Friends & Lovers (1999)
Friends & Lovers (1999)
WEBRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4400 Kbps | 103 min | 3,31 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
WEBRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4400 Kbps | 103 min | 3,31 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Director: George Haas
Writers: Neill Barry (story), George Haas (story)
Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Danny Nucci, George Newbern
Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked too many hours when Ian was a lad.) Dad has something to say, but Ian won't listen. Meanwhile, David is gay and virginal; Ian's business partner, Keaton, is unhappy that his sister Jane is pregnant with no plans to tell the father; Lisa is everybody's pal and no one's lover; John, stuck in adolescence, is always on the make. He brings German-born stunner, Carla, and promptly loses her affection to Hans, a fast-talking ski instructor. David meets Manny: they have chess in common. Soon, surprises abound as relationships take new turns.
Gees, what a film. Basically, a lot of friends (and enemies?) on a skiing holiday togheter. The result of the film is pretty much that all the wrong people end up in bed together. You wouldn't think this would make a good film, but it does! At least I think so. It's a complicated movie, but still it doesn't require much thinking. (hm…) Most of the thinking cosists of trying to keep all the different characters apart.
Personally, I think this is a basic case of "we're-on-holiday-so-we-can-do-what-we-like" and maybe it's not the best plot ever. Still, you can't help but enjoy it when Claudia's character dumps her arrogant, but good-looking, boyf. for Robert DJ's rather silly (but charming) character. Sends out a message that looks don't really matter. Any guy (or girl) who's ever wanted anyone "outta their league" probably feels the same way.
So, in my opinion, a GREAT film… Sorry other people don't feel the same way.
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Friends & Lovers (1999)
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