Eliza Dushku Plus Macaulay Culkin Equals Group Orgy?
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Hmmm, seems like this is a film to watch when you're home alone ... (Sorry, I had to make the joke. Had to!) Yes, in case you did not know, Macaulay Culkin and Eliza Dushku star in a film called Sex and Breakfast that's surprisingly already available on DVD here in the states and is currently screening at the Cannes Market in hopes of snagging some international buyers. Not only is it already available on DVD, but you can also skip the whole rental thingy and watch the entire film on YouTube over here. Oh, and that's the trailer above.
Now, based on the trailer, you'd think Sex and Breakfast was a hot, steamy low-budget indie flick featuring young, kinda-still-famous actors doing it all ... night ... long. And THEN having breakfast! Hot! Actually, the film follows two couples who, when difficulties arise in their relationships, visit a sex therapist who's into proscribing group sex to everyone ... or at least that's how Karina over at Spout remembers it. Okay, still hot -- we could do without the Culkin, but the Dushku-on-girl action (as promised in the trailer) is an interesting scenario. But then Karina goes and ruins the whole ending for us (spoiler warning!!): "The couples do finally get around to Doing It, but it's the most boring sex scene of all time, all above-the-shoulders shots of one swapped couple kissing intercut with the meaningful stares of the other couple from across the room." Bummer. But do they have breakfast??
Anyone actually rent this flick? Care to comment?









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5-20-2008 @ 11:49AM
Midnight13 said...
I haven't seen this movie but from all the things I've heard/read about it, its a complete waste of a Dushku. This was what Whedon was talking about when he said to her, "You're better then this."
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5-20-2008 @ 2:42PM
Lerch said...
I got it from Netflix and made it about halfway through; it's still on the shelf weeks later, waiting for me to finish it or send it back, and I still can't decide. There was some genuinely funny stuff, certainly it's lit well and there's lots of beautiful people, but so far it's been melodramatic in a bad way, lots of telegraphing and broad brush strokes of characterization/stereotyping. Interesting enough that I haven't sent it back, boring enough that I can't get in the right mood to finish it.
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5-20-2008 @ 5:50PM
Mark Rooster said...
I enjoyed this movie. It's true, the actual sex in the movie is pretty lame for a movie called "Sex and Breakfast," but it's not a bad film overall. There's some good humor and plenty of uncomfortable moments.
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