THERESE IS A HEALTH INSPECTOR WHO IS DYING FROM SOME TYPE OF BRAIN DISEASE. SHE IS DIVORCED, IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PRIEST, IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER BROTHER, OBSESSED WITH A KUNG FU TELEVISION SHOW, OBSESSED WITH RELIGION AND MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH MAD COW DISEASE.
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE STRANGEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS CHOPPED UP INTO SCENES THAT SOMETIMES CONNECTED BUT USUALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER. THERESE DEFINITELY HAS MENTAL PROBLEMS, AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVEY HER MADNESS BY MAKING THE MOVIE ALMOST SEEM LIKE IT WAS CRAZY. SARAH LASSEZ PLAYS THERESE AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. SHE GOES FROM BEING SEXY TO BEING DEPRESSED TO BEING VIOLENT ALL DONE QUITE BELIEVABLY. IF YOU WATCH THIS ALONE, IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK AND IF YOU WATCH IT WITH SOMEONE, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION AFTER IT IS OVER.
RATING 2.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD HAS BIOS OF THE CAST, DELETED SCENES, SOME PRODUCTION AND BLOOPER SCENES AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF TRAILERS FOR KUNG FU MOVIES WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
gail
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