I watched this movie on The Movie Channel, and it appears on the Showtime family of channels. It was rated R and ran for about 89 minutes. Apparently 10-11 minutes were edited out from the 100 minute version listed on IMDb.com.
The plot was well above average for the soft-core genre, but there was far less nudity than usual for this type of film. The acting was fine. There were 6 actresses who, with the exception of "adult film" star Ms. Swift, specialize in this genre.
The story has echoes of the classic "Adam's Rib" with the two "lover by night" attorneys as adversaries in the court room of a divorce case. Ms. Hays plays the ambitious, work-aholic, soon-to-be evicted divorce lawyer (the only major plot flaw - how can a successful divorce lawyer who gets rich clients due a magazine article documenting her acumen, be anywhere near broke?!?). After her boyfriend leaves her for putting her work over their relationship, in the old Hollywood cliché, she literally bumps into the man who will be her love interest.
Ms. Miller is her client who alleges that her husband has created a lucrative book and video from the research in her stolen diary. Ms. Lynne, a personal favorite of mine, shines as the ambitious paralegal of her adversary/love interest. Ms. Wyote plays her friend and a satisfied video client. The under-used, exotic and stunning Ananda Saint James (created as "Amanda") plays a model who catches Ms. Hays' neglected boyfriend on the rebound (she should be cast more often). Ms. Swift appears as an interviewer who falls for the charms of the defendant/husband.
Will Ms. Hays be able to prove that the husband stole his wife's work and thus defeat her lover/adversary? NUDITY SPOILERS based upon the version I reviewed as noted above.
Nudity is far below average with no front nudity below the navel. Of the approximately 89 minutes of the movie, there are about 17 minutes of nude scenes. Even if all 10-11 missing minutes are all nudity and were added to the film, that is well below average for the genre. The nudity is mostly the result of straight one-on-one love scenes with one masturbation scene and clips from the "video" under litigation. There are no "girl-girl" scenes, which is always a minus. But, I always appreciate the omission of the perfunctory shower and dressing scenes.
With one exception, all of the credited actresses have nude scenes. Ms. Parent, who is listed as a "special appearance" under her oft-used alias of 'Scarlet Johansing' does not have a nude scene. Most of the actress have one 2-minute nude scene each.
Ms. Hays has three nude scenes with two different actors of about 5 minutes in total. The first with her pouting, neglected boyfriend at about 7 minutes into the film. The second is at about 41 minutes in with her masturbating to the contested video. Her final scene with her lover/adversary is at about 48 minutes in.
Ms. Saint James' scene is about 14 minutes into the film and is just under 2 minutes long. The scene is about evenly divided between photo-shoot and love scene.
Ms. Swift appears at about 22 minutes in and is about 2 minutes long. The reward of getting to the hour point of the film is Ms. Lynne's only scene which is also about 2 minutes long. Ms. Miller's 2 minute scene comes at about 74 (1:14) minutes into the film. There are brief clips of the video which is the "McGuffin" of the story and, as such, not well covered, These appear in the opening credits and are reprised in Ms. Hays' masturbation scene. Once again this totals about 2 minutes in length.
One unintentional moment of humor is when Ms. Miller bites on the puca shell necklace of her estranged husband in her love scene. It thought at first she was biting on one of those candy necklace kids have.
CONCLUSION For an "after hours" movie the acting was average, the plot well above average, the nudity well below average (no "lower" shots, likely edited out, and only 17 minutes with a maximum of 28), no one "new" to look at, and nothing that stands out as a "must watch" scene. The film was not as painful to watch as most of this type. Since the main "purpose" of this type of movie are the love scenes and nudity I rated it as a 3 out of 10.
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