Love Stinks (1999): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1999, Love Stinks is a comedy and romance film directed by Jeff Franklin, running about 94 minutes.

What it’s about. A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night. The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes the War of the Roses look like child's play.

Who’s in it. Love Stinks stars French Stewart as Seth Winnick, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Chelsea Turner, Bill Bellamy as Larry Garnett and Tyra Banks as Holly Garnett, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, Love Stinks has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response. It went on to earn $2.9M at the box office.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Love Stinks page.

If you liked it. Fans of Love Stinks tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.