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A masterpiece of complex human emotion
by Harlems Finest (movies profile)
May 26, 2007
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18 people found this review helpful
Just came from a showing on Houston St. in NYC last night and of course, like everyone else, I was there to see some 'real sex' and internally giggle a little. That lasted all of two minutes as Shortbus established itself as an artistic treatise not on sexuality but the foundations of relationships and the foundation of inner-relationship.
What it had to say about loving ourselves was brilliant and the message that being happy in a relationship has almost nothing to do with the other person. It's all about our own happiness first and foremost. No one can MAKE us happy. That's a gift we have to give ourselves.
After truly getting into these people lives and their heads, you see that the sex is nothing. It's just skin on skin contact that lasts a bunch of minutes. The complex thing is the human interaction that they share, and don't share, for the other 98% of their time together and it was awesome.
Gifted performances, inspired direction, incredible special effects and a sublime storyline makes this sophisticated, adult yarn one of the year's best.
If you're mature enough to handle it, I wholeheartedly recommend it. I believe it is an honest, defiant masterpiece that understands complex human emotion better than any film in recent memory. |
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