Sex, Lies and Videotape

Pros: Pretty much everything.

Cons: There was a questionable line or two...?

The Bottom Line: is sexing, lying and videotaping.

Review: sex, lies and videotape is a special film because each of its components coalesce seamlessly to form an ingenious, stratified, harrowing view of human relationships and sexuality. The title encapsulates the film excellently: in many scenes, we're ...

Pros: well-written, great performances, quietly thoughtful and provocative

Cons: a little too quiet for some

The Bottom Line: This is a great film for people who like to explore relationships.

Review: I read the script to sex, lies and videotape before I actually saw the movie - and I can honestly say, the script was better. Screenwriting self-helper, Alex Epstein, speaks of "transparency," the quality of a script that causes you to forget you're ...

Pros: Honesty.

Cons: Probably too much honesty for some.

The Bottom Line: An interesting tale about 1980s American heterosexuals who are tossed and turned by the winds of culture on an ocean of hidden reefs and anchors.

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"Everybody lies about sex."
- Heinlein


sex, lies, and videotape (1989, dir: Steven Soderbergh) is a dark little gem of a movie about what it means to be dishonest with...

Pros: Soderbergh's Script/Direction, Look, Score, Subject, & Cast.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: sex, lies, & videotape is a cinematic debut masterpiece from Steven Soderbergh w/ great performances from Spader, MacDowell, Gallagher, & Giacomo.

Review: When the 1970s ended the era of young auteurs who were more about art than making money, many wondered what was going to happen for films that told real stories and actually mattered to people. Sure, there's a lot of films that people remember about ...

Pros: It's an excellent film.

Cons: Honestly, I can't think of any cons.

The Bottom Line: Although it's impossible to speak for everyone, I must promote this as a perfect film. One reviewer's opinion.

Review: Okay, I'm highly biased. This is my favorite movie of all time. It's a moody movie, set in the South, where emotion and dialogue carry me (and probably you) to the end. It's so good that, for me, it has become "peanut butter fiction," as if it's ...

Pros: Good acting. An original, one-of-a-kind, compelling and provocative story.

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: See for yourself. It illuminates the profound effect people are capable of having in their relationships with others, and how healing takes place in the wake of a devastating betrayal.

Review: Sex, Lies and Videotape is a provocative story about betrayal, deceipt, and the dysfunctional coping behavior of a man that enables him to avoid developing intimate relationships with women, but which is, ultimately, the catalyst for healing and a new ...

Pros: Thought-provoking; excellent example of first feature by master director

Cons: Not to be seen after a rough day

The Bottom Line: This interesting, thought provoking film is suitable for a "post-film discussion" among adults. Subject matter suitable for adults only. Not recommended for a first-date.

Review: If you purchase "sex,lies,and videotape" expecting to see erotica, you'll be disappointed. Steven Soderbergh's 1989 award winning film (Palme D'Or, Cannes Film Festival) is a provocative, sometimes painful examination of how communication, or lack...

Pros: Great dialogue, excellent story, acting

Cons: should have been longer

Review: Sex, Lies, and Videotape (SLV) is a movie that is very rare. By that, I mean that it deviates from the typical movie format where you get introduced to characters, some problem occurs, and you go through a resolution which is typical.

For...

Pros: Excellent

Cons: none

Review: I have seen this movie approximately 542 times. I'm usually not one for multiple-viewings, but circumstance (it being the only video owned by my family) and a great love of the movie converged to cause me to watch it again and again and again. The first...

Pros: An original concept

Cons: Needed more character development

The Bottom Line: Explore the lives of four individuals who all view sex in different ways while becoming involved in lies to achieve what they want.

Review: While checking the listings of what was on television last evening I came across Sex, Lies and Videotape on the Sundance channel. This was written and directed by newcomer Steven Soderbergh in 1989 and surprisingly the first time I have...