The movie mail order wife.. anyone saw it ?

[melusine 5]

Hello,

I don't know exactly where to post this thread and i don't think it belongs to off topic so here it is.

I recently got on netflix and they had this movie/documentary called mail order wife.

Did anyone saw it ? What are your reactions ?

Personally i kinda did like it, makes you realize the culture difference, the different abuse that can happen (one way or another), the communication possibilities... i would like to hear about you ! what do you think about it ?

[melusine 5]

heee..looks like the movie was a joke (?!)

[Chuckles 0]

Well... ahem, yes it does bring up issues...

But it was a fake movie. It was a 'mockumentry' if you will... Those were actors... ahem... Silly Canadian !!

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

I haven't watch that, but thanks for posting about it, sounds intriguing, Lol. I will add in our netflix account.

[Y's_habibitk 2]

It sounds like a "Lifetime original movie" LOL!

[melusine 5]

on netflix, you can see it directly online !

Yes, i realized it was not a real documentary afterward (honestly i prefer that)

I am sure on the other hand that some of the drama there can really happen, one way or another.

check it out and keep your comment posted

[panamania79 2]

Hello,

I don't know exactly where to post this thread and i don't think it belongs to off topic so here it is.

I recently got on netflix and they had this movie/documentary called mail order wife.

Did anyone saw it ? What are your reactions ?

Personally i kinda did like it, makes you realize the culture difference, the different abuse that can happen (one way or another), the communication possibilities... i would like to hear about you ! what do you think about it ?

No,but I saw Green Card with Gerard Depadieu and Andie McDowell.

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

You all should read "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian." It's truly hilarious. It's what would happen in any family if your elderly widowed father brought home a mail-order bride, a tart, as the man's daughter liked to call her.

[mox 298]

I saw Mail Order Wife. It's a cute indy, mostly very well done, definitely worth seeing. I got a kick out of the "K1 visa," which is basically meeting your bride for the very first time at the airport. I won't spoil it for anyone, but it's definitely worth adding to the top of your Netflix queue.

Birthday Girl with Nicole Kidman is another "mail order bride goes wrong" movie that's worth seeing. It's not quite as good as Mail Order Wife, but Nicole Kidman is fantastic and completely believable as a Russian woman. (I have a Ukranian friend that couldn't believe she wasn't really from Moscow.)

2 Brothers and a Bride (also goes by A Foreign Affair) is also an interesting movie with a fantastic premise, but be warned that it suffers from some basic plot problems and incompetent editing. But still very worth seeing in the "genre" and was filmed on location in St. Petersburg. (shame they didn't show more of the city than they did though.)

Stay away from Mail Order Bride. It's so awful it's unwatchable. I can't even begin to explain what a train wreck this movie was, just take my word for it.

[enchantedtikiman 0]

2 brothers and a bride was pretty good. I could actually stand David Arquettte's acting for a short while!

[Marilyn. 340]

oh that movie.. I started to watch it but I couldn't get into it...

I saw Mail Order Wife. It's a cute indy, mostly very well done, definitely worth seeing. I got a kick out of the "K1 visa," which is basically meeting your bride for the very first time at the airport. I won't spoil it for anyone, but it's definitely worth adding to the top of your Netflix queue.

Birthday Girl with Nicole Kidman is another "mail order bride goes wrong" movie that's worth seeing. It's not quite as good as Mail Order Wife, but Nicole Kidman is fantastic and completely believable as a Russian woman. (I have a Ukranian friend that couldn't believe she wasn't really from Moscow.)

2 Brothers and a Bride (also goes by A Foreign Affair) is also an interesting movie with a fantastic premise, but be warned that it suffers from some basic plot problems and incompetent editing. But still very worth seeing in the "genre" and was filmed on location in St. Petersburg. (shame they didn't show more of the city than they did though.)

Stay away from Mail Order Bride. It's so awful it's unwatchable. I can't even begin to explain what a train wreck this movie was, just take my word for it.

Edited September 16, 2008 by *Marilyn*

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Mail Order Wife - is that the one where the woman is from Burma and the guy who is ostensibly filming a "documentary" steal's his freaky friends mail order wife? His friend likes to keep snakes?

"you like snake, I like pig"

that one?

[Marilyn. 340]

Mail Order Wife - is that the one where the woman is from Burma and the guy who is ostensibly filming a "documentary" steal's his freaky friends mail order wife? His friend likes to keep snakes?

"you like snake, I like pig"

that one?

Mail Order Wife

[alienlovechild 75]

I saw Mail Order Wife. It's a cute indy, mostly very well done, definitely worth seeing. I got a kick out of the "K1 visa," which is basically meeting your bride for the very first time at the airport. I won't spoil it for anyone, but it's definitely worth adding to the top of your Netflix queue.

Birthday Girl with Nicole Kidman is another "mail order bride goes wrong" movie that's worth seeing. It's not quite as good as Mail Order Wife, but Nicole Kidman is fantastic and completely believable as a Russian woman. (I have a Ukranian friend that couldn't believe she wasn't really from Moscow.)

2 Brothers and a Bride (also goes by A Foreign Affair) is also an interesting movie with a fantastic premise, but be warned that it suffers from some basic plot problems and incompetent editing. But still very worth seeing in the "genre" and was filmed on location in St. Petersburg. (shame they didn't show more of the city than they did though.)

Stay away from Mail Order Bride. It's so awful it's unwatchable. I can't even begin to explain what a train wreck this movie was, just take my word for it.

Thanks for the reviews. I had some mail-order bride movie in my Netflix queue but haven't seen it yet. I'll check out the ratings on Rottentomatoes.com on the movies.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Mail Order Wife - is that the one where the woman is from Burma and the guy who is ostensibly filming a "documentary" steal's his freaky friends mail order wife? His friend likes to keep snakes?

"you like snake, I like pig"

that one?

Mail Order Wife

that's the one - I was slightly fooled into thinking it was real when I first started watching it - then when the translator drew a diagram about why lichi would be upset when the "girlfriend" slept over - lol - I realized it could not be real