Apropos the featured reviewer, John Ford's Sex Hygiene is among the best PSA films ever made. The sensitive topic is handled with great candor, important given that the stakes are high. A "surprisingly bad government documentary" it is not. STDs were a huge threat to the fighting capability of the hundreds of thousands of U. S. soldiers in the European theater after D-Day. Instead of lecturing, Ford's film dramatizes real-life dangers and is blessedly straightforward on how to get testing and treatment, and how easy and important it is to do so. Like Duck and Cover, Sex Hygiene stands as one of best uses to which filmmaking has been put.
As to the film under review, I agree with the featured reviewer that it is poorly shot, and in plot and dialogue as unappetizing as the cabbage that's badly cooked.
As to the film under review, I agree with the featured reviewer that it is poorly shot, and in plot and dialogue as unappetizing as the cabbage that's badly cooked.