I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)

Plotzle Original · O127 · July 7, 2026 · Comedy / Crime

Six plot descriptions for I Love You Phillip Morris (2010). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. An identity thief assumes the life of a deceased accountant named Phillip Morris but the man's grieving widow begins investigating inconsistencies in his behavior and mannerisms.
2. A married church organist and police officer realizes he's gay after a car accident, then commits elaborate cons and fraud to fund an extravagant lifestyle and repeatedly escape prison to be with his cellmate boyfriend.
3. A small-time forger creates fake love letters for lonely clients but one customer uses them to manipulate a wealthy mark into marriage for inheritance purposes.
4. A debt collector falls for a compulsive gambler he's supposed to intimidate and helps him fake his own death to escape loan sharks in Atlantic City casinos.
5. Two half-brothers launder money through their late father's funeral home business and their incompetence attracts attention from both federal agents and the local crime family.
6. A telemarketer in Phoenix embezzles funds to pay for his dying mother's experimental treatment while his coworker blackmails him over the scheme and demands a cut.