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Summary: A wonder movie - An emotional roller coaster
Review: Lost and Delirious is an exceptionally good movie. It is a tale of friendship, dispair, obsession and destruction. Piper Perabo delivers an unbelievably good performance and marks her place as an excecellent actor, and as a mega star that you WILL hear of and see again and again. This woman can make a speech with her eyes. A true great. VERY loosely based on the novel "The Wives of Bath" and the first english language movie from Swiss-French-Canadian director Lea Pool. Jessica Pare as Perabo's par amour is beautiful and perfectly suited for the part of the woman who puts fear above love. If you don't feel for these doomed lovers you ain't human! Beautiful movie, beautiful music, and truly moving. 700 obsessed fans can't be wrong. Watch it soon!
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: I already reviewed this movie, but it is no longer posted on this website, so I am going to review it one more time. This movie is great. Piper Perabo is incredible, and her acting is worthy of an award. The movie is about to teenage girls, Paulie (Perabo) and Tori (Jessica Pare). They share a great love until Tori's sister catches them in bed together....and Tori breaks it off in order to not dissapoint her parents. The two lovers drift apart, but Paulie can not deal being without Tori. So she tries all sorts of romantic ideas to win Tori back, like challenging Tori's boyfriend to a dule and reciting Shakespeare poems from "The 12th Night" to Tori in the library. However none of these attempts win Tori back and Paulie gives up and does something that will change things forever. "Lost and Delirious" is a great movie and the acting is superb! I would reccomend this to anyone.
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Summary: Disappointing lesbian teen melodrama
Review: Recalling Dead Poets Society but with the gay theme outed and some explicit sex thrown in, Lost and Delirious tells the story of a failed lesbian romance betwen two students (a third roomate watches and does nothing). And like so many recent teen flicks, there are a number of citations from Shakespeare--Antony and Cleopatra (4.15 60-62), Twelfth Night (Viola's willow speech to Olivia), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth's "Unsex me here" speech) and Hamlet (a guy who fences the lesbian character played Laertes). Lost and Delirious seriously disappoints in its bland editing and cinematgraphy, its incoherent characterization (a character goes from being in love and lesbian to being hateful and hetero with no clear explanation; another passively watches and does nothing to help the rejected lesbian character she is supposed to have befriended, etc.), its consistently bad (over)acting, and its frequently horrific screenwriting. It's not at all surprising that the film immediately tanked at the box office. Despite its many flaws, however, Lost and Delirious is watchable--barely. I'd wait for it to show up on the Lifetime Channel and watch it then.
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Summary: A Must See!!
Review: Everyone should see this movie!! It's AWESOME!! I LOVE IT!! :)And Piper did an AMAZING job in it! :) RAGE MORE!!
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Summary: A powerful and emotional movie of true excellence
Review: This movie is truely exceptional. It deals with total love (which happens to be between two young women). An independant and strong woman (Paulie played by Piper Perabo) loses her lover (Tori played by Jessica Pare)and gradually sinks into dispair. The story is observed/narrated by Mouse (Mischa Barton). Tori and Paulie are deeply in love, easy and relaxed with each other and passionate about each other. Paulie is the strength in the relationship protecting her woman. Tori fears family disapproval and cuts off the woman she loves. Paulie fights to win back her lover against impossible odds. The movie is deeply sad, is well acted (brilliantly in the case of Perabo - this woman will be a mega-star) and is an emotional roller coaster. To quote the author Carole Taylor - "Love conquers nothing. Fear conquers all" (from "A Third Story"). For L&D fans, the music "Beautiful" is by Me'Shell Ndegeocello from the CD "Bitter". The movie is based on the book "The Wives of Bath" by Susan Swan. This movie is a must for anyone (of either sex) who loves women. Of my 200 DVD collection, this one I could not survive without. The quote of the movie: - "I am not a lesbian, I am Paulie and I love Tori". This is romance at its finest (and saddest)if you watch it a dozen times you will find more nuances and still wish you could make it ok for them - It deserves to be recognised as the classic romance that it is. BUY IT.
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Summary: Almost perfect
Review: I loved this movie, the acting and story are excellent. Nobody should pass up this film. Piper Parabo went from the cardboard acting of Coyote Ugly to a truly amazing performance here. As for the DVD itself it's almost perfect. The picture is clean with minimal flickering, but the duel chapter has some problems. During the duel the video skipped and went blocky for a few seconds at two different times. It might be the DVD, or it might be my PS2, but it wasn't totally annoying. It's still very watchable. It should also be known that I'm refering to the Canadian edition released on Nov.20. So the US disc might be different. Buy it!!
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Summary: The best movie I've seen in a long time
Review: When I went to see Lost & Delerious in the theatres, I have to admit, I wasn't expecting what I found. Instead of the teeny-bopper feel-good movie I thought I'd see, I found a film with depth and maturity beyond what the title suggests. I found myself inside the story, experiencing Polly's pain, Tori's fear, and Mary's quiet sadness and hope. It took a few days to recover. If you can put yourself past hang-ups about sexuality, or the way girls "should" act, then I advise you to buy this. It's worth seeing, and keeping.
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Summary: Perabo soars in 'Lost and Delirious'
Review: You probably recognize Piper Perabo from the movie she did last year, "Coyote Ugly." She did OK in that, but in this movie she really lets loose and proves herself an actress of intense emotion. The story's about a new girl (Mischa Barton) who moves into a boarding school and rooms with Tori (Jessica Pare) and Pauline (Perabo). Tori and Pauline are involved in a steamy, emotionally intense relationship until they are discovered in bed together. Feeling threatened, Tori breaks it off and Pauline tries to furiously win her back. I really liked the story line of the movie, especially the way Pauline acts after the relationship has broken off. I thought Barton also did a good job as the shy new roommate, and Pare was good in her role as well. But it's Perabo who fires this flick up, her performance is enough to make those who dismissed her after "Coyote Ugly" sit up and take another look. Only part I had trouble with was the ending, it was a bit weird and too fantasy-like for a movie like this. Still, it's definitely worth seeing.
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Summary: Beautiful and Unique
Review: This movie is beyond anything I've seen. The first time I watched it, I thought I would know every twist and turn. I prepared myself. But throughout the film I became filled with all these emotions for these characters. Mary "Mouse" Bradford, Pauline Oster, and Victoria Moller were all differently and beatifically captured by Lea Pool's artistic eye. The story follows three girls in a boarding school, two who have fallen in love and the other caught in the middle of the drama. Both the script and performances are memorable and emotional. As the story unfolded, I started to care for Paulie's grand show of love, Tori's fears, and Mouses' confusion towards the loyalties of both friends. I watched the most heart-wrenching scene ever-depicted on screen. Tori tells her sister that nothing really happened between her and Paulie --- the camera goes into slow motion, the song Beautiful by Me'Shell Ndgeocello comes on and Tori realized she just betrayed Paulie. The movie progresses towards a shocking ending and is filled with symbolism and Shakespearean poetry. Lea Pool has captured first love and all it's anguish. Love is love and transcends beyond anything "because love is! It just is because nothing you can say can make it go away because it is the point of why we are here. It is the highest point and once you are up there, looking down on everyone else, you are there forever." as Paulie puts it. Lost and delirious is a very beautiful and unique film, which deals with the implications of love. The film captures what love really is, an all-encompassing,life-affirming feeling. I truly, madly, deeply recommend this film.
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Summary: Best movie this year
Review: I saw this movie just two days ago, and its still in my head. The story, acting, and direction was terrific, and told a beautifully tragic story. It captured the two girls tragic love perfectly. I have to recommend this movie. Its rare to see a movie were the story and a few characters can be the whole movie and succeed on all levels, without some big special effects or outrageous humour. A Must See Film.
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