* {{IMDb title|id=0809504|title=The Accidental Husband}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|accidental_husband}}

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