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Writer:

Michael Paul Girard (writer)

Genre:

Romance | Drama more

Tagline:

The Story of Jack & Jill ... and Jill.

Plot:

A Los Angeles fashion model falls in love with a female art director during a photo shoot which puts their newfound romance at odds with the model's photographer boyfriend. full summary | add synopsis

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Cast

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Dana Plato ... Jill Martin
Bentley Mitchum ... Jack
Landon Hall ... Jill

David Millbern ... Rick
Gabriella Hall ... Alicia
Michelle Trongone ... Katy

Noëlle Balfour ... Model
Erica Gold ... Model
Samantha James ... Model
Jilda Trolio ... Model
Rick Abramson ... Night Club Patron
Jon Jacobs ... Night Club Patron
Mark Herko ... Night Club Patron
Christa Herzog ... Night Club Patron
Robert Santo ... Night Club Patron
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Different Strokes: The Story of Jack & Jill... and Jill (USA) (complete title)
Jack & Jill... and Jill (USA) (working title)
Jack and Jill (USA) (working title)
Kiss (UK)
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MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and language.

Runtime:

88 min | USA:75 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (edited version) | USA:X

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Jill: Oh my God. I'm a lesbian. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006) (TV) more


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Terminal snoozer, 28 February 1999
Author: PHolland from Chicago, IL

What's to like about this movie? You get to see Dana Plato's follow-up to "Sex Puppets" and "Night Trap". What's not to like? The lighting is poor, the sound is muddy, the music is annoying, the performances are not believable, the dialogue is lame ("This is a great shower!"), and the imagery doesn't work. In trying to make the lesbian affair between Jill and Jill seem like any other affair, it presents boring images that make you say, "Can we get to something interesting?" The sex scenes aren't that exciting, either. Jill's warming up to the sexually liberated Jill is contrived, and the movie's incomplete ending, leaving the viewer to decide Jill's fate, is a lame cop-out. For anyone unpopular with a crush on the prettiest girl in class with a lump for a boyfriend. (Change Plato's character to a male and you'll see what I mean.)

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