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I Love a Man in Uniform (film)

I Love a Man in Uniform is a 1993 Canadian film, written and directed by David Wellington. A dark psychological drama, it 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

David Wellington

Paul Brown
Alexandra Raffe

David Franco

  • May 1993 (1993-05)

97 mins

Canada

English

Plot[edit]

Henry Adler, a bank employee and struggling actor, 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 Charlie Warner, one of the female actresses on the show. 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.

as Henry Adler

Tom McCamus

as Charlie Warner

Brigitte Bako

as Frank

Kevin Tighe

as Director

Daniel MacIvor

as Joseph Riggs

Henry Czerny

as Businessman

Albert Schultz

as Archer

J. D. Nicholsen

as Edward Nichols

Matthew Ferguson

as Detective Itch

Michael Hogan

as Father

David Hemblen

Awards[edit]

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

Reception[edit]

I Love a Man in Uniform opened in 1993, and as of May 30, 2022, 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]

Honorable mention – David Elliott, [3]

The San Diego Union-Tribune

at IMDb

I Love a Man in Uniform