montyvalentino
i had the honor of seeing this well made and tense drama; set against a backdrop of murder, drugs, and psycho-sexual psychologically, i found this film to be one of the most sexually charged films in a long time. think something along the lines of LAST TANGO IN Paris.there are powerful performances here amidst delicate subject matter; not for the faint at heart.immediately i was gripped from the opening scene; the film further picks up momentum with the arrival of a hustler (andre scheider); from there its a wild ride.unlike most films of this nature, the dialogue is superbly written.the film has a fine balance of cinema verite and traditional narrative.
ingolino
Andre Schneider rather stands out in an ensemblecast who takes themselves and the matterthey're talking about way too serious.What could've been a rather niece piece of trash or even a cute little "Basic Instinct"- homage comes down extremely heavy and after a splendid interrogation scene it quickly runs a little bit out of focus and wants to be so much more... Even the sex-scenes are not that bad, but the actors are in desperate need to lighten up and when Ivy Poll mumbles "I'm just getting moist again"one wonders if she had ever been in the first place...
oleg_teabaum
it's hard to make a negative statement here after all this raving about how great deed poll is, how wonderful the actors did and so on and so on. i did not like the film. it's crappy!there are orgies, they have taboo sex (gay sex, bi sex, oral sex, rape, anal sex, masturbation, brother-sister-sex, brother-brother-sex, sex on drugs, sex without drugs, sex, sex, sex seems to rule their world. i guess the director is desperately in need of a getting laid.) the story is just dirty and shameful. i wonder what made those people get up with this story. and above all: who cares?the technical stuff didn't satisfy me as well. the sound is poor, so is the editing and the "direction" is absent. the actors are admittedly fine, but guess what! it's their job! their job is to act! no need to jump off your seats if an actor did a decent job. do you applause when a bus driver brings you home safely? see?i gave it 2/10 because after all this thing had something that i can't put in words. b movie charm? camp fun? nudity? i don't know.
Coughly
"Deed Poll" is the movie to prove that Barbara Kowa is the next Sharon Stone. Her sexy performance reminded me of Stone's performance in "Basic Instinct".Like Catherine Tramell, Ivy Poll is a deeply disturbed and dangerous character: sad and vulnerable, yet deadly. After she had killed both her parents ("I was following an impulse!"), she and her brother hire a call-boy to celebrate their re-gained freedom. As the bisexual S&M sex games progress, more and more drugs are taken, and the call-boy finally sheds his skin.After sitting through this dark and moody little shocker, I listened to Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" all night long.Unfortunately, "Deed Poll" is hard to find, but if you get your hands on it, you will surely enjoy it. In about ten years, this will be a cult film, just like "Se7en".
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