Powerful

Captivating movie !

Absolutely Fantastic

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Ray Brady's "Boy Meets Girl" is a low budget, uncompromising and controversial shocker. When married-with-two-children Tim Poole sets out on yet another one-night-stand as an obscure drinking hole, he bites off more than he can chew. Finishing the evening in what appears to be the home-made dungeon of the psychotic Margot Steinberg, Poole's woes have only just started.This is a grim tale that has gained much notoriety due to its initial home video /DVD ban in the UK. This censorship has now been lifted and the DVD can now be purchased from all good retailers. As I'd read a lot about this project many moons ago and seen the documentary series "Banned in the UK", I knew how things were going to pan out which reduced the tension somewhat. Despite this, it's quite a gripping and unpleasant experience that leaves a sour taste in the mouth.I found the audio frustratingly unclear in places, annoying as this is a dialogue driven film. The more over-the-top violence is suggested rather than explicit but this works in its favour as it is not let down by cheap effects.Tim Poole is great as the victim, Tevin. However, it's Margot Steinberg and Danielle Sanderson who really leave an impact on the viewer. This movie is enough to make you think twice about going back to a stranger's house for a night of no-ties passion. Its use of female protagonists is effective and deeply chilling.6 out of 10. A lot of talking and psychological games fill out the running time but the experience is not as powerful as that of "Scrapbook". Some viewers will hate this movie as it's a slow paced affair but connoisseurs of modern horror may feel obliged to check it out.

From the Directors commentary we get the whole story of how this "film" came about:Picture the scene: four students, a lot of beer, no money. "Hey" says one of them, "Why don't we make a film?". One of his slightly less moronic friends says: "But we have no money, we can't write scripts, no-one knows how to direct and no actors who can actually act will work with us!". "Don't worry" replies the 1st student. "Leave all that to me..."And thus Boy Meets Girl was born...The genius of this film is that they entrusted all of crucial aesthetic elements to the least talented film-maker in the entire world - Ray Brady. He has now developed a cult following for making the most universally bad movies ever seen - he even surpasses Ed Wood.The camerawork is worse than a home movie shot by a drunk, blind, amputee with CP. The dialogue is so stilted it conjures up visions of promotional catalogues for toenail clippers. The plot is non existent - man gets tied to a chair and tortured a lot - and it as about as "artsy" and "shocking" as bowl of soup. The acting reminds you of 1970's Open University programmes, but without the lecturers charm and on-screen charisma.Basically this film takes self indulgent trite into a whole new dimension and you will leave it at best swearing never to watch a moving image on a screen for the rest of your life, and at worst planning genocide of the entire human race to ensure something like this is never made or seen again.Fun for all the family!

Having heard of the darker appetites being indulged here and the possible repercussions if someone decided to make the events of this film a reality, I thought to always steer clear of this film, due to the subject matter but after it was released in the US on the Unearthed label I thought now it's finally on region 1 it's time to check it out.I then read that Danielle Sanderson was fantastic in it, and I decided to bite the bullet and give it a watch. It was screened at so many festivals and received such mixed reviews from damming hateful ones to being a brave and astounding work of art.It is an amazing film. I still did not care for the (generally perceived) subject matter, but found myself, as a writer, viewing it in the larger context of censorship. And like all writers, I'd fight for the right for a colleague's work to be read, even if I hated it.The acting is unbelievably good.Sanderson was perfection as the corrupt Julia (I can't even envision anyone else in that role) yet, she is perfection. That takes a prodigious talent to pull off. I think she could have even handled the lead role in "Alien". I hope that she has a long and happy career.Tim Poole has great range as an actor, and this role proves it beyond a doubt he manages to portray a disturbed nasty individual but still manages to evoke my sympathy before the end.This isn't a film I'd want to watch often, (I can't stomach the reading of Sade's prose, that was read out in an early scene, for long) but it is a film which is much better than expected and after watching the DVD extra's and listening to the Director's explanatory commentary on who the film was shot on a micro-budget and made as an argument within a film to challenge the way the then UK censors were desensitizing audiences to violence in the mistaken belief that they were protecting them, with the budgetary restraints it is an incredible film and I'm amazed they managed to pull it off. Ten

A cold precise anatomy of a murder. Scary as hell and a reality to many poor victims of serial murders. Being stalked, hunted tracked down and captured, the male lead Tim Pool (character Tevin?) is subjected to repeated brutal assaults both physical and psychological. He is broken down and destroyed as a person, all his secrets revealed. One of the most realistic portrayals of a fascist mind at work ever to be put on film! Watch this for a dark insight into the mind of a ruthless killer. You won't ever have a one-night stand again!