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.
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Just perfect...
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Better Late Then Never
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Ok, ok, this is not a masterpiece. There are thousands of "good" movies and this one is certainly not one of them. But come on! If you rent a video like this you are NOT expecting any intellectual experience or to see award-winning performances (fine, you don't expect to see pointless frontal nudity, either. I've got to give you that). "Friends and lovers" was perfect to help me spend two hours of my time I had nothing better to do with. If that's your case, then rent the video - it can be funny of you don't expect too much.
Read that as 'Wee tah did.' Robert Downey Jr. has a disgusting, fake German accent, and the rest of the movie is worse. I did manage to finish the movie, but I didn't see every scene because I was rolling my eyes continuously.Every line in the movie was superficially 'acted,' if you can call people facing the camera while engaging in a monotonous, boring dialog acting. Save your money.
This movie was pretty much the worst I've seen in a long, long time. I was actually hoping for something tragic to occur to the characters, I hated them so much. I'm only sorry that I didn't read these reviews before I watched the movie.
I generally am very accepting of movies. I don't demand perfection. But this was a TRUE stinker! The acting was terrible, the dialogue was worse. The thing had absolutely no redeeming social value. It was really hard to believe it was as bad as it was. I kept waiting for it to get just a little better, but it never did! It just went into the toilet and stayed there throughout. Do yourself a favor. Forget it. Close your eyes in the video store, turn around six times, and stagger to the nearest row and pick the first VCR your hand touches. ...I GUARANTEE it'll be better than this turkey.
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