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Release Date: 05 September, 2000 Retail Price: $14.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
Scandal Reviews
A lot of current resonance...
A very well made and often overlooked film, Scandal is seen by many as slightly farcical in the best tradition of British theatre based, bedroom romps. The nature of the "scandal" seems somewhat tame and run of the mill, seen through modern eyes; we have seen many John Profumo's since and Miss Keeler was a prototype for many a foxy minx on the make, De Sanchas, Lewinski, Hall and Clark to name but a few.
Look a little closer and it is not hard to see why the corruption of vulnerable young women, the decodance of rich socialites and the arrogance of government was so shocking to early 60's Britain, a country still reeling from it's battering by Warfare and experiencing waves of social change and unrest it had no notion of coping with. The whole Profumo affair, disrupted and questioned long held values and certainties about British society and raised the fear of foriegn infiltration.
Whalley captures the fun loving essence and vulnerability of a pretty teenager way out of her depth superbly, Hurt is fabulously decadent and niave, Fonda is high octane and engagingly frivalous.
The sum total of the film leaves you feeling saddenend, corrupted and used which is the experience of most of the key players, but more over there is a sense of innocence and certainty lost and an anxiety about what will replace that which is lost. Highly educational and sadly emotive, this film is so much more than it's chronology of events.
You'll need a cold shower after this one.....whew!
Erotic! That's it. Review is over! The film pretends to be of historic value but come on.....let's be serious.....it's all about hotter than a pistol Joanne Whalley. She vamps, struts, wiggles, flashes, and sashes her sexuality in a way that hasn't been seen by an actress in a long time! She is hot! But hold on a minute. If you think you're going to be treated to alot of nudity and raw sex then forget it.....your going to be disapointed. However if you appreciate and understand the georgeous beauty and atraction that attitude, body language, and womanly charms in high gear can evoke then you will be treated to a brilliant display of female sexuality. And in the end who can really sit through another film of stiff Englishmen in a prim and proper society that demands form. This film is a scorcher! And yet it's curiously tame considering the effect that it produces. Let's just say that the director was able to induce an erotic state of the highest proportion while "barely" (excuse the pun here) caving in to the use of raw sex. A captivating work of art. Miss Whalley, and to a lesser degree Miss Fonda, are the stuff that dreams are made of. They will have your hormones going into overdrive. The montage of the girls getting dressed to Apache is so beautiful and delicious that you will swear that those lips could kiss you right through your TV screen! In short....don't miss it!
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