The movie stars off with Steve Russell recapping his life from a hospital bed and telling the viewers of the events that have shaped his life and made him what he is. The first significant event takes place at home, where to his surprise he is told that he was adopted by the people who are caring for him now. The second event is when he meets his biological mother and the last real event is when he has a car crash, which forces him to live the truth and admit to his wife that he is gay.
After this the movie moves in a different direction due to his newly found freedom, Steve is forced into conning people because as he says in the movie and the trailers being gay is really expensive. Eventually, because of his numerous cons Steve is arrested and there he learns to sharpen his skills at his trade, using the facilities of jail to the maximum he learns law talk. However, Steve's life is about to change forever, at a prison brawl he meets a soft-spoken guy called Phillip Morris, who later becomes the love of his life and as a result of this he pulls one major con after another the first of which is springing his boyfriend from jail. Well, what can I say, the movie has a relatively good plot, full of twist and turns and the beautiful thing about it is that it is based on a true story. The movie itself is based on the novel I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker, which makes the movie really interesting. The only thing that was disturbing in the movie is the overt sexual scenes that took place in the movie; in fact the movie was set back more than two times due to this.
