Dirty Love
Directed by	John Mallory Asher
Produced by	John Mallory Asher BJ Davis Rod Hamilton Kimberley Kates Michael Manasseri Jenny McCarthy Trent Walford
Written by	Jenny McCarthy
Starring	Jenny McCarthy Eddie Kaye Thomas Carmen Electra and Victor Webster
Distributed by	First Look Pictures
Release date	September 23, 2005
Language	English
IMDb profile

Dirty Love is a 2005 comedy film, written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming the couple were married but have since filed for divorce. The film heavily plays off of McCarthy's reputation for scatological comedy, and features scenes such as the one in which her character wallows in a large pool of her own menstrual blood. It was neither critically or commercially successful.

In particular the character portrayed by Carmen Electra was described as offensive to black women. In the Roger Ebert review of the film he states: "The Carmen Electra character, meanwhile, struts around like a ho in a bad music video, speaking black street talk as if she learned it phonetically, and pulling out a gun and holding it to a man's head because she thinks, obviously, that pulling guns on guys is expected of any authentic black woman. A scene like that would be insulting in any other movie; here it possibly distracts her from doing something even more debasing." 1

Plot

Rebecca (McCarthy), a struggling photographer, finds her model boyfriend Richard (Victor Webster) in bed with another woman. He also destroys all of her camera equipment. She is distressed by this and generally falls apart completely, alternating between wishing to get revenge on him, make him jealous or just abandon hope of love and become sexually promiscuous.

Her best friends Michelle (Electra), a wigger body waxer, and Carrie (Kam Heskin), an airheaded actress, try to set her up on dates. These include one with a freakish magician (Guillermo Diaz) and a man who slips her acid and has a fetish for fish. She attempts to make Richard jealous by taking a director (who suspiciously resembles Woody Allen) to a runway show; he ends up vomiting on her breasts in front of everyone.

Ultimately Rebecca realizes she should focus her energy on being with someone who truly loves her, and that turns out to be John (Eddie Kaye Thomas), her nerdy but caring best male friend who has been supportive of her through the entire ordeal. The film also features a cameo by Kathy Griffin as a fortune teller.

Awards and nominations

2005 Golden Raspberry Awards

Six nominations:

• Worst Picture [Winner]
• Worst Screenplay [Winner]
• Worst Actress ([Jenny McCarthy]) [Winner]
• Worst Supporting Actress ([Carmen Electra])
• Worst Director ([John Mallory Asher]) [Winner]
• Worst Screen Couple (Jenny McCarthy & "Anyone dumb enough to befriend or date her")

See also

• Films considered the worst ever