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I gave this one the full 10, despite slight niggling critiques of the slightly uneven acting (mostly from Gina Gershon).
The Wachowskis made their name with this movie, and with many good reasons! First, it wasn't a "lesbian film"...not that I have any problem with those, being a lesbian and all, but it was nice that the Corky character could just as easily have been a man with slight rewriting (a little more initial suspicion from Cesar, a few testosterone-soaked threats to the effect of "my property", etc., etc.). The plot came first, the lesbianism second, but for that, it was still well done!
And how do you write a convincing story of burgeoning lesbian lust when you're two boys? Simple, you hire Susie Bright (aka Susie Sexpert, aka the founding editor of On Our Backs) as a "lesbian consultant", and even give her a cameo! How often these simple solutions seem to elude us...although I also have to agree with lesbian critics who found Corky not nearly "butch" enough. A sop to the boys? Perhaps...but as a femme-loving femme myself, I liked her better that way, anyhow.
Toss in the tight plot, the notes of desperation and stress being hit just right, outrageously good cinematography, and the sheer, sultry sex-kitten-with-a-twist quality that you never would have believed could have actually come from Jennifer Tilly, and you have a true original worthy of the best collections.
And *such* a satisfying ending!
SEE...THIS...MOVIE!!!
score 10/10
sonyalynn 4 November 2002
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