A Truly Underrated Film

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2014)

I finally got around to watching this film last evening. I had avoided it based on some reviews and the nasty impression most of the film's publicity and advertising gave me, especially the images. I believe that by pandering to that part of the public that looks for nothing but "sex and violence" in their entertainment, the publicists removed any opportunity for the film to be taken seriously. And it should be taken seriously.
Had this film been a foreign film produced during the 1960s or 1970s, for example, it wouldn't have been promoted so inanely and at such a primitive level. It would have been pushed as a sensitive study of two very troubled lovers caught up in a tangle of suffering and misunderstanding. Minus the level 50 IQ posters of half naked women in chains, the story would have a chance to be seen for what it is.
I like this film. I like it a lot and it had nothing to do with Ms. Ricci gallivanting around in the all together. I liked it because I understood it and my guess is that most of the critics that panned this film haven't seen enough life to understand what they were really watching.
Bravo to the writers, cast and director for a beautiful, sensitive piece of work and shame, shame on the low life Hollywood hucksters that brought the entire advertising campaign of an adult film down to their own gutter level juvenile thought process. This film has my highest recommendation.