More the Merrier

I love European movies because there's usually no taboos. I was pretty excited about this one, it's sex and that's it...it's just a movie to have fun and relax and enjoy with your partner. However one thing on the movie completely turned me off: the cousins. Cmon...that's a bit excessive. No matter how open minded you are that just felt very awkward like incest type of thing. Could be a 10 if it weren't for that.

The film is correct at first, but it's still lacking to average, it doesn't stand out with anything, it's not very emotional. It is much more toned down and censored, in fact we can see two women showing their breasts as well as their face in the first part and towards the end. The lesbian sex is blurred (a vague image, as if through a fog) in the background, and we see one of the main characters in the foreground. Then we only see a woman's breasts as she kisses another woman, thus obscuring her face. The two main characters are caught at the end of sex as they hug each other in such a way that we see one's back and the other's face only. The rest of the actors also have their genitals obscured, for example, by covering up sex thanks to a shirt. The two women who have sex with their boyfriends obscure their breasts with their hands. In fact at the end there is the most excitement when we can see the actors half naked which saves the film, most of the time it is talking and kissing. No complete nudity of the actors is shown.

The message of this story in the eyes of the script writer is clear: we should respect each other's sexual drives because there is no shame in it. And he expounds this through different storylines, including 2 married couples, a gay couple, cousins, and a woman who's getting married the day after. The stories are narrated in an easygoing way sans truly dramatic high points. The viewer tries to understand each of the characters, and he/she decides whether the message resonates in each story. But it feels superficial and you don't feel connected. The film, however, has to be commended for its attempt to present a ticklish issue. Self-discovery, if it comes, is good for one's personal growth.