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Summary: Profound and surprisingly intelligent
Review: I found this film deeply moving and intellectually stimulating, not at all what I might have expected of Hollywood. A higher level of psychological insight I have not seen in American film. On the other hand, will someone please put Leonard Maltin out of my misery?
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Summary: This COULD'VE BEEN really good! Instead it's just mediocre.
Review: I had very mixed feelings about this one. On one hand, the ideas and subject matter were quite interesting and rarely found in the bowels of Hollywood. On the other, the acting and dialogue were horrendously amateurish...I found myself laughing out loud every 5 minutes or so, at just how cheesy and clumsy it often got. Kind of like a video version of the "Celestine Prophecy," only about sex. Like the latter, it can be quite helpful to many people, I'm sure.
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Summary: Warm and Hopeful...
Review: I have to smile, this is just a film that I rented at the local Vid store, I had no particular expectations. The film left me smiling and feeling hopeful. It is not perfect, but fer cripes sake what is?! Film is an artform, subjective and totaly open to individual taste. This one lets us watch as two people struggle through painful issues of trust and come out the other side stronger and wiser. IMHO, it's just what committment is all about! I liked it, I liked it a lot.
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Summary: Video Review
Review: I think that, in this kind of movies, people, who has problem with their couple, can learn about how important is the real comunication and honesty durig a relationship.
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Summary: Enlightening and moving
Review: I watched this movie after borrowing it from the local video store. My only incentive to watch it was that it was rated "Two Thumbs Up" by Siskel & Ebert. Expecting nothing, I found the movie to be a truly excellent piece of work. It is definitely a movie to watch alone.To fully understand the complexities involved one must have shared a relationship with a person while cohabiting with that person. It made me question my expectations, and being a male in a similar situation, I was able to empathize with the male lead. Lastly, I was surprised to see that this movie was not based on a book, but actually written for production.
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Summary: One of the best movies I've seen!
Review: I'm not sure what I expected when I rented this film. I had never heard of it before, and the only reason I had for renting was the praise from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on the front of the box. The movie starts off at a chaotic pace, but then begins to develop a rhythm, which I take to be part of its message. It's an amazing movie: One of my all-time favorites. I couldn't believe how utterly absorbing this movie was. It's funny, romantic, exotic, touching, and even tragic when it is learned that one of the characters has suffered from severe sexual abuse. Terence Stamp gives a performance that should've won him an Oscar. He's fantastic, and the two leads, Sheffer and Lee are also terrific. The movie is an experience unlike any I've had before, watching a film. I couldn't take my eyes off it. I hadn't been so into a movie since the first time I saw "American Beauty." This movie isn't for the faint of heart, though, I must warn you. It isn't so much explicit about the topic of sex as it is blunt and straight forward. Amazing...
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Summary: Incredible & Moving!
Review: I've rented this movie twice and I think it's a wonderful movie. It is also very moving. I was enthralled with the husband's desire to really help his wife through joint (and later individual) therapy and learns to really 'be there' for her, emotionally and sexually. It's awkward at first when they're in the therapist's office. Later, I could relate to the husband's jealousy when he thinks his wife is seeing someone else ... ... - she is, but it's not what he thinks at first. Once he gets over that and decides to trust this other man - they develop an unusual relationship in which the husband (not to mention the couple) benefits beyond his/their beliefs in the end. If you're just looking for a flick to inspire your lust with cheap nudity and no real story - you'll be sorely disappointed. If you're looking for a movie that provides insight to a real life problem (a marriage with sexual troubles and the desire to get past them) and the opportunity to learn from what you're viewing, you'll be as taken with it as I.
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Summary: Exceptional look at being a partner to an incest survivor
Review: It feels like too few movies these days actually deal with such topics. Instead, we turn our backs, pretend it doesn't happen, and watch the action films instead. This could be a difficult film to watch if you're a survivor of childhood incest. But it rings true as the depiction of what a partner to a survivor might go through. It's a beautiful movie ,with moments of purity. Definately worth watching.
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Summary: touching and interesting
Review: It seems that at least some of the critics of this movie are looking at it as a "sexy" film only. Yes, it does have some explicit scenes, though they are tastefully done - but I believe that this is not an exploitationl film. I found it touching that the couple has such a strong emotional connection that it survives the many problems they have. Actually I'm not sure I can specify why this film elicited the reaction it did in me; I cried when the couple met in the park after Maria went through therapy. I never cry at movies so it took me aback.
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Summary: Clumsy Portrayal of Borderline Personality Disorder
Review: It's an interesting and extremely twisted plot. On the other hand, if you are interested in Borderline Personality Disorder, which is what the female lead supposedly suffers from, this movie is terribly confusing and misleading. You can't cure borderline disorder by srewing the brains out of your patient (or even your wife). You can't understand much of anything about the disorder by watching the movie either. The worst thing that the movie does is provide false hope for an easy fix. The most optimistic therapists for borderline disorder state that it takes 3-7 years of dedicated therapy for someone suffering from the disorder to make a significant recovery. The one thing that is relatively realistic is the confused reaction of the husband, who really can't figure out which way is up to save his life.
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