? Parker Posey plays
an uptight advertising executive who cannot achieve orgasm. Frustrated that he
cannot satisfy her despite having a magnificent penis, her biology-teacher
husband (Paul Rudd) finds an invitation by an attractive student (Mischa
Barton) hard to resist. The movie marks the feature debut of director/cowriter
Billy Kent.
+ I am a fool for the
off-kilter appeal of Posey, though not all of her movies. She’s often funny,
and eventually even touching, in a role that could easily be over-the top.
Despite playing her sexual dysfunction for laughs, she and Kent make you
empathize with her. Danny DeVito is also charming as the greater Cleveland
area’s top pool salesman.
- The balance between
humor and silliness isn’t always achieved. If there are people like the female
sexuality coach played by Liza Minnelli, I didn’t think Posey’s character would
have gone to her class.
= *** A fairly good
humor quotient and a story that’s both smutty and sweet makes this a pleasing
small comedy.
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