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Sheen brings a mix of boyish charm, sleepy-eyed irresponsibility, and welled-up rage to the part of Artie Mitchell, the younger brother full of ideas always in the shadow of Jim (Estevez), the director and media glory-hound. Behind the scenes, however, their lives are a repetitious loop of snorting, smoking, sex, and shouting matches. The sloppy direction by Estevez is rambling and unfocused, never really plumbing the depths of the love and jealousy that drove the brothers. It pales next to the passion of Boogie Nights and the complexities of The People vs. Larry Flynt, but for all its shortcomings it is a fascinating story, the underside of the outlaw American dream.
The DVD also features commentary by Estevez and Sheen (who cracks so many deadpan jokes he keeps breaking up Emilio) and interviews with Marilyn Chambers and former San Francisco assistant district attorney Bernard Walter, who talk about the real-life Mitchell brothers. --Sean Axmaker
| ACTORS: | Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Emilio Estevez |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 758445103120 |
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Customer Reviews of Rated X (Unrated Version)
The Sheen Bros play the Mitchell Bros to astonishing results Once you get past the allure of pornography, Rated X is the true story of two troubled brothers who strike it rich in every respect (money and women) in the earliest incarnation of the modern day porn world. Loosely based on the intense biography, X Rrated, Rated X is also the directorial debut of Emilio Estevez. Now before you laugh, Estevez has a strong command of his vision and crafts a startiling, dark world where a pair of brothers fall into drugs, sex, and money and slowly unravel into despair and mental illness.
Charlie Sheen gives the performance of his career as Artie Mitchell, a drug addled, womanizing, porn producer who is eventually gunned down by his brother Jim (Estevez).
'Rated X' shows the earliest struggles of the porn industry against censorship and obsenity and its triumph into the mainstream with the production of 'Deep Throat' and the Mitchell Brothers' classic 'Behind the Green Door.' Eventually, amid the atmosphere of drugs and organized crime the industry falls from the lofty heights of those seminal porn films into a mockery of jokes and sex.
This is an excellent companion piece to PT Anderson's 'Boogie Nights.' Where as 'Boogie' deals more with the personalities that existed in the hey day of porn, 'Rated X' gives us the struggle with authorities over obsenity, the triumph of the porn film with a story and the decline into kitch, cliche, and video.
Sheen and Estevez's performances are strong and vivid, especially in the sceens together where it is obvious (based on Sheen's drug problems) that the brother's are pulling from emotions they have felt in their lives to add realism to the lives of Jim and Artie Mitchell.
Terrific Performances makes this an Intense Drama.
This film is Based on a True Story about the Rise and Fall of the Porn Filmmakers, the Mithchell Brothers (Played by Charlie Sheen & Emilio Estevez), who made a famous porn film called-Behind the Green Door. Once they become successful, they have to go through the Gouverment,The Mob & even Eachother to Create a San Franciso Porno Dynasty, but the Drugs and thier Intense Relationship puts them apart.
Directed by Emilio Estevez (Men at Work, The War at Home, Wisdom) made a terrfic drama that, it was never release in Movie Theaters. Instend it got debuted in Showtime Entertainment Network. DVD's has an bright Pan & Scan (1.33:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Stereo 2.0 Surround Sound. DVD has an surprisngly amusing Commentary Track by Real Life Brothers:Sheen & Estevez. Watch for film director:Peter Bogdanovich appears as a film school professor. A Must See. Grade:A.
Bad wigs
This movie could have been handled so much better. Doesn't help that the brothers Sheen wore terrible bald wigs which were so noticeable in parts it made the film so silly. Just keep your eye out for the really shiney moments when the wigs look so plastic. That aside, what is wrong with this film. Besides the fact it did nothing at the box office, the film just doesn't have enough punch to pull you in. I really felt nothing for any of the characters involved, and you need to be able to do this to appreciate a film.
The Sheen brothers team up again for this film (remember "Men at Work"?). Someone must have told them that they make a good combination, but I am afraid that this partnership couldn't save this film.