fredtee
The script was written by someone on opium, how else to explain the psychobabble about relationship between men and women.I know of many stressed-out white men with a family, young children and a nice house, who remember nostalgically a carefree trip while they were young and single. A good number even take a trip with their buddies and without their wives to briefly re-live the single life while in their 40's male midlife crisis. But to leave all that behind for a brief Menage-a-Trois with a promiscuos young blonde on a distant Philippine island? Then there is a bamboo Tower of Babel built to "kiss the sky" complete with a monk and language barriers...a metaphor for what, exactly. After the tower collapses in a heavy rainfall the monk doles out some Buddhist wisdom about "finding paradise only in your heart." Ouch.This is a movie for men whose physical passion has left their marriage as they reach middle age and lose the energy to cavort from sunup to sundown chasing women while drinking and taking drugs. But they can dream, can't they?Most movies have a "turning point" in the third act to resolve the problem laid out in the first and second act. Here Jeff inexplicably jumps into bed with a photographer on the very night he returns to vainly rekindle the Menage-a-Trois. Is he just plain stupid, given the blonde rents a room nearby in the same hotel? The writer must have overdosed on opium at that point.
BobbyG
I checked this movie out at the library...yes, the library! Very interesting film about how ones dreams are seldom matched by reality. The dismal rating given by the reviewers here is not justified. It makes you wonder what people are thinking. The movie is far more interesting than most receiving ratings greater than 6.5. I'm giving this a 10, although in reality it probably deserves an 8. Somebody needs to help bring the rating up where it belongs.
George Parker
"Kiss the Sky" is about two middle-aged best friend family men (Petersen & Cole) who, dissatisfied with the routine of their routine but successful lives, take a business/pleasure trip to the Philippines where the bump into Adny (Sheryl Lee) - in more ways than one - and decide to recapture their lost youth and hedonistic ways and live happily ever after in "paradise". Technically and artistically good, the film loses itself in circular logic and ruminations about interpersonal relationships and other sophomoric nonsense. Nonetheless, it seems to be an earnest attempt to show that you can "never go home" and life is a stream, forever changing, never to run up hill. An okay watch not to be taken seriously.
rbrb
This movie earns from me a 10 out of 10, with superb script and music sound track. You could call it an adult version of "The Beach". Set in an exotic location the story follows the adventures of two mid-life executives searching their souls for the meaning of life and their lives.There will be a lot of people including myself who can identify with this film. Why this picture scores so highly is the wondrous script examining Buddha/Zen philosophy.Don't be put off by that...as the scenario is totally absorbing done with humor, intelligence and thoughtfulness. A believable "love triangle" is on one level at the heart of the story, or to put it more bluntly a 3-some, and my only 'gripe' about the film is that it is one of those(perhaps rare) instances where more scenes focusing on the intimacy would of been appropriate , but who knows if on cable some scenes were cut. The acting is solid , tender and wonderfully underplayed. But the music score..well, fantastic; no other word for it and I for one will be racing around looking to buy the music CD. Lucky I found this "gem" purely by chance on TV, its opening with the enchanting music is mesmerizing and what follows equally compelling. Seems like Leonardo found the wrong beach!
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