The Worst Film Ever

Really Surprised!

Beautiful, moving film.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I have no idea why the movie is criticized so harshly. It truly is one of the best movies I have ever seen in some terms. First, the music of this film is just beyond the world. It's very erotic and sensual; has got a certain raw, intense element to it. I've listened to a lot of music but none has been like I heard in this film. The music used is a mix of songs by artists and some standalone pieces especially created for this movie. Too bad the OST was never released commercially. So every time I feel like listening to some parts, I have to run the whole movie :P Second, the feel and "ambience" of this movie is very erotic, visually and acoustically. It's not one of the best movies, I admit. But it doesn't have to be, like so many other movies in the world. There are movies which one likes only for certain things, not cos it's one of the best mind blowing movies ever in all respects. We should learn to appreciate things for what good they offer. In that respect, this movie is certainly a piece of art. I highly recommend it.

Emily Reed (Carré Otis) is a Midwestern girl hired into a law firm. Her boss Claudia Dennis (Jacqueline Bisset) brings her and her language skills to Rio to close a property deal. The seller is stalling and Dennis takes off to chase him down in Buenos Aires. Reed takes over her dinner with wealthy James Wheeler (Mickey Rourke). Emily is soon taken in by exotic sexualized Brazil and the mysterious Wheeler.Zalman King was the ruler of late-night TV soft porn and big screen overwrought erotica during a small slice of time. The production is luscious. Rourke is perfectly creepy and alluring. Otis is a blank. She is a deer caught in the headlines. In some ways, that performance works but she is never believable as a Midwestern girl. There is good production value for a softcore porn but this is not a good movie.

Again, here's one of those erotic flicks set in Rio (one of the most beautiful cities in the world, an asset to it) about the awakenings and sexual discovery of a young, reserved and beautiful girl, and promising lawyer, played almost adequately by Otis. Rourke, wasted here, as a self made millionaire, has his own demons where at the end of it, you're so happy the two of these wound up together, by unleashing their inhibitions. Wild Orchid rides on style and offbeat characters with interesting and impeccably chosen careers, as from the writers point of view. We have a number of occasional and drawn out, erotically charged sex scenes, (two ring out in my mind, one in limo) but in the end as in Kings other films, although I haven't seen Two Moon Junction, Wild Orchid doesn't add up to much. Bisset as Otis's employer/educator is also wasted. Rourke's mystifying character is fun to watch, as well as hearing some of his dialogue, when confiding in Otis about his childhood.

. . . and won't be perfect until you can reach out and slap the characters. I wanted to reach out and slap that same tiresome, deeply annoying, manipulative expression off Wheeler's face so many times that my arm ached. I longed to slap Emily for falling for such a drip. I wanted to slap her mother for being Worst Mother in South America. I wanted to slap Jacqueline Bisset, who played Mommie, for allowing herself to be utterly wasted in this film. And Carre Otis for being such a bad actress that a parrot upstaged her. And Mickey Rourke for being Mickey Rourke circa 1990.At least I can slap myself for knowingly watching a Zalman King film.By the by, the 3 is for the pretty parrot, some good scenery, and the Carnaval players. Next time I'll just get a travel documentary.