sex,actually

Rating: 1/10 (20 November 2003)

The R rating keeps your children out (theoretically), but don't take your 81 year old Mom, who dotes on Casablanca and Return to Me. We thought this would be a light feel-good Christmas movie. That's how it was reviewed and advertised. However, there was nudity, simulated sex and oral sex, and constant use of the F-word. Not only that, there was generally a sour tone to the movie; except for the ending where everyone was matched up. One of the stories, was a sad, actually, cruel affair that was never made "happy" at the end. The two older ladies next to us left about one-third through the movie; and as we left a large group of 75-80 year old ladies came in. Boy, were they in for a surprise! Would that movie producers learn from "Nemo" - that occasionally, not always, but occasionally we would like a nice uplifting family movie that we could take our children (and our mothers) to!