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4/10
Dullish relationship drama with added sex
Leofwine_draca12 August 2016
LOVING FEELING is an early work in the career of cult British director Norman J. Warren and absolutely nothing like his later gruelling horror pictures. Instead this is a relationship drama masquerading as a sex film; it's about a popular radio DJ and his relationships with various women. There's not much a story really, which is why Warren pads out the tale with endless sex scenes and the like which are quite tame by modern standards.

The film suffers from an obscure cast and some rather unlikeable characters, not least Simon Brent's bland protagonist. You wonder why you're supposed to care about the life of a character so devoid of interest and intellect. He beds women and wonders about his marriage to his long-suffering wife, and that's it. Aside from a brief turn from Francoise Pascal (who receives an 'introducing' credit), none of the actresses are particularly memorable or famous. Georgina Ward has the most interesting character in the film as Brent's put-upon wife and was doubled for her extensive nude scenes.

What LOVING FEELING offers is plenty of topless nudity from the actresses and not a great deal else, not even much in the way of humour. You don't even see much of the Swinging Sixties which is a pity, although you do see a belly dancer in a brief party scene. Maybe some voice-over narration would have made things more interesting. I was amused by the opening credits which give thanks to the Vogue Bingo Club, Margate - hardly a salubrious start but oh-so British.
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4/10
Early Warren
BandSAboutMovies28 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
At one point, this Norman J. Warren's was rated X. Today, it plays uncut on YouTube. Such is the changing of the tides.

Just listen to that song that opens this up! You know instantly it's the end of the 60s and you're about to watch something romantic. Or dirty. Probably both.

This is the story of Steve (Simon Brent, Love Is a Many Splendored Illusion) who can't decide between all of the women who want to sleep with him or his wife Suzanne (Georgina Ward, The Man Who Finally Died), who now has a new lover in her life.

Of course, when all of the women are as attractive as the French model who is new in town (played by Françoise Pascal, who was also in There's a Girl In My Soup and Incense for the Damned), that's not going to be so simple.

Warren would move on to make Her Private Hell before discovering the horrors that he'd make his name on, stuff like Satan's Slave, Prey and Terror - all great movies you should totally check out. For someone who started life stricken by polio and grew to adulthood with only one functioning arm, Warren ended up having one of the strongest careers a horror director can dream of.
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4/10
Funny feeling a lot of antics
Kravenguy77626 August 2018
Great British film like a romantic comedy drama kind of fun it was fun I like it
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