Since it is a such a 80's classic, I really had to watch it at some point. Eventually, I ended up with some mixed feelings about the whole thing. In my opinion, the best example to explain my feelings about this flick this would be the notorious fruit-sex scene. Indeed, it has been parodied 100s in other movies and TV-shows afterwards and I guess some people find it really erotic but when you thin... read more
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets into an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to complicate.
"The film marks the duration of the relationship between an art gallery employee & a wall street mogul, who have a volatile and somewhat kinky affair involving a variety of sexual acts, ultimately leading to her emotional breakdown. "
Mustanaamio7 added this to a list 9 months, 1 week ago
“Since it is a such a 80's classic, I really had to watch it at some point. Eventually, I ended up with some mixed feelings about the whole thing. In my opinion, the best example to explain my feelings about this flick this would be the notorious fruit-sex scene. Indeed, it has been parodied 100s in other movies and TV-shows afterwards and I guess some people find it really erotic but when you think about it for more than 10 seconds, it is actually rather laughable and ridiculous. And the rest of the movie is about the same as it is a collection of really contrived and rather far-fetched sex scenes. Still, above all thanks to the Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke who were really charismatic, I think it still remain rather fascinating to watch somehow. Furthermore, Adrian Lyne (Unfaithful, Loli” read more
Lamourderer added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago
"27.7.11.
PC
Mickey Rourke näyttää niin paljon Bruce Willisiltä tässä filmissä ettei se voi olla yhteensattuma. Kitschinen erotiikka ei jaksa viihdyttää eikä erityisesti kantaa elokuvan ohutta juonta lähemmäs kahta tuntia. Suosittelisin avarissa, vain ylemmän keskiluokan tavoiteltavissa olevissa ja lähes autioissa kerrostaloasunnoissa kuvattua ja sikäli visuaalisesti ajankuvaltaan mielenkiintoista elokuvaa vain juppisukupolven maailmaa takaisin haikaileville ja keskiluokkaisille "