Could Have Been Much Better

Rating: Null/10 (19 January 2020)

Sexy movie that holds your interest upon first viewing. Repeated viewings reveal many highly improbable scenes (a woman whose father died a few hours ago hitting on his physician, a costume store owner who prostitutes his daughter, etc.). I wish Kubrick had focused on the wife's fantasy about the naval officer and the husband's attendance at the orgy. Then Kubrick could have ended with the wife acting out her husband's fantasy by dressing like one of the women entertainers at the orgy and the husband acting out his wife's fantasy by dressing like a naval officer. It would have been a nice message - sharing fantasies and role playing can add a lot of fun to a marriage.