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Don't let the cheesecake cover fool you
I dont remember this in theaters though it played some festivals under a more artsy name, then got this title for the video release. Them that expects the usual Cinemax late night smut and neon misogyny will be I'm happy to say disappointed. This is a brave, interesting, beautiful movie, in which the most sypmathetic character is a creepy redneck named Flowers who likes to sniff Domique Swain's sandals. Little Elliot from E.T. is all grown up and give us what is perhaps the best, most complex, even sympathetic portrait of an angry, wife-beating loser. You Swain-hunds wont even get real nudity so go check yourselves (her cut off jeans aren't half as short as Daisy Duke's), this be art and love lovers swamp territory all the way. Great viola music and poetic dialogue, with it's many MacBeth references this would probably go real good with Scotland, PA though I aint ever seen it and this is probably better.

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Breathtaking/Gasping
Plain Dirty is a difficult movie to breathe through. The beauty and artistry of the filming contrasted sharply with the difficulty of the story. Both took my breath away. For obviously different reasons. As a woman and a feminist and a human being, I rooted for Inez. And indeed the men too. Deep in the heart of each of us is a longing to meet our own True Lover, the one who will accept us for who we really are and whatever it is we have done or not done. Just think about it. Heartfelt acceptance and love. It was just that in this love quadrangle, I wasn't quite prepared for the resolution...It still rankles and shocks me. But enough about that. The performances were awesome on all accounts (some casting!)but I will admit that for me Henry Thomas stole the show. He deserves a Best Actor. His performance captures the essence of the Abusive Man -- longing for competence and recognition and love yet ever the outcast and the unwanted. And the failure. In his own eyes. He cannot tolerate humiliation and so he humiliates. What exactly is the difference between love and obsession and stalking? Is it a matter of degrees? I see him holding up the amber necklace he stole as a gift to the wife he has just beaten and see his face like a young boy's saying "Please love me.' This is a movie about tough love. It isn't what used to be Disney. In fact, it isn't nice at all. It is playing dirty. I still want to believe we can be better than that.

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DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS CRAP!
A WOMAN TRYS TO ESCAPE FROM HER ABUSIVE HUSBAND. SO WHAT? THIS MOVIE IS BORING AND THERE'S NOT REALLY NOTHING TO IT. WHY I RENTED THIS MOVIE, I'LL NEVER KNOW. THE ACTING IS AMATEURISH, THE STORY IS POINTLESS, AND THE CHARACTERS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DEPTH TO THEM WHATSOEVER. MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THIS MOVIE. BUT WHATEVER THE REASON IS, I FOUND THIS MOVIE TO BE A COMPLETE AND UTTER WASTE OF TIME! AND QUITE FRANKLY, I WOULDN'T BE SUPRISED IF I BEGIN TO SEE SOME OTHER NEGATIVE REVIEWS ON THIS MOVIE ANYTIME SOON.