Body Shots (1999)

Note Générale:

4,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Michael Cristofer

Scénariste (WGA):

David McKenna (written by)

Date de sortie:

21 janvier 2000 (Spain)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Tonight it's for sex. Tomorrow it's for real. (Unrated VHS Version)

Intrigue:

A tale of the mysterious, but necessary, mating ritual between men and women of today and everything they think about sex but are afraid to say.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Drink | Drinking | Bar | Party

Avis des utilisateurs:

What in God's name happened here?

Ensemble

Joe Basile	...	Bartender
Scott Burkholder	...	Man in Bar
Liz Coke	...	Girl #2
Allison Dunbar	...	Girl #3
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Rick Hamilton
Edmund Genest	...	Sara's Dad (as Edmond Genest)
Adam Lieberman	...	Burger Joint Cop (as Adam Gordon)
Mark Hicks	...	Bodyguard
Larry Joshua	...	Detective Richards
Elizabeth Liebel	...	Mrs. Drofsky
Ron Livingston	...	Trent
Marc Lynn	...	Disco Bartender
Jerry O'Connell	...	Michael Penorisi
Lou Paget	...	Oral Sex Instructor
Amanda Peet	...	Jane Bannister

Autre(s) titre(s):

Jello Shots (USA) (working title)
Last Night (USA) (working title)
The Night Before (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic sex-related dialogue, language, violence and scenes of alcohol abuse.

Durée:

106 min | USA:103 min (R-rated version) | USA:106 min (unrated version)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Portugal:M/16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Ontario) (unrated version) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM18 | Philippines:R-18 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Chile:18 | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Mexico:C | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:R(A) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (NO. 36662) | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Iceland:16

Lieux de tournage:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

New Line Cinema

Anecdotes:

The film's title was changed from "Jello Shots" to "Body Shots" because of threatened litigation on the part of Kraft Foods (owner of the "Jell-O" trademark).

Guillemet:

Sara Olswang: I see a guy with a cute bum, I just want to bite it.

Connexions:

Référencé sur Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Bande son:

F**ck With Your Head

What in God's name happened here?

What a weird movie!! This movie is Swingers for its first half and then abruptly turns into The Accused for the second half, and you're left scratching your head. I was really into in for the first half, maybe because I'm a big fan of Swingers. Ron Livington's Trent (Vince Vaughn's name in Swingers, coincidentally) is flat-out hilarious, and steals the show whenever he's onscreen. There are lots of funny, insightful moments until the movie takes a deadly turn into the maudlin. An alleged rape occurs, and we see it happen from both characters' point-of-view. But since neither character is particularly sympathetic or appealing, we don't really care whose telling the truth or not. Jerry O'Connell's Michael is a mindless, jock moron while Tara Reid's Sara is a naive tease. So who cares about the outcome? And then the movie tries to throw in a few jokes during all this melodrama which really fall flat. If the movie had continued in the vein of the first half, we might have really had something here. As it is, though, it's a mess.