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THE SEX MONSTER (1999)




3.4/5.VERY WOODYALLEN -LIKE BINDER MAKES a WONDERFUL MAJOR ACTING DEBUT WITH THIS. THE OPENING & CLOSING 60'S-DANCE-LIKE CREDITS-I COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT BUT THE LAUGHS INBETWEEN ARE GOOD. THE MUSIC IS GOOD AND THE LOOK IS SOMEWHAT DISMAYED. IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOOK TO IT. WITH REGULAR BINDER ACTORS SUCH AS STEPHEN BALDWIN AND KEVIN POLLACK THIS MAKES FOR A VERY FUNNY FILM AND MARIEL HEMINGWAY IS AT HER "PERSONAL BEST"(1982; ROBERT TOWNE/"MANHATTAN"(1979/WOODYALLEN) BEST. SHE PLAYS THE FILM COY AND IS VERY PLEASANT IN IT. BINDER RETURNS RIGHTLY WITH A COMEDIC ROMP CERTAINLY MORE RAUNCHY & DIFFERENT LOOKING THEN WOODY ALLEN BUT THE INFLUENCE IS THERE. BINDER IS HILARIOUS THOUGH. AND "BARCELONA"(1994;WHIT STILLMAN)'S TAYLOR NICHOLS IS ALSO GOOD. THE BEST MOMENTS ARE THE SEXUAL FRUSTRATION COMMENTS OF BINDER. HE EVEN SOUND A LITTLE LIKE WOODY ALLEN.