mole102001 Reviews

Slip Up (1975)

no expense spared

[10/10 · 14 April 2010]

This is very funny indeed and comes from a golden age when film makers knew that simply being explicit did not equal erotic. The film was clearly shot so that with a few cuts it could be shown in a mainstream cinema, but it is the hardcore version that should be sought out. What makes the film work is not the quality of the acting, that was never going to happen, but the tongue in cheek send up of other comedy films. This is most definitely a film not to be taken seriously and the cast play it for all its worth.

This is perfectly encapsulated in the special effects which are a hoot; let me assure you that absolutely no expense was spared on them at all. ha ha.

Well, maybe not.

If monty python had made this full-blooded sex film, it would have been hailed as a masterpiece of send up and kitsch.

Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)

great slap stick comedy

[9/10 · 14 August 2006]

I cannot understand the critics of this film. It clearly has an unbelievable plot and all the characters are caricatures of goodies or baddies, inept adults and triumphant kids - but that is where the humour lies. From start to finish it stands in the old fashioned slap stick and manic situation comedy movie genre. The fact that you can see some of the jokes coming does not stop them being funny at the moment of delivery. There are some superb slap stick movie moments. Mayhem abounds. It is not meant to be taken seriously. It does not pretend to be great cinema. It is not cool or sophisticated comedy. Woody Allen would and could not have made it. It should be seen for what it is, a wonderful, old-fashioned, family comedy which makes us laugh again and again and which can be enjoyed by all ages. I grew up on Jerry Lee Lewis and St. Trinians. I loved it.

Anatomy of Hell (2004)

Nothing but a fake

[1/10 · 1 February 2005]

The lead characters were not believable and the film had a feeling of fake written all over it. This was reinforced by the fact that the lead actress clearly did not share Breillat's commitment to the film, vis the vaginal scenes were done by a double and the sex scene at the end of the film was clearly faked. If you believe that an art house film such as this should have real sex, then you will be disappointed. If you believe that sex is so private and sacred that it should never be real, then you will be shocked. By the use of the double, the film ends up satisfying neither one side nor the other and ultimately calls into question why the actress took the part. To even begin to work, the film needed passion, commitment and reality from all concerned, and that was lacking.