I was disappointed not being in the credits as boyfriend of bar girl. Bery disappointed. Other than that, the movie was fun, and fun to participate in. Thank you!
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halidisa18 December 2018
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bo-8526 January 2007This film is about a college professor married to a beautiful and loving wife who decided that he wants to try a threesome by inviting one of his students into bed. This film is very painful to watch. What could have been a funny comedy, the film decomposes into a sappy melodrama where the actors spend most of their screen time staring out the window and blubbering as tears roll down their cheeks. The director can not get the actors to convey the inner emotional struggle they are going through. With four writers and two script consultants on the payroll you would think that the script would be the best thing about the film but in fact it is the worst. The lame directing and awkward staging aren't any better. There are a lot of sex scenes in this film but the actors keep their underwear on like they were trying for a PG rating! I've seen hotter sex scenes on network TV.
The actors do their best with the situation but the casting is all wrong especially Jeremy London who totally misses the mark. The photography is good but the lighting is flat which makes the actors appear two dimensional.
All calendars in the film show 2004 and there are plenty of presidential election notices that make up the set dressing (all anti Bush of course). Seeing how this film took three years to get a DVD release is not surprising. -
dj-anon28 August 2009--BE WARNED, HEAVY SPOILERS--
The film presents us Julian, a college teacher with an existential predicament, where under the mask of a good, open-minded citizen, that sustains an almost perfect relationship with the nicest and most beautiful woman you've ever met; underneath, there is actually a man that has conflicts with rules and the establishment, as we can see at the beginning of the film where he provocatively burns a flag to stimulate student's reflexion. He believes, naively and egotistically, that everything can work out if sincerity and commitment is above all.
When he gets involved with a student, at least platonically, both, her wife Chalice and him, react at the lack of spark and wildness on their apparently perfect relationship, especially because of their promiscuous roommate Malika.
That is when you realize how hypocrite Julian is, because only after three years of marriage, he cannot commit and proceeds to question the tradition of monogamy, and double-crosses Chalice to go to the edge by lying to her and introducing his student Elena into the relationship, without telling Chalice that they know each other, that they have feelings for each other and that they are setting her up in order to have a threesome, where no one is supposed to get hurt and where the marriage can stay safe and healthy.
Add to that the bicurious past of Chalice, and you have a melodramatic mess, where you cannot feel for the characters because with every and each decision they take, they work towards their own misery. The sick behaviors and acts of the three protagonists, urges for a rational and introspective ending, where there is little space for redemption, because, after all, the three of them destroyed their lives, based only on the factor that they cannot control their impulses.
Instead, the writers and the director, refuse to learn to admit wrong, by giving us a ludicrous and implausible conclusion, where roses are red and the sky is blue, even when the destructive three-way relationship cannot get any worse. Which brings the question of why they decided to write this specific script and what did they want to make out of it?
As a viewer, it only feels like a waste of time, where we are supposed to sit through the ramblings of unfinished characters of an unfinished story. Why does this film lasts one hour and forty-five minutes? When, from the beginning you just say "they should have known better, the end."
Aside from the strong acting by Winnick towards the end of the movie, in a particular scene, the execution of this film is mostly mediocre; that being photography, directing and anything else, with the particularity of the sterile acting by Jeremy London. -
slugerama25 November 2007This movie was dreadful. It only gets one star simply because I cannot give it any lower.
There was absolutely no redeeming features about this movie. It looked cheap and nasty. Acting was woeful. The dialog was the sort of thing I would expect from something like Party of Five or one of those lame TV series.
Jeremy London looked WAY to young to be a professor, (of what I am not sure because I fast forwarded a lot of it). Completely miscast, not sure that he would be right in anything. This was 45 minutes of my life wasted. I said I forwarded through a lot of this. -
samgqnemliason3 February 2007Not the best movie ever made, but it was pretty good. The casting was interesting, but somehow it all came together and worked well. Katheryn Winnick's performance is phenomenal... (seeing this film has made me a huge fan of hers) This was a different kind of role for Elisa Donovan and she was excellent, I actually gained respect for her as an actress as a result of seeing this film. Mirelly Taylor has an incredibly interesting part and she plays it well. Jeremy London spends most of the movie reacting to the women around him, and he does it very naturally. Overall the acting is great.
This film could easily have been mostly about the sex scenes in it, but it's not. It's about the relationships and emotional connections between the characters, who are all incredibly complex. The emotions are raw at times, in "Kiss Me Again" but it's such an interesting film, I imagine even those that aren't completely enamored with it will still be glad they saw it. Anyone watching this movie with an open mind will find something to love about it. -
This is the poor man's Vicky, Christina Barcelona. Every part of this movie works against it. The acting is just terrible. It's like they were rehearsing the scenes for the 1st time ever and a guy holding a camera for the 1st time decided to shoot it. The editing is just painful to watch with no flow or links from one scene to another. Spare yourself the torture and don't waste your time.
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sabineholthaus18 March 2019This could have been a very entertaining movie, as far as the story is concerned, nut it was worse than any erotic soap opera.Not one of the "actors" seemed real or had a sense what acting is all about. When they were acting having sex, the two women kept their bras and slips on and avoided to touch each others boobs. Not once a hand went down, not even under the blanket. This movie is ridiculous and moore like a parody on threesomes.
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suzanne81310 March 2007Oh, what tangled webs we weave...Instead of just being about sex, this film is an extremely complex and insightful look at relationships and human interactions. The emotions are intensely subjective and raw, making it uncomfortable to watch occasionally. The vulnerability punctures through the screen due to a stellar performance by the entire cast. If you're looking for the average Saturday night sex comedy, than you might want to pass on this one. However, if you're looking for a 103 minute emotional roller-coaster of passion and perplexity, then definitely check this film out. I'm excited to see what William Tyler Smith has in store for us next.
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mas17-210 April 2007For first time feature of William Tyler Smith, this movie holds what Smith is best at: the complex analysis of complex relationships with nuances of character that we may see in ourselves. Knowing Smiths work in his short films, it is clear that he has extended his sensibilities (and his love for the female persona and the complexities of women in general) with this movie. As an independent film it shows great promise and a new voice in cinema. The performances (and especially one in particular) are generally excellent and of course Smith's sense of visuals are throughout the movie. Talent starts out raw, and over time matures and develops a polish that takes a director from the ranks of director to the ranks of filmmaker. William Tyler Smith with this film is on his way!
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cmartin33319 February 2007I've seen this story already, in many films; and this film isn't a new take or even a better rendition of the threesome saga that filmmakers find fascinating for some reason.
The acting is good and possibly the only reason to watch this film. But, I must say, only one performance sticks out and anyone who's seen it will have to agree. I did some research on the major reviews of the film and the critics seems to agree with me.
Mirelly Taylor stays true and honest to her character. She didn't fall into the trap of playing the foreign Spanish sex kitten that was written for her, which most actresses would have. She plays her with elegance and class. She was the most interesting part of the film and it's too bad they didn't develop her story line even more. I've seen Beyond Honor, her other incredible performance that should put her on the map along side the top young actresses in the United States. That was a heart wrenching character that she portrayed with beauty and strength. It's no surprise she was picked as one of the 30 under 30 of 2006. I look forward to watching her in many great films to come.
Jeremy London's performance is passable. Kathrine Winniks' pouting and constant melodrama is at times laughable. But I will defend her dedication to the melodramatics; they may be the fault of the direction or the writing. Elisa Donovan is always so cute to watch even when she plays a bitch of a lesbian.
All in all, film doesn't pass, but the actors do a good job at saving the film from what was inevitably going to be an un-sexy rendition of a better film: Dreamers. -
Zettelhead20 October 2016This movie is one of those to slowly discover. It looks some kind of cheap from the beginning and it appears to have no precise direction at first, but as the story evolves and the relationships entangle it is getting better and better.
The psychology of the plot is absolutely believable and the actors are led so sensitively and delicately by the director that their performance has some really outstanding moments. The movie is really getting strong when it defies the conventions of the typical American movie-morality. A threesome relationship is depicted as something that does not infest relationships per se, but as a possible way of living and loving, if those who are involved are sincere and wholehearted. The way you love does not matter as long as you do it without treason and lies.
It starts with the burning of the American flag in a class at university as an example of freedom of opinion, and it ends with a decision to live in a way that is rejected as scandalous by the majority. And in between it tells a story about the risks and fears of establishing your personal utopia. It's daring and provoking. And it is sexy. too...
If you cannot cope with those topics, return to your suppressed and/or guilt ridden sexual fantasies. If you are open minded and believe in the capability of human emotions to transcend rigid social rules, this one is for you!