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No, I really don't think so!

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2 May 21st, 2004 

31 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

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Well, everyone smiles a lot !

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Just all round .  .  .  .  . ODD

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What if doing the hokey cokey IS what it's all about.......!?!?!?

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OK, firstly I realise this film has quite a large following/fan base, so sorry if I am about to 'diss' yer fave film, but ...WHAT!!?!?!?

I mean, honestly...what the hell is this film about??? Maybe I just don;t 'get it'....(not like that!!!!)

The plot:
Maggie (big curly hair) fails to get into Law School. She currently works for Frances (owner of a gay bookshop...ODD looking, not a real person). Maggie meets Kim (blond short haired woman pretending to be butch but not really getting there! Ends up seeming very full of herself) Kim lives....in a van (as you do). They fall madly in love.

Right. Until now that's all fair enough....until Maggie's Mum comes to visit (and stay with her). Not only does she not know Maggie's lesbian, but she has NO idea that the place she ends up staying belongs to a woman who owns a sex toy shop (again, that's likely!) And then follows a 'hilarious' set of compromising situations, where Maggie and Kim can't keep their hands off each other and Maggie's mother finds the sex toys, blah blah....

OK, ok, I'll stop being so biased.....it could all have been quite a hilarious plot, except for:

Strange transsexual (Judy) who fancies Frances...The fact that Maggie's mother ends up striking a great friendship with Judy. The bookshop censorship naked protest (what WAS that about?!?!?!)
Oh, I just felt this was a dis-jointed, oddly written film about Lesbians. Now don't get me wrong, there isn't enough coverage of ordinary Lesbians in films, but I felt that this was really a weak film, shallow plot, so-so acting........

Just as well it was a present and I didn't actually buy it! (now who's birthday's coming up next?!?!?)

This was a R2 DVD.
Cert 15

And omigod I've just seen that it won 'Audience Award Winner' at the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 1999 (I DEFINITELY didn't get it then!) and howcome it's so bloody old and I've only just seen it (shame!)

 

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patriciat 22.08.2004 10:47

I've not only never seen it, I've never heard of it before. Pat.t

Ruthy_a 21.08.2004 17:45

I enjoyed it for the simple fantasy love story that it is, dont see what you were hoping to find in it beyond this?

Lancashire_Angel 21.05.2004 23:01

Oh dear, can't say I fancy the sound of this - sounds like chocolate definitely is the better option!

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