Casual Sex? (1988)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Geneviève Robert

Writers:

Wendy Goldman (writer)
Judy Toll (writer)

Release Date:

22 April 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A lighter look at what happens in the dark.

Plot:

Two women friends, with quite different sexual histories, try visiting a health resort to look for a man to settle down with.

Plot Keywords:

Psychologist | Orgasm | Penis Size | Human Relationship | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Cast

Lea Thompson	...	Stacy
Victoria Jackson	...	Melissa
Stephen Shellen	...	Nick
Jerry Levine	...	Jamie
Andrew Dice Clay	...	Vinny
Mary Gross	...	Ilene
Valerie Breiman	...	Megan
Peter Dvorsky	...	Matthew
David Sargent	...	Frankie
Cynthia Phillips	...	Ann
Don Woodard	...	Gary
Danny Breen	...	Dr. Goodman
Bruce Abbott	...	Keith
Susan Ann Connor	...	Dierdre
Dan Woren	...	Clerk

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate no. 29000) | Iceland:L | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | UK:18 (video premiere) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2005)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jascat

Goofs:

Continuity: When Melissa sits on the boat she is wearing her black stockings, but in the next scene of her standing up she is not wearing them.

Quotes:

Melissa: Uh, this is one that the kids at school told me. Why did the chicken go halfway across the street?
Vinny: Why?
Melissa: He wanted to lay it on the line. --You're not laughing.
Vinny: Oh, not yet, not yet. Inside, it's building, it's building. About a half hour from now I'll be rolling all over the beach, I'm telling you. You won't be able to stop me. I'll be in hysterics.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

(She's A) Wild Card

When sex is anything BUT casual!

Near the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, Stacy (Lea Thompson) and Melissa (Victoria Jackson) plan a vacation at a health spa to find a "safe" guy to date and/or marry. Stacy has, as they say, "been around"; Melissa is more of a novice in the world of men. Right away, they run into obnoxious Vinny, who displeases them both and makes them doubt if they are going about things the right way. Things improve. In between classes of exercise, Stacy hooks up with Nick, a spa employee who sings at the social gatherings. Melissa, too, earns the attention of good guy Jamie, a massage therapist. Will there be any obstacles on the path to true love? Of course!

This is a genuinely funny movie about sex, told from a woman's viewpoint. There are some great speeches about the mysterious ways of men and women, offered by Stacy and Melissa. Scenes at the spa are both entertaining and lovely to look upon. Then, too, Andrew Dice Clay, as Vinny, gives a performance that sizzles and surprises with its ever-growing sincerity. Viewers who think they've seen every decent romantic comedy will have missed something special if they pass this one by. Hopefully, video stores and libraries will still have a copy of this nice film in stock.