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Mislabeled; Maverick sold out to try and make a buck...

Steve Kuehl | Ben Lomond, CA | 11/24/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"There were several warning signs that this film was in trouble; It took 5 years to make it to DVD under a different name, the actor descriptions on the cover included headings under their names of "starred along side" and "best actor at the Dahlenga Intl Film Fest" and there were over 40 copies for sale here within one week for 1/2 price - but I took a chance anyway as there is always the hope that a decent sex comedy will fly under the radar.

There are two high points to this film - Jeremy Sisto and Lala Sloatman. Their characters have an interesting non-physical relationship that carries the film's only redeeming quality. The story takes place - you know what - not even worth it. The story description tells it simply here - and really there is nothing else. Not a skin fest for those that were asking - and not an intellectual film about feminism as some had advertised.

Bad overacting and tame sorority parties fill in where there was probably supposed to be meaningful college thesis learning, but they gave it a decent try with some good camerawork and that fast-forward the frames mentality of trying to make the topic look "edgy".

The cover art by Maverick is a sell out - none of the half-naked women on the slip are in the film, and the aforementioned actor descriptions on the back do not even show the people they are talking about - right next to pics of the four girls (actually in the film) taken years after the production. Wish there was something good to say - maybe worth the watch for Sisto. Since Sloatman has disappeared after making this, it might be one of those pieces that preserves a budding actresses' last performance."