Ok, this is a romantic comedy, with a porn studio setting. The script is fairly dreadful (as well as Jody's autobiographical script in the movie, the serious one she was moonlighting to make!). I appreciated how frank Finding Bliss was about sex, as it would be in this setting, but the "wisdom" about love and sex and their relation was clumsily done.
I didn't buy either relationship here for a second. For Jody's hot film school friend Kathleen, it's love at first sight with Gary, the guy who "shows people around" (literally, I don't know what else this guy does). Gary is short, chubby, wears glasses, and is insanely neurotic. Hello ladies! These relationships can only be written, then put on film. Or in this case, not even written or developed. (I'm pretty sure this was thrown in as "something guys want to see").
Then there's Jody herself. She graduated film school, and won an award there, but ultimately had to take a job editing skin flicks. Of course, she has an ulterior motive. She is extremely uptight about sex, due to her upbringing, and a bad experience. She is somehow attracted to Jeff, her boss/the director, who is a fellow film school student who has also turned to porn. There is nothing likeable about this guy. He's a tool and a half. And quite often opposed to Jody! But he got hurt by his wife (aww), hasn't been with a woman since (probably due to his personality), and besides, he's handsome! (which is all that seems to matter). So, well, he's "the one"!
Funny side-fact: Leelee Sobieski married Matthew Davis in real life. FOR FIVE MONTHS. Oh man, I cannot un-see Jamie Kennedy's semi-chubbed up wiener. And they cut to it TWICE. Unless it was video trickery, and it was a stunt wiener. But still. That's something I did not sign up for. Leelee in a sex comedy? Ok, just for that I'll give it 5 stars.
I didn't buy either relationship here for a second. For Jody's hot film school friend Kathleen, it's love at first sight with Gary, the guy who "shows people around" (literally, I don't know what else this guy does). Gary is short, chubby, wears glasses, and is insanely neurotic. Hello ladies! These relationships can only be written, then put on film. Or in this case, not even written or developed. (I'm pretty sure this was thrown in as "something guys want to see").
Then there's Jody herself. She graduated film school, and won an award there, but ultimately had to take a job editing skin flicks. Of course, she has an ulterior motive. She is extremely uptight about sex, due to her upbringing, and a bad experience. She is somehow attracted to Jeff, her boss/the director, who is a fellow film school student who has also turned to porn. There is nothing likeable about this guy. He's a tool and a half. And quite often opposed to Jody! But he got hurt by his wife (aww), hasn't been with a woman since (probably due to his personality), and besides, he's handsome! (which is all that seems to matter). So, well, he's "the one"!
Funny side-fact: Leelee Sobieski married Matthew Davis in real life. FOR FIVE MONTHS. Oh man, I cannot un-see Jamie Kennedy's semi-chubbed up wiener. And they cut to it TWICE. Unless it was video trickery, and it was a stunt wiener. But still. That's something I did not sign up for. Leelee in a sex comedy? Ok, just for that I'll give it 5 stars.