In "Exotica" a complicated plot is situated around a striptease club.
Normally the motives of men visiting striptease clubs are very obvious, but in "Exotica" they aren't
The weakness of the film is that in the end the relationships between the characters are clear, but their behaviour is not. Hiring a babysitter without having a baby is and remains strange.
The strength of the film is the way Eric (Elias Koteas), the DJ of the club, introduces the girls and praises their innocence. Sometimes this is pure poetry:
"What is it that gives a schoolgirl her special innocence? Her sweet fragrance... Fresh flowers, light as a spring rain... Oh, my god, my god... Or is it her firm, young flesh, inviting your every caress, enticing you to explore her deepest and most private secrets?".
In the end however he answers his own question in a much more prosaic way:
"It's just, you know, you... They got their whole lives ahead of them, you know? And you've wasted half of yours away. Damn. What is it?".
Normally the motives of men visiting striptease clubs are very obvious, but in "Exotica" they aren't
The weakness of the film is that in the end the relationships between the characters are clear, but their behaviour is not. Hiring a babysitter without having a baby is and remains strange.
The strength of the film is the way Eric (Elias Koteas), the DJ of the club, introduces the girls and praises their innocence. Sometimes this is pure poetry:
"What is it that gives a schoolgirl her special innocence? Her sweet fragrance... Fresh flowers, light as a spring rain... Oh, my god, my god... Or is it her firm, young flesh, inviting your every caress, enticing you to explore her deepest and most private secrets?".
In the end however he answers his own question in a much more prosaic way:
"It's just, you know, you... They got their whole lives ahead of them, you know? And you've wasted half of yours away. Damn. What is it?".