Romance
Trimark Pictures | Release Date: September 17, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The eroticism is powerful, and the documentary candor and directness of the sex scenes make this well worth seeing. Read full review
60
NewsweekDavid Ansen
For those who believe that movies are a proper place to explore the riddle of sex, no holds barred, this movie is de rigueur. Read full review
53
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Showing the sex seems to be the film's raison d'etre, which gets you only so far. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Lots of sex, but little joy. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
A cheerless exercise.
50
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
An au natural (read: graphic) tryst-a-thon whose fashion sense is outweighed only by its bulky sexual intellectualism. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
It's like watching a bad update of an Antonioni film. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Hovers between passion and philosophical argument without fully achieving its ambition to fuse the two. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
More cautionary than titillating...some of it (is) deliberately disturbing. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Visually stunning and breathtakingly frank, but thrill-seekers beware. Read full review
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