Setting a movie in the porn movie industry is a fertile basis for a hilarious comedy film. "Rented Lips" is not that film. Decent cast and a noted director of unconventional 60s satirical films all come to a grinding 82-minute halt here. You'll be amazed by how successfully this film avoids humour, and is an unholy mess to boot.
However it has one high-larious scene. I don't consider describing it a "spoiler" as the scene has nothing to do with plot development. In fact I defy viewers of "Rented Lips" to detect any plot development. Indeed, for those viewers unfortunate enough to come into contact with this movie, this will encourage them to at least fast forward to the scene, rather than give up entirely after ten minutes, as sanity would dictate.
The scene concerns the porn-movie making lead characters shooting an unusually complicated sequence involving a WWII porn-musical. The sequence contains a lot of movement, dancing, actors, entrances and exits. At its climax, a character who is an inept porn-actress is to burst in, and warn of the impending attack by the German airforce. The sequence goes into action, everyone runs about as intended, the effects all work, then the actress bursts in in her milkmaid outfit, takes centre stage, and declaims her memorable line: "We are being attacked by the dreaded Lufthansa!!!" Hahahahaha, ohhh, mercy. And if that doesn't grab you, there is absolutely no reason for you to see "Rented Lips". Be warned.
