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Title: Bliss (1997)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Craig Sheffer | ... | Joseph | |
| Sheryl Lee | ... | Maria | |
| Terence Stamp | ... | Baltazar | |
| Casey Siemaszko | ... | Tanner | |
| Spalding Gray | ... | Alfred | |
| Leigh Taylor-Young | ... | Redhead | |
| Lois Chiles | ... | Eva | |
| Blu Mankuma | ... | Nick | |
| Ken Camroux-Taylor | ... | Hank (as Ken Camroux) | |
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Pamela Perry | ... | Dottie |
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Eli Gabay | ... | Carlos |
| Molly Parker | ... | Connie | |
| Hiro Kanagawa | ... | Doctor | |
| Merrilyn Gann | ... | Motel Woman | |
| Gillian Barber | ... | Therapist | |
A provocative drama about sex, love, and trust, Bliss concerns Joseph and Maria, a young married couple whose relationship is in serious trouble. While they love each other, she has difficulty opening up to him, and, after six months of marriage, he makes the unhappy discovery that she's been unable to have an orgasm with him (though she's been willing to let him think otherwise). At work, he and his co-workers notice a steady stream of beautiful women visiting an apartment across the street; the scuttlebutt around the office is that some sort of shady sex therapist works out of the building. One day, Joseph is shocked to see Maria visiting the apartment, and he bursts in and demands to know what's happening. The apartment does indeed house an unlicensed sex therapist, who goes by the name of Balthazar, and, before long, Joseph realizes that his teachings are about the mind as much as the body, and that he's less concerned with orgasm than with "bliss," which he considers an emotional... Written by Anonymous
I truly enjoyed this movie. I rented it to watch alone, my wife out of town for the weekend, and I am definitely going to get her to watch it with me when she comes home. There were a few scenes that strained my ability to believe, such as when the main character would attempt to advise strangers, but they ended up really just providing humorous relief. I can't really imagine the modern practice of Balthazar's profession as presented in this movie, but everything else was intuitively spot-on. The movie is erotic, but even more importantly, it is a richly layered love story, one that I personally, really became invested in emotionally. There aren't too many movies that focus on the relationship within marriage, and give powerful hope for the unimaginable possibilities within it. Bliss definitely does this. It's very real, and I thought the acting was excellent. Perhaps I'm easily moved, but I found myself sitting close to the screen, fully emotionally locked into the script. My grade? A-