Woodyanders
Amorous Michael (hunky Peter Gallagher) and his sweet girlfriend Cathy (Daryl Hannah at her most charming and delectable) are an American couple vacationing on the Greek island of Santorini. Michael has a fling with alluring, exotic and uninhibited French archaeologist Lina (the mesmerizing Valerie Quennessen). Michael tells Cathy about his infidelity and Cathy goes out of her way to meet Lina. Cathy becomes so enamored of Lina that she agrees to a menage a trois relationship. Writer/director Randal Kleiser offers a good-natured and engrossing love story between three people that works as both a happy and dynamic ode to the free'n'easy early 80's sexual revolution and a provocative commentary on preconceived notions about monogamy and so-called "normal" relationships. Moreover, Kleiser handles the copious nudity and feverish sensuality in a tasteful and matter-of-fact way; this film never becomes sleazy or exploitative despite the racy subject matter. Instead a positively infectious spirit of carefree fun and innocence pervades throughout. The three attractive leads all give appealingly warm and natural performances, with the strikingly comely, poised and charismatic Quennessen rating as the stand-out of the bunch. Barbara Rush contributes a funny cameo as Cathy's loving, but disapproving mother Jean and Carole Cook is a total hoot as Jean's cheery friend Barbara. Timothy Galfas' bright, glossy cinematography vividly evokes a palpably lush and languid sultry atmosphere. The infectiously bouncy rock soundtrack adds immensely to the bubbly, upbeat merriment. An offbeat, enjoyable and underrated little delight.
r-c-s
well well well... Hannah is cute...Quennessen (R.I.P) is well-shaped...both are hot as hell (1982!). But i assure you i can download flicks with more skin and equally pretty faces from the net, without being bothered with postmodern artsy concerns and aiming too high for what essentially is a parade of nude bodies. Ingredients: exotic locations on some paradise beach; two female actors who might very well be from a glossy lesbian pictorial; a gummy-faced male lead who might be a gay cover model and would (probably) make a good TS/TV with a little work... Then pretend the above ingredients to be meant to impart a "deep lesson" or whatever; please... The premises are as fake as it can get and so is everything that follows. Please don't tell me that such as Hannah & Quennessen naked in their best shape fooling around with a gummy-faced gay cover model represent anything REAL...you watch it, and in your subconscious you wait for them to pull a chewing gum, an aftershave, a debt scheme or at least a tampon to advertise. When is last time you saw something similar? Now if the male lead had been Sid Justice, the female lead Sensational Sherry and the third man Dusty Rhodes, THEN at least you'd understand they had meant it in jest, but here they meant it in earnest; and it's not Shakespeare, either. Poor excuse for an escapist dream as well...now if he had beer belly, the face of Robert Davi and she looked like miss Beulah from POrky's, then we might talk about it. Glossy, pretentious nude beach informercial for simple minds pretending they're aiming high. 3/10 because of the skin.
lastliberal
Santorini, a beautiful island paradise with donkey rides to the top and a fun vacation. I made two visits, but never got to spend a summer there. That is reserved for those who are much more well off.So, here we have well off Peter Gallagher (Short Cuts, American Beauty) and his girlfriend Daryl Hannah (Splash, Kill Bill Vol. 2) spending the Summer on Santorini. Is there anything in the world you could imagine that would top that? Why would you even want to? Well, it seems that Michael (Gallagher) isn't satisfied with a hot girl on a beautiful island and wants to add Lina (Valérie Quennessen) to his life. Naturally, Cathy (Hannah) objects, but eventually agrees after becoming friends with Lina. Right I can just imagine the crazy mind that dreamed this up. Every girl would share her man. And, no, there is no hot lesbian sex going on to seal the deal. It's share with no benefits.They move in together and become a loving family. They even get depressed and cut their vacation short by two weeks when Lina disappears. Are these two mental? Yes, we see Darryl in her skin debut as she sunbathes nude, and she has a fantastic wet-t-shirt scene, and there are babes galore on the beach topless and fully nude, and on and on, but face it, if you suggested this to your girl and she looked like Daryl Hannah, she would probably tell you to take a hike.
hiptrigger
Now that Peter Gallagher is everyone's favorite TV dad on the O.C., it's fun to see what he did in his younger days. Oh man! Right from the opening credits this movie is like being in a time warp. Does anyone remember when a hit song was written just so it could be the title of a movie? Then I was surprised to hear the old Chicago song closing out the movie when they're all naked and happy again. Hardly a classic, but if you're in your 30's or 40's, you may remember how we all thought Footloose was a good movie back then. Plus, it has a sort of eerie quality since the French chick got killed in an accident in 1989. Here's an idea. Take a vacation with your special someone to the Greek coastal villa where this movie was shot and try some re-enactments of the scenes.
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