I Love a Man in Uniform (film)

I Love a Man in Uniform is a Canadian film, directed and written by Canadian film and television director David Wellington. It was released in 1993 and has received a score of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]

For other uses, see I Love a Man in Uniform (disambiguation).
I Love a Man in Uniform
Directed byDavid Wellington
Produced byPaul Brown
Alexandra Raffe
Written byDavid Wellington
StarringTom McCamus
Brigitte Bako
Kevin Tighe
Daniel MacIvor
Henry Czerny
Albert Schultz
J. D. Nicholsen
Matthew Ferguson
Music byRon Sures
The Tragically Hip
CinematographyDavid Franco
Edited bySusan Shipton
Distributed byIRS Media
Release date
  • May 1993 (1993-05)
Running time
97 mins
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Plot

I Love a Man in Uniform is a dark psychological drama, starring Tom McCamus as Henry Adler, a bank employee and struggling actor who finally gets his big break when he is cast as a police officer in a television series. When Adler is finally cast in his role as Flanagan on the cop show Crimewave, Adler quits his job as a bank employee and immerses himself into his role. As Adler begins to commit further to his role as Flanagan, he begins to identify too closely with the sense of power and authority that comes with wearing the police uniform.

Adler takes to wearing the police uniform from the set in public, as if he were a real police officer, and gradually loses his grip on reality. He begins to roam the streets of Toronto, acting as though he is a police officer and interacting with citizens as if he is a police officer. This leads to Adler getting in trouble with his boss, who is not impressed that Adler is pretending he is a cop off set, however, this does not bother Adler. He blurs the line between fantasy and reality as he slips further into his fictional reality.

While on the set of Crimewave, Adler falls for one of the female actresses on the show, Charlie Warner, who is played by Brigitte Bako. They begin to rehearse their roles together offset, however, Charlie is quickly put off by Adler's quirks and his intensity and cuts Adler off. This sends Adler spiralling, causing him to become sporadic with his actions.

Cast

Awards

McCamus won the Genie Award as Best Actor for his performance. Tighe won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Reception

I Love a Man in Uniform opened in 1993, and as of March 29, 2018, has a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

A review of the movie on Empireonline.com called the film "a hugely impressive and highly compelling first feature guaranteed to please anyone not put off by daft titles and obscure plots" [2]

Year-end lists

References
  1. "I Love a Man in Uniform - Blog - Rotten Tomatoes". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "EmpireOnline: I Love a Man in Uniform Review". empireonline.com. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  3. Elliott, David (December 25, 1994). "On the big screen, color it a satisfying time". The San Diego Union-Tribune (1, 2 ed.). p. E=8.


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