ma-murdershewrote Reviews

I Hate Suzie (2020– )

Crude

[2/10 · 22 December 2022]

J J Wool 6H AGO

So sexually crude throughout series 1, I didn't make it to the end. The adults constantly shout profanities at each other and act out sexually, the cruder the better, clearly largely for the shock value. Ludicrously puerile, even for the TV-media world it's meant to portray. One wishes the scriptwriters would just grow up.

There were some promising scenes at the start. Knowing asides and occasional comedy "I'm not depressed, I just need a new dressing gown"! Piper is watchable and easy on the eye, at least to begin with, but ultimately has limited range as the sexually overwrought actress. Unfortunately a potentiality good idea over-egged, and crude beyond measure.

Paradise: Love (2012)

Exploitative of the actors!

[6/10 · 21 June 2013]

This is a super film in many respects. Beautifully filmed. Interesting issues. And sensitive approach.

But some of the sex scenes were exploitative of the actors, particularly the first and last sex scene (the rest were fine and gave a real sense of what was going on).

I thought that it was a terrible irony that the director was making a point about sexual exploitation, when he was in effect sexually exploiting these actors, very tawdry and morally questionable.

Otherwise, I would have given the film an 8 or 9. And was tempted to give it a 1 because of this.