Girl Fever (2002)

Director:

Michael Davis

Writer (WGA):

Michael Davis (written by)

Release Date:

18 October 2002 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Sam is having the worst day of his life when he gets thrown off his art course and dumped by his girlfriend in the same day...

Plot Keywords:

Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Sex Doll | Orgasm | Heavy Rain | Oral Sex

Cast

Chad Donella	...	Sam (as Chad E. Donella)
Jennifer Morrison	...	Annie
Erinn Bartlett	...	Hope
Steve Monroe	...	Holden
Chene Lawson	...	Tanya
Juleah Weikel	...	Gretchen
A.J. Buckley	...	Jesse (as AJ Buckley)
Clint Howard	...	Mr. Willens
Dublin James	...	Jason
Jackie Katzman	...	Annette
Crystal Kwon	...	Trixie
Kate Lombardi	...	Catholic School Girl
Jill Ritchie	...	Actress
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Homeless Guy
Suyun Kim	...	News Producer

Also Known As:

100 Women (USA) (DVD title) (USA) (cable TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Canada:14A | UK:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Greece:K-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Spain:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Dream Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: Hope takes her bra off to make coffee (for the first time), but seconds later we see her from the back and she is clearly wearing a bra

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sam: Hello, ladies. This is all kind of funny. Really. Actually this whole thing started because of laughter, you know. Laughter, when the smile has an orgasm. And out of one hundred of you women, I can bring ninety nine of you to this climax chuckle. I can. But I can't make the one girl I love smile, like she made me smile on the worst day of my already terrible laughable life. Which is an incredible feat, seeing I've been having horrible days since I was a kid.

Movie Connections:

References The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Soundtrack:

Here She Comes

Light Hearted and Sweet

Let's face it, no one will rent '100 Women' with the high hope that it's going to be an unforgettable and revolutionary look at love and comedy. If you want that- go out and rent something like Love, Actually or Intolerable Cruelty.

I saw '100 Women' before I saw its predecessor '100 Girls'. I seem to be in the minority when I say that I preferred this version. Whilst the storylines are similar, we're not forced to tolerate the smarmy overacting of of Jonathon Tucker. Whilst '100 Girls' does have a far better know cast, I find that it was more enjoyable to see a movie where you didn't associate the female cast with movies they'd previously done. Erin Bartlett is a relative unknown, and incredibly beautiful. Some of her scenes with Chad Donella are just plain sweet.

The real highlights of the movie are the philosophical discussions on women and masculinity held by Sam (Donella) and his disgusting cousin Holden (Steve Monroe). Viewers of the first movie will have heard it all before, but I found Monroe's grossness far more amusing and far less disturbing than James DeBello's.

That, and some of the downright sweet and romantic stuff that goes on, makes 100 Women a different, more intellectual look at an often overdone genre. Jennifer Morrison is wonderfully sweet, Donella delightfully screwed up, and every female characterisation provides a different view on the fairer sex. Maybe not a flattering one, but a view all the same.

Worth a look if you feel like being cheered up about love and life- but don't rent or buy it expecting to be forever changed. It's just a fun movie.

My Rank: 7 out of 10 stars