Good but depressing

dee.reid

"Lost and Delirious" is one of those movies that you may catch while flipping through channels late at night and end up loving.  That is exactly what happened to me when I first saw this film.  On the cover, I thought this would be another one of those feminist or lesbian type of movies but it isn't.  It's actually a beautiful, but tragic love story. "Lost and Delirious" stars Piper Perabo, Jessica Pare, and Mischa Barton as three teenage girls at an all-girl prep school.  Barton is Mary Bradford, a new girl to the school.  She doesn't have much trouble fitting in, as she makes quick friends with her two roommates Paulie Oster (Perabo) and Tori Miller (Pare).  One night, Mary, who can't sleep, walks over to her window and sees Paulie and Tori kissing.  At first, she doesn't think much of it, but as she continues watching, she begins to see that Paulie and Tori may be more than just close friends.

This is truly a one of a kind film.  I'm not real familiar with any of the three leading actresses past films except for Piper Perabo, who I saw in 1999's "Whiteboyz".  She gives the best performance out of the three.  I'm also not real familiar with director Lea Pool's past films either but I must say that her direction here is first rate.

"Lost and Delirious" is a beautiful film, no doubt.  I've never seen a movie that has ever been more honest in carefully displaying its intentions, which is showing two people in love.  Throughout the course of the film, we see Paulie and Tori's romance blossom, but keep in mind that they are not lesbians, they are simply two people in love that just so happen to be girls.  Towards the middle of the film, we see their love for each other slowly begin to fade when they are both caught in bed by Tori's little sister after making love the night before.  It is at this point, that Tori decides to call it quits to their relationship.  Paulie, torn that the only person she ever loved, doesn't return the same feelings, soon begins to descend into jealousy, lust, and violence.  This is where the movie really starts to get depressing and the ending shows how far a person will go just to show their love for someone.

"Lost and Delirious" is a very lovely film, in deed but is also very sad at the same time.  This is definitely a film that's not for everyone, and I give it a ten out of ten.

score 10/10

dee.reid 28 June 2002

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