I decided to watch this movie when I found this appearing on many lists when I searched for "Best adult/teen/sex comedies".
The big star, recognizable supporting cast and the gratuitous nudity, and me being a Fanboy of this genre meant I had to watch this movie.
The first thing that hit me was the music and the artsy starting montage, straightaway my instincts were triggered and I re-aligned my expectations for a movie where there will be "more than meets the eye".
The hypnotic ethereal and eerily foreboding background score, right from the opening scene told me that movie is going to have more drama and coming of age elements than I had originally expected, and probably more nudity too.
The director/cinematographer were always looking at more than a teen comedy because there are many dramatic and probably deliberately artistic elements to the movie.
You are under constant threats/promises which are never actually carried out.
It promises you increasingly graphic nudity....but instead gives you increasingly titillating, poetic and passionate scenes with no nudity.
It threatens to turn overly dramatic and tragic, but instead always promises hope and encourages us to "to live a little" even in despair.
You expect complete character building, but the characters remains enigmas and their relationships remain a mystery throughout.
It looks like its going to get rip-roaring funny, but instead keeps us smiling with one liners, and some twists and turns.
I went in for epic teen sex comedy, I came out with serendipity instead.
Deliberately or otherwise, this movie doesn't keep its word, and based on this fact, principally I cannot reward it with higher ratings.
-s many attempts at art seem deliberate, doesn't really have any big/epic moments in any emotion.
+/-s remains enigmatic and open ended throughout.
+s hypnotic background score, stellar acting, captures the time and human emotions/ thoughts at that age brilliantly.
Proceed with caution.
The big star, recognizable supporting cast and the gratuitous nudity, and me being a Fanboy of this genre meant I had to watch this movie.
The first thing that hit me was the music and the artsy starting montage, straightaway my instincts were triggered and I re-aligned my expectations for a movie where there will be "more than meets the eye".
The hypnotic ethereal and eerily foreboding background score, right from the opening scene told me that movie is going to have more drama and coming of age elements than I had originally expected, and probably more nudity too.
The director/cinematographer were always looking at more than a teen comedy because there are many dramatic and probably deliberately artistic elements to the movie.
You are under constant threats/promises which are never actually carried out.
It promises you increasingly graphic nudity....but instead gives you increasingly titillating, poetic and passionate scenes with no nudity.
It threatens to turn overly dramatic and tragic, but instead always promises hope and encourages us to "to live a little" even in despair.
You expect complete character building, but the characters remains enigmas and their relationships remain a mystery throughout.
It looks like its going to get rip-roaring funny, but instead keeps us smiling with one liners, and some twists and turns.
I went in for epic teen sex comedy, I came out with serendipity instead.
Deliberately or otherwise, this movie doesn't keep its word, and based on this fact, principally I cannot reward it with higher ratings.
-s many attempts at art seem deliberate, doesn't really have any big/epic moments in any emotion.
+/-s remains enigmatic and open ended throughout.
+s hypnotic background score, stellar acting, captures the time and human emotions/ thoughts at that age brilliantly.
Proceed with caution.