I'd wanted to see this movie for years...a friend had recommended it highly as a comedy, as a gay classic, had made it sound like a farce...so finally I got hold of a copy and...
Described as an "erotic comedy" on the DVD cover? Whoever wrote that needs their head examining. Or maybe the comedy got lost in translation? It is not funny. Not funny in the slightest. Not unless you rofl over people wiping their bum on the guest towel in the bathroom for want of toilet paper...and, surprisingly, I don't!
Frank is a sex addict and bargain bin Al Parker wannabee who treats us all to a slice of his sad, tawdry life. He bonks his way through a series of clones who, on this outing, appear to be unduly influenced by the likes of porno classic Kansas City Trucking Company --but not just the cast, no, the production values as a whole are equally as cheap and dreary.
Cost a mere 100,000DMs to make? The money would have been better spent on therapy off camera for the lead actor/writer/director.
Distasteful and distressing. Watch it by all means. But a comedy it is not. A tragedy if you ask me. But when you are expecting one thing and get another it is never good.
Described as an "erotic comedy" on the DVD cover? Whoever wrote that needs their head examining. Or maybe the comedy got lost in translation? It is not funny. Not funny in the slightest. Not unless you rofl over people wiping their bum on the guest towel in the bathroom for want of toilet paper...and, surprisingly, I don't!
Frank is a sex addict and bargain bin Al Parker wannabee who treats us all to a slice of his sad, tawdry life. He bonks his way through a series of clones who, on this outing, appear to be unduly influenced by the likes of porno classic Kansas City Trucking Company --but not just the cast, no, the production values as a whole are equally as cheap and dreary.
Cost a mere 100,000DMs to make? The money would have been better spent on therapy off camera for the lead actor/writer/director.
Distasteful and distressing. Watch it by all means. But a comedy it is not. A tragedy if you ask me. But when you are expecting one thing and get another it is never good.