Visions of Passion (2003) (V)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Randall St. George

Writer:

Felicia Conrad (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

She knows your secrets.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Lesbian Scene | Softcore | Female Nudity | Voyeurism

Cast

Mia Zottoli	...	Jeanie (as Ava Lake)
Regina Russell	...	Alice
Mark Weiler	...	Scotty (as Matt Wilde)
Noah Frank	...	Larry
George Saunders	...	Baker
Ann Marie	...	Chrissy (as Ann Marie)
Glen Meadows	...	Chrissy's Boyfriend
Arthur Dix	...	Fred
Everett Rodd	...	Video Director
Krystal	...	Diane
Carol	...	Diane's Girlfriend
Robert James	...	Senator Adams
Kelle Marie	...	Video Girl (as Kellemarie)
Angel Cassidy	...	Video Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natallie Moore	...	Lucy

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R (2006)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Rosebud Films

Pleasant people & good surgery vs. pretty bad dialog, acting and plot line

I picked up this DVD, thinking that it might be something quite mindless to watch while on the treadmill. Boy, I called that right.

This movie is considered in the context of its genre, that being that peculiar variety of fluffy soft core sexiness, striving to be erotic without being explicit or overly crass.

The principals are attractive, and special kudos are due to some very capable cosmetic surgeons. However, the acting is not, ahem, subtle, looking a bit like community theatre or a fairly good high school play. The dialog, and the storyline, is on par with your typical Saturday morning cartoon (if they still have those). Come to think of it, the acting brings to mind the level of animation in most of those cartoons.

Probably most surprising, the supposed sexy bits really aren't that effective. Oh, the lingerie is very nice, but I found these scenes to be fairly short, and somewhat inherently disjointed. There wasn't much flow, and the editing not really smooth: Oh, there's a bit of Scotty with Jeannie, oh there's Scotty with Lucy, oh there's Lucy with Jeannie, and then it's cut back over to the storyline.

My favorite line in the movie: Jeannie, in the midst of a whole 75 minutes of pretty clumsy dialog, responds to something Lucy says, "Oh Lucy! Who writes your stuff???" Or something like that, it really doesn't seem worthwhile to go back and check it exactly.