Rating: 
Summary: Superficial treatment of a serious subject
Review: This film flounders by taking the serious subject of date rape and trying to mix it with the twenty-something licentious overdrive of "Sex in the City". Written by David McKenna ("American History X") and directed by Michael Cristofer ("Original Sin"), this screenplay has potential that is dissipated by trying to make it too sexy and hip.The story starts with Sara (Tara Reid) coming to a friend's house in the middle of the night in her nightgown with face bloodied, claiming to have been raped by her date. We then shift to the events that preceded the alleged attack, as we meet our eight yuppies whose raging hormones are searching desperately for release by means of drunken stupefaction. Interspersed, we receive asides from each of the characters giving their honest and somewhat immature views on sex and relationships. This part of the film is utterly vapid and self indulgent, full of gratuitous sex and nudity, seemingly just to impress us with how shallow and hedonistic these young people are. After a night of wild and lascivious dancing, everyone gets blotto and hooks up with someone for meaningless flesh pounding. Sara, who has been involved all night in dancing that can only be described as coital pantomime with pro football player Mike Penorisi (Jerry O'Connell), decides to take him home in a taxi after he finishes beating up a guy who bumped into him in the bar. Fast forward to the present and each participant gives a flashback description of the events, Sara describing being forcibly raped despite her protestations, and Mike describing an nymphomaniac using him to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and who became infuriated when he called her by the wrong name. The evidence supports both views, with Sara's behavior before the incident clearly provocative and slutty, and her emotional and physical state afterward extremely sincere and convincing. The picture is further clouded by the fact that both were extremely drunk and the reliability of their statements is questionable. The rape storyline is fertile ground for an excellent drama, but Cristofer draws away abruptly just when the story gets interesting and returns to soliloquies of the various characters giving their reflections on the events that just occurred. The film thus leaves the viewer extremely unsatisfied with the outcome. Ultimately, the film seems to be trying to make the point that this event was inevitable given the dangerous and irresponsible behavior of the characters. Cristofer tries to infuse the story with the moral that loving relationships are better than promiscuous drunken encounters, but his final scenes are too abstruse to make the argument with any power. This is a good showcase for some young talent. Most impressive is Tara Reid, best known as Vicki in "American Pie". Reid gives a gut wrenching performance, sexy when she needs to be and utterly devastated after the incident. Sean Patrick Flannery is also good as the nice guy who feels that he has to act like a sex obsessed jerk to fit in with his friends. He has a couple scenes with Amanda Peet that are heartfelt and touching. Peet gives a surprisingly good dramatic performance that is a far cry from the ditzy parts for which she is getting known lately. Jerry O'Connell does well as the jock with the untamed libido. Ron Livingston is outrageously abrasive and droll as Trent, the obnoxious dweeb with an overblown sense of self importance. This could have been a good film, but it takes the wrong approach to a serious contemporary subject. I rated it a 6/10. While the moral of the story is constructive, the presentation overemphasizes the very behavior it is criticizing, and neglects the true human interest story by skirting the serious issue. Some respectable acting performances, especially by Tara Reid, are reduced by the film's superficiality.
Rating:
Summary: Superficial treatment of a serious subject
Review: This film flounders by taking the serious subject of date rape and trying to mix it with the twenty-something licentious overdrive of "Sex in the City". Written by David McKenna ("American History X") and directed by Michael Cristofer ("Original Sin"), this screenplay has potential that is dissipated by trying to make it too sexy and hip. The story starts with Sara (Tara Reid) coming to a friend's house in the middle of the night in her nightgown with face bloodied, claiming to have been raped by her date. We then shift to the events that preceded the alleged attack, as we meet our eight yuppies whose raging hormones are searching desperately for release by means of drunken stupefaction. Interspersed, we receive asides from each of the characters giving their honest and somewhat immature views on sex and relationships. This part of the film is utterly vapid and self indulgent, full of gratuitous sex and nudity, seemingly just to impress us with how shallow and hedonistic these young people are. After a night of wild and lascivious dancing, everyone gets blotto and hooks up with someone for meaningless flesh pounding. Sara, who has been involved all night in dancing that can only be described as coital pantomime with pro football player Mike Penorisi (Jerry O'Connell), decides to take him home in a taxi after he finishes beating up a guy who bumped into him in the bar. Fast forward to the present and each participant gives a flashback description of the events, Sara describing being forcibly raped despite her protestations, and Mike describing an nymphomaniac using him to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and who became infuriated when he called her by the wrong name. The evidence supports both views, with Sara's behavior before the incident clearly provocative and slutty, and her emotional and physical state afterward extremely sincere and convincing. The picture is further clouded by the fact that both were extremely drunk and the reliability of their statements is questionable. The rape storyline is fertile ground for an excellent drama, but Cristofer draws away abruptly just when the story gets interesting and returns to soliloquies of the various characters giving their reflections on the events that just occurred. The film thus leaves the viewer extremely unsatisfied with the outcome. Ultimately, the film seems to be trying to make the point that this event was inevitable given the dangerous and irresponsible behavior of the characters. Cristofer tries to infuse the story with the moral that loving relationships are better than promiscuous drunken encounters, but his final scenes are too abstruse to make the argument with any power. This is a good showcase for some young talent. Most impressive is Tara Reid, best known as Vicki in "American Pie". Reid gives a gut wrenching performance, sexy when she needs to be and utterly devastated after the incident. Sean Patrick Flannery is also good as the nice guy who feels that he has to act like a sex obsessed jerk to fit in with his friends. He has a couple scenes with Amanda Peet that are heartfelt and touching. Peet gives a surprisingly good dramatic performance that is a far cry from the ditzy parts for which she is getting known lately. Jerry O'Connell does well as the jock with the untamed libido. Ron Livingston is outrageously abrasive and droll as Trent, the obnoxious dweeb with an overblown sense of self importance. This could have been a good film, but it takes the wrong approach to a serious contemporary subject. I rated it a 6/10. While the moral of the story is constructive, the presentation overemphasizes the very behavior it is criticizing, and neglects the true human interest story by skirting the serious issue. Some respectable acting performances, especially by Tara Reid, are reduced by the film's superficiality.
Rating: 
Summary: more
Review: This movie has no business being placed in a list of erotic movie there is nothing erotic about rape.
Rating:
Summary: Stupifyingly Bad.
Review: This movie is pretty brutal. Irritating characters talk to the camera and tell you the laws of dating as if they could maintain a relationship for more than Mardi Gras weekend. At one point a character says "Sex without love equals violence." No, this movie without alcohol equals violence. A group of guys including Jerry O'Connell (I liked him better when he was the fat kid), head out to hook-up with some fly honeys, yo. But that's all whack, yo. Ahem. Obnoxious, isn't it. Jerry goes home with Tara Reid and they have sex. Or was it [violation]? There is a lot of other sex, but the story seems to focus...actually it doesn't focus at all. It's just a series of vignettes. ... I like Tara Reid when she's herself, but she's played so many unlikable characters I'm beginning dislike her. Ditto for Amanda Peet. Highest recommendation to avoid. If you need dating tips, try [someone else].
Rating: 
Summary: risky and good
Review: This movie was excellent, great story line a story that is current with the times and it deals with a lot of issues that exist in society today. Great acting by a good young cast especially Tara Reid, Jerry O'Connel and Amanda Peet. Worth the cash.
Rating: 
Summary: too much commotion i guess
Review: this movie was preatty awful... i guess the acting was preatty good and i luv tara reid BR>but it highly lacked in plot and the ending was positively awful! there really was no end... no ending to no story, i guess thats the only part that makes real sense... oh god... don't even bother.
Rating:
Summary: Body Shots
Review: Thumb's up on the character set-up and how the plot is lyed out, But thumb's down on plot. The plot is lyed out where they show you the climax first than go back and show you what lead up to it and beyond
Rating:
Summary: Major Identity Crisis, Bad Waste of Time
Review: To my best understanding, and my friends', this movie suffers from a serious identity crisis. It hits off as a light, modern story about singles life in our times. It shows two sides, men and women, talking mostly about sex. This we could live with if it wasn't for the shallow monologues (most of the time it's characters telling us what their believes are, like we care) and the far-fetched reality. The movie portrays the lives of eight "undetermined" individuals. The scenes are over being 'bizarre in a good way', they are just bad. Then in the middle of the movie there's like a switch to seriousness. There's a rape story. We see different points of view. Very usual. Nothing exciting or interesting in the way it is shown. Was there something I liked? Not really. Maybe I didn't get this movie, but 4 other friends of mine didn't either. And we usually do get movies. It's a very unsuccessful attempt to create a casual-hot flowing movie, and it fails completely. It's just a shame that some of the actors there have been wasted in this mediocre film. Too bad most of the girls had to take off their clothes for nothing.
Rating:
Summary: Is it that Tara Reid getting raped is not important? It is!!
Review: Well, if you have only watched 10 minutes of this movie, I will just let you know now that Tara Reid driving around in the Mercedes in the rain, with the cut on her forehead claiming to have been raped is about as far as this movie went to describe what happened. If you think you are going to get the answer to this controversial question------GUESS AGAIN.
That's all I have to say, and that the movie drags on and on.
P.S. Tara Reid got me to see the movie because I think she's really great---otherwise I don't think I would have seen it in all actuality.
Thanks,
C
Rating: 
Summary: Body Shocks
Review: Whether you believe it or not, the situations in this movie exists. Though it should not be used as a representation of the Gen-Xers, the movie does represent a percentage of this generation. If you don't believe me, go to any club on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night- or better yet, a college party. I found the movie to be truthful about how some people choose to live their lives and that date rape is blurred by the consumption of alcohol. It happens. Overall, this is a good movie to be shown at colleges.
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