Not really succesful, but points for trying. Maggie Gyllenhaal is very entertaining, and not just because she keeps showing her hiney. Is James Spader, like, the go-to guy for sexual dysfunction movies? What’s that guy’s problem? Ohhhhhh. . .this movie coulda been really good. I bet the story it is based on is good. What a shame. The more I think about it the more disappointed I get. I better stop writing before that B- drops down to a C+.
Hoffman, be glad you’re not single or living in L.A. Because this movie is every single girl of a certain age group’s favorite movie out here it seems. Especially the ones that do the online dating. Not that I have anything wrong with spanking–I welcome it–or the movie per se–it was OK. But how many times I’ve had to heap copious amounts of over-inflated praise on this movie just to attempt to get some action…oh vey…I can’t even begin to tell ya.
i meant “oy vey” of course. my yiddish is rusty.
Wow! While the movie is merely lukewarn, a woman admitting admiration for it is HOT.
Were I on an internet date and someone told me “my favorite movie is the one that smiles brightly on extreme sexual deviance” I think I’d be very quick to look for the check, a cab, and a large jar of marshmallow fluff and rainbow suspenders.
Howard Stern said it best — crazy girls who cut themselves. . .that’s so hot.
Unfortunately, many ladies seem to like it in name only, not in practice. As in “I’m making of statement by choosing this as my favorite movie.” Kinda like a first year film student will tell you Citizen Kane is his favorite movie because he thinks it’s what’s expected…when really it’s Turner & Hooch.
On the other hand, the rare lady who DOES follow through…yes! Paddles and circus paraphenalia are certainly in order.
Unfortunatley, in return for the paddling and the circus paraphenalia, the rare lady is going to want James Spader’s apartment, including the copper Japanese soaking tub.