Jake (Tim Blake Nelson) and Josh (David Arquette) are two brothers who live with their mother (Lois Smith) in a farm. In spite of being both adult they are extremely bonded to each other and to their mother. Their life is peaceful, because they have nothing to worry about except the farm business. They are both single, but they don't worry about that because they have all they need at "mom's home"
When their mother dies, their life turns into a mess, because they feel very lonely and they don't know how to do the home tasks
They need to find someone to take care of them and of their house. After Jake have seen the site of "A Foreign Affair" (which truly exists on the Internet!) they set off to Russia in order to find a "wife", which must be, under the "Jake's plan", obedient, good cooker, housekeeper, but above all she must take care of them both!
It's a very interesting movie about human relationship, family ties and self-discovery. All the characters are very well conceived, especially the main one, Jack (played by Tim Blake Nelson).
Jake starts to be very harsh to women, to his brother, to himself, because he follows his own plan straight to the line and he doesn't care about the other people's feelings. He doesn't want to find a woman to love him but to be his mistress. His travel to Russia is not to find his love but just to seek a lady to take care of him and his brother. But he got wrong, because he will find a woman that will change his mind
At the beginning Josh is weak, dependent, obedient and follows his brother's ideas without thinking by his own mind, but he will change a lot in this trip he will be another man after a beautiful Russian woman seduce him! They both changed and grew up a lot in this trip, and this movie's value is just because of that. It shows us how people can change and be better to themselves and to the others when they get free and find their true self.
Emily Mortimer's character (Angela Beck) is also fantastic because it shows us a woman that is lonely and a little bit frustrated, but at the same time full of tenderness (her face is so sweet in this film!), patience, and will to help Jake to find what he really wants, and what he really needs: love!
I found this story very realistic and very well conceived. The production is also great because it took care of all the details (including the linguistic ones ) and treated very well the shock of cultures (between American and Russian societies) that a story like this one would inevitably have.
This movie is catalogued as a comedy but I think it's not a comedy at all. It might have a few jokes, but it's not a comedy because of that. I think it was conceived to be a drama, and a good one in my opinion!
It's a very interesting movie about human relationship, family ties and self-discovery. All the characters are very well conceived, especially the main one, Jack (played by Tim Blake Nelson).
Jake starts to be very harsh to women, to his brother, to himself, because he follows his own plan straight to the line and he doesn't care about the other people's feelings. He doesn't want to find a woman to love him but to be his mistress. His travel to Russia is not to find his love but just to seek a lady to take care of him and his brother. But he got wrong, because he will find a woman that will change his mind
At the beginning Josh is weak, dependent, obedient and follows his brother's ideas without thinking by his own mind, but he will change a lot in this trip he will be another man after a beautiful Russian woman seduce him! They both changed and grew up a lot in this trip, and this movie's value is just because of that. It shows us how people can change and be better to themselves and to the others when they get free and find their true self.
Emily Mortimer's character (Angela Beck) is also fantastic because it shows us a woman that is lonely and a little bit frustrated, but at the same time full of tenderness (her face is so sweet in this film!), patience, and will to help Jake to find what he really wants, and what he really needs: love!
I found this story very realistic and very well conceived. The production is also great because it took care of all the details (including the linguistic ones ) and treated very well the shock of cultures (between American and Russian societies) that a story like this one would inevitably have.
This movie is catalogued as a comedy but I think it's not a comedy at all. It might have a few jokes, but it's not a comedy because of that. I think it was conceived to be a drama, and a good one in my opinion!