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Well, poor Steve Fresh's mum has one month to come up with $32,000 or she will be kicked out of her home. That is a bit of a difficulty so Steve gets together with his friends to attempt to outwit the evil banker that digs through people's safety deposit boxes after they die. What they decide is to pool their talents and to make a porno, and they land up getting the evil banker's daughters as the main stars. The big question is: how does one make a movie about making porno's and only rate it as an M. Well, that is easy because they have very discrete with what they show. Personally I though the Nude Bomb had a better quote, but this was what I was wondering about this movie anyway. You do see a bit of flesh, but it people's pants do remain on, and when they do not, you don't see it on the camera. This movie is really pro-pornography. They try to say that it is okay because it is not really exploitation of women as the women are doing it out of their own willingness. It may be so, but what I do think is does encourage is people to lust after other people's bodies and really not look beyond a woman (or even a man) as what their bodies show. Personally I prefer to have a relationship with a living, breathing woman, than to stare at them through a television screen. That and porno's being generally boring and exist only to show people not only trumping around in the nude, but having explicit sex, is simply something that I do not find interesting. This movie though was supposed to be a comedy, and it is funny in places, but in the end it is little more than a T&A with a pro-porno message. Also, the acting was quite irritating at times and it also seemed that they were trying to push the message a bit too much. It was not a subtle movie, but it was still enjoyable while it lasted.

REVIEW (SPOILERS!)

All The Way is the romantic comedy about five best friends and one big problem. When Steve's family home is foreclosed on by a corrupt bank manager, his friends (Robyn, Danny, Lisa and Mike) must find $30,000 in 30 days.

They decide the only way to raise that much money is to make a film... an adult film.

Now these nice, clean-cut kids don't know the first thing about making a home video, let alone an erotic masterpiece but together they try to solve all of the problems, relationship hassles, philosophical arguments and technicalities of shooting such a film... in time.

BUT...

Steve rekindles a flame with his old school sweetheart, Karrie.... a theology student,

Mike can't keep his tongue in his mouth - it's full of his foot!

Robyn's lover, Anna, won't condone this misogynism and forces Robyn to quit the group,

And the Bank Manager sets a nasty goon after Steve and his friends.

In the face of all this, Steve manages to overcome his problems but only with the help of the people he loves, because you've got to have friends which is really what the film is about anyway.

The beauty of this film is that it works. We've all seen films that are big and expensive and bad. This film works, the story is sweet. The characters are nicely drawn. And with all this, it was made on a shoestring, released theatrically and is out on video through Fox.

It shows what can be achieved with little or no resources.

Sure, the acting, lighting, camera work and sound are not up to hollywood standard. But it was shot with less than $30,000. Total!

Not bad.

This is a film that should be seen by all aspiring film makers who have a story and a dream. It is possible!