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Anon in 'Bama
Not at all explicit, but for those of us who especially enjoy an interesting storyline leading up to a girl/girl encounter, this one comes through in a big way! The casting is extraordinarily good, with both women attractive and very likeable. Jessica is very hesitant about the affair throughout the film, but it was still fun watching their relationship progress. On the negative side, I thought the ending was a bit of a cop-out, and seeing a little more skin would certainly have been much appreciated. Still, I enjoyed this one! Enjoyed it a lot!
Clion
This little gem is likely the best movie of this year. Jessica decides to pitch convention to the wind and date a woman. Why? Why not? Besides, it's only a date. And then there's another, and another, and another. Sure, there's a flirtation with bisexuality, but that's not really the point of this movie. What we have here is a movie that draws clear lines between love and sex. The truth is that love doesn't always have to be accompanied by sex, and makes this movie a welcome relief for the dating distressed.
Femfootman
Wouldn't it have been great if this could have been made as a Softcore/NR made for video production? Just think of the erotic possibilities. As it is I found this to be a very entertaining cutsie-comedy which posed the not so subtle question 'can two bi-femmes cohabitate in a monogamous lesbian relationship'? It's great fun watching Helen and Jessica meet and develop a relationship. I found the nervous energy and dialogue between the two very stimulating especially as they first meet and subsequently explore the beginnings of a lesbian romance. We are treated to a series of very short scenes (unfortunately nano-seconds) of the girls in various stages of hugging and kissing as Jessica tries to reach a physical comfort level with Helen. The best scene in the film (IMHO) was at a bar where Helen & Jessica were on a date and they struck up some chatter with a couple of ogling guys. The discussion teasingly turned to the male fascination with lesbianism and as this progressed Helen slipped her hand between Jessica's thighs. This was apparently enough finally to get Jessica's juices flowing and the girls high tailed back to Helen's flat for some hot and heavy lesbian sex only to be quickly interrupted by Helen's hip-hoping inner city messenger boyfriend who occasionally services her straight desires (go figure). Ah shucks end of scene. Well, thankfully you say, I won't go into the rest of the story, suffice it to say a very nice video.
MartyM (pussynvy)
This is a marvelously delightful movie that I had originally seen in the theater. It was funny, witty, and very well written. Two straight -- but very bi-curious -- women discover each other through a "woman-seeking-woman" ad. After some bumps in the road, they almost live happily-ever-after. The movie reaches a redeeming ending (for heterosexuals). True lesbians, however, will be surely disappointed. This movie, more than any I've seen, portrayed the attainment of a bisexual relationship between intelligent, sexy women, as a very natural step in life -- that men will accept -- and that other women will aspire to! When it is finally discovered that Jessica (the heroine) is leading a lesbian lifestyle, she is cheered-on enviously by her best friend at work. And all of the young women treat her girlfriend -- as a celebrity -- after they reveal their "coming out" at the wedding of Jessica's brother. There is a lot of nice kissing (after an improbably long build-up). The sex, alas, (although consummated) is only implied through dialog. As a watch-out, don't let the box cover sway you. Both women are much more attractive -- and thinner -- than they appear on the video's packaging. This movie was vastly entertaining -- and I laughed along with the crowd on many occasions. I highly recommend it.
Frank Lee
A nice, little relationship film. But, if you're looking for sexual fireworks, keep looking. There are other movies with more firepower!
Dark Sailor
More fun than sexy. It’s hard to like the main character Jessica. Are Jewish princesses really that neurotic? Even though I was all for Jessica falling in to bed with Helen (or at least a grope gawd damn it), the chemistry just didn't seem right. Small wonder Helen ditched her after a few months and Jessica defaulted back to the only person it seems prepared to put up with her neurosis... a man!!!!
Aficionado de passionata
Very entertaining, groundbreaking movie, both raising and tackling the issue of "Why not date/have a relationship with someone of the same sex?". The first meeting, the awkwardness, Jessica finally coming out were all handled very well, and with a good sense of humor. Where the movie fell down was in the end, a major cop-out. Jessica, it seems, is more asexual than anything else, leaving her poor Helen high and dry all the time. For chrissakes, two relatively young people in love, with no children, should be having sex virtually every night! To make matters worse, the movie ends with the implication that Jessica goes off into the sunset with her old flame and former boss. This just seems to vitiate the whole concept of the film. Still in all, a well-acted, funny film that does break new ground.
FF Fanatic
First, I agree with MartyM that the women are in fact far more attractive than the boxcover will have one believe. Second, I also agree with quite a few other reviewers that the ending is disappointing. The two of them are just so damn cute together -- why can't the writers let them stay together?!?! This is a movie, after all!!! =0( This is not just a matter of personal preference, it's also a matter of pacing: their initial attraction, seduction, and maturing relationship are handled with very deliberate pace; the breakup and subsequent befriending, however, develops so rapidly that it completely upsets the pace of the whole film. Also, emotionally it just feels all wrong: before the breakup everything is very lighthearted; but during the breakup, Jessica is visibly in such horrible despair that I could barely watch. It's just too tough, too brutal to fit with the 90% of the movie that has taken place before it. Oh well, at least we still have the very delicious attraction and seduction. If you are a big softie like I am when it comes to cute lesbian couples on screen, just don't watch the ending. =)
Giannis
A film that could be rated as "good enough". Some quite hot kissing scenes, a well built storyline that sometimes clearly shows that it came from a theater. The women are nice looking women (nothing special though, at least for my taste), their acting is good also. If you want to spend almost two care-free hours watching a "bold" comedy, then try to see it, without expecting anything hot to happen in the scene of course.
who said that?
The girl on the cover is unbelievably sexy, but her character is evasive and disinterested throughout the movie whenever the scene gravitates towards a lesbian sexual encounter. Superb acting and a solid production, but the girl/girl hook (the reason I wanted to watch this movie in the first place) was frustrating and disappointing.
maylith
As a lesbian, at first the ending of this film annoyed me. I thought, "Great, yet another tale where a girl flirts with lesbianism, yet chooses the guy." But the more I thought about the film, the more the ending didn't bother me. While the one girl certainly decided that her sexual-orientation pointed at men, the two girls remained best friends. Remember, both girls were experimenting with the 'Women Seeking Women" ad. While one girl found that women were not her thing, she did find a 'best friend'. And the other woman moves on in her experimentation with women. A women dipping her foot into the lesbian pool, then yanking it out again does happen. Lesbians the world over remind each other not to give their heart to a straight girl. What this movie does is show the fluidity of sexual-orientation. Some people are straight, some people are gay, and some more are truly bisexual. But there are open people who fall between the cracks. Jessica is one of these. The sex is 'good' but not great. For Jessica the relationship was important, and she was able to keep it in the end. Perhaps if Jessica found the right girl the sex would be great. She has perhaps found the right guy though, and that’s okay. The other girl is still looking for the right person and seems to have decided that men may not be the answer. If you were to put sexual-orientation on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being straight, 5 being Bi, and 10 being gay, Jessica is probably a 3 while the other girl might be a 7. In a way, this movie shows how labeling people that do certain things as a specific thing, we are usually wrong. The two lead actresses also wrote this movie (and are both straight in real life). The DVD contains many cut scenes that are nice, and the commentary is great too.
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