My Life with Morrissey

{{Infobox film

| name = My Life with Morrissey

| image = MyLifeWithMorrissey.jpg

| caption =

| director = Andrew Overtoom

| producer = Andrew Overtoom
Tricia Noble
Carolyn Suzuki

| studio = Twelve Angry Films

| distributor = MVD Music Video Distributors

| writer = Andrew Overtoom

| narrator =

| starring = Jackie Buscarino
Eduardo Acosta
Carla Jimenez
Ben Watson

| music = Nicolas Carr
Thomas Chase

| cinematography = Andrew Overtoom

| editing = Lynn Hobson

| released = {{Film date|2003|1|1}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

My Life with Morrissey is a 2003 independent feature film written, produced and directed by Andrew Overtoom.{{cite web|title='My Life with Morrissey'|url=http://www.lovefilm.com/browse/contributor/97792/Andrew-Overtoom.html|work=Love Film|accessdate=24 October 2012}} The film won the Audience Award at the Black Point Film Festival in 2003.{{cite news|author=Burroughs, Alexandra|date=2 October 2003|title=Cult of Morrissey fodder for feature|newspaper=Calgary Herald|page=F6}}

Plot

The film chronicles the adventures of an off-kilter career girl whose life goes berserk after she meets her idol, British rock star Morrissey, the former Smiths frontman, who remains a towering figure in the Britrock pantheon.{{cite web|title='My Life with Morrissey' synopsis|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_life_with_morrissey/|work=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=24 October 2012}}{{cite web|title='My Life with Morrissey'|url=http://www.poptwist.com/morrissey/index.html|work=Pop Twist|accessdate=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201025520/http://www.poptwist.com/morrissey/index.html|archive-date=1 February 2013|url-status=dead}}

Cast

Jackie Buscarino as Jackie
Eduardo Acosta as Ed
Carla Jimenez as Virginia
Ben Watson as Routly

Reception

=Critical response=

The film received mixed reviews from critics and websites. Chris Garcia from FanBoy Planet.com wrote: "A charming turned spooky comedy that more bizarre and unpredictable." [sic?] {{cite web|title=My Life with Morrissey - Chris Garcia comment|url=http://www.mylifewithmorrissey.com/|work=My Life with Morrissey|accessdate=24 October 2012}}{{cite web|title=Sonoma Valley Film Festival: My Life With Morrissey|url=http://www.fanboyplanet.com/movies/cg-morrisey.php|work=Fanboy Planet|accessdate=24 October 2012}} Eric Campos from Film Threat.com enjoyed the film and wrote, "this is a funny goddamn movie!"{{cite web|title=Reviews by Eric Campos|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/5171/|work=Film Threat.com|accessdate=24 October 2012}}

In a mostly positive review, critic Stephen Dalton of The Times wrote, "Feeling at times like an end-of-term school play, this gleeful examination of deranged fan worship is a sunny cousin to Martin Scorsese's King of Comedy",{{cite news|author=Dalton, Stephen|date=26 February 2005|title=My Life with Morrissey|newspaper=The Times|page=11}} referring to the 1983 film The King of Comedy.

=Awards=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominee ! Result ! Ref(s)
rowspan="2"\|2003 \| rowspan="2"\|Black Point Film Festival \| Audience Award \| Andrew Overtoom \| {{won}} \| {{center\|}}
Best Actor \| Jackie Buscarino \| {{won}} \| {{center\|}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Association

! Category

! Nominee

! Result

! Ref(s)

rowspan="2"|2003

| rowspan="2"|Black Point Film Festival

| Audience Award

| Andrew Overtoom

| {{won}}