Everything which at first sounded so potentially great when I first read about this movie, unfortunately turned out to be quite mediocre or even ridiculously bad. An example of potential greatness turned sour: there are great supporting actors to be seen, but they all fail miserably. Jodie Foster for example has got an unintended silly English accent, which makes her character totally laughable. Another example of greatness turned sour: a soundtrack by Miles Davis! Great, but then I realised it was one of his worst records from his eighties period. Ellen Barkin, an actress whom I truly love, is acting ridiculous as well in this flop. Her ridiculous acting style, with a lot of exaggerated body movements, were probably made to invoke a certain artsy fartsy effect, but it looked laughably ridiculous.
What's left that is unique about this movie is some full nudity by Ellen Barkin, right at the start of the movie, so for those interested in that, one only has to watch the first 5 minutes. Her full nudity isnt portrayed in any real erotic fashion though, but more in a bland and laughable sort of artsy fartsy way.
The director of this disaster was fresh from film school and continued to make nothing else but music videoclips after this flop. Her incoherent, exaggerated style of directing is indeed better suited for music video clips then for serious feature films. In the end this movie is only interesting because it is such a laughable flop. ALL of the actors involved would love to forget they ever took part in it. I guess the reviewers who digged this movie were all guys who love to see Ellen Barkin naked...
What's left that is unique about this movie is some full nudity by Ellen Barkin, right at the start of the movie, so for those interested in that, one only has to watch the first 5 minutes. Her full nudity isnt portrayed in any real erotic fashion though, but more in a bland and laughable sort of artsy fartsy way.
The director of this disaster was fresh from film school and continued to make nothing else but music videoclips after this flop. Her incoherent, exaggerated style of directing is indeed better suited for music video clips then for serious feature films. In the end this movie is only interesting because it is such a laughable flop. ALL of the actors involved would love to forget they ever took part in it. I guess the reviewers who digged this movie were all guys who love to see Ellen Barkin naked...