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Release Date: 09 December, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.99! Cast: Complete Cast (11 total) |
Lost and Delirious Reviews
A little melodramatic... but so am I
Being a straight guy, I can't really appreciate this from the viewpoint of a woman or a gay person, the two kinds of people that this movie tries to empower. But I have been the victim of unrequited love, having fallen for a girl who, ironically enough, left me for another girl (go figure).
So, whether I should sympathize with her situation or not, I still felt for Piper Perabo's character, Paulie, as she was denied her true love, merely because Tori was scared to admit what she was. It was unfair, a loss based entirely on outside circumstance (that being a conservative family that wouldn't understand); and of course, it all had to end in tragedy (that much was alluded to from the movie's midpoint onwards, with an overabundance of Shakespearean quotes and artsy symbolism).
While I did genuinely feel for Paulie, and I think that was the writer's intention, some of the girl's actions and dialogue just made you think that she'd gone over the edge (no pun intended, to those who've seen it). At the end, she starts sword-training, and referring to herself as The Raptor. She cuts her roommate Mary (played by pre-OC Mischa Barton) with a shard of glass, then cuts herself, and presses their wounds together, saying "now our blood runs together." Coo-coo.
Plus, there are a handful of loose-ends left after the somewhat-abrupt ending, and the whole thing has a really high-school poetry narration, in terms of birds and folklore, and such.
That said, even with the ever-present loom of melodrama, all the actors played believable roles, which is why I could be so enthralled with the film, in spite of it's low-budget and over-the-top emo-tangents.
Above just being a good movie, it also made me realize something: all love's the same. Girls can love girls as much as guys can love girls, or guys can love guys (eww, though). So, in the end, I understand and appreciate the ideal. I'm still mad at my ex, though.
Absolutely beautiful
I bought this movie without ever seeing it. As I started to watch it I got caught up in the story line, this movie is a beautiful story about first love and true love. The actors, script and overall feel of the movie are amazing. The two main characters Tori and Paulie do such a wonderful job that it is hard to remember that it is only a movie and that they are not truly in love. But if you are looking for a movie with a happy ending this is not one to see. I of course had no idea what the movie was about and when I got to the end I was very upset about the ending. This movie is a amazing and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
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