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Amy's O (2002)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:8

Rotten:22

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: The title character is too self-absorbed to be all that engaging, and the movie's depiction of gender issues seems retrograde.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Aug 23, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: Best-selling self-help author Amy Mandell (Julie Davis) is having a crisis. Her book is about why relationships are doomed to fail yet she has never been in a real relationship, nor even had sex in... Best-selling self-help author Amy Mandell (Julie Davis) is having a crisis. Her book is about why relationships are doomed to fail yet she has never been in a real relationship, nor even had sex in several years. Her controlling lesbian publicist (Caroline Aaron), bickering parents, and a pair of smugly married friends (Mitchell Whitfield and Jennifer Bradford), all urge her to find a man. To everyone's surprise she falls for a handsome radio "shock jock" (Nick Chindlund) who interviews her on his breast-obsessed talk show. Their unlikely romance calls her role as a feminist--and his as a sexist pig--into question. The film works best when it's focusing on Amy's intense sexual frustration, which is nicely intensified through a pulse-raising pop-music score and frantic voice overs. Its many ANNIE HALL-style touches (Davis regularly addresses the camera), incessant psychological observations and frenetic camerawork also help keep the film's energy high. It's the second feature from writer-director-producer-star Davis (I LOVE YOU DON'T TOUCH ME) who got her start as an editor of soft-core porn. Vincent Castellanos is a comedic standout in a small role, and Jeff Cesario is good as a sexually frustrated Catholic priest who hears (the Jewish) Amy's steamy confessions. [More]

Starring: Julie Davis, Nick Chinlund, Jeff Cesario, Caroline Aaron

Starring: Julie Davis, Nick Chinlund, Jeff Cesario, Caroline Aaron, Mitchell Whitfield, Jennifer Bransford, Vincent Castellanos

Director: Julie Davis

Director: Julie Davis
Screenwriter: Julie Davis
Producer: Julie Davis, Fred Kramer
Composer: Miriam Cutler
Studio: Catchlight Films

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
10/05/02
Boston Phoenix

Julie Davis is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors, sadly proving once again ego doesn't always go hand in hand with talent.

Full Review Source: Bay Area Reporter | comment Comment
11/27/02
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
Bay Area Reporter

A movie that harps on media-constructed 'issues' like whether compromise is the death of self… this Orgasm [won't be an] exceedingly memorable one for most people.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
08/30/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Amy and Matthew have a bit of a phony relationship, but the film works in spite of it.

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
08/15/02
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

Obvious

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/23/02
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

[Davis] has a bright, chipper style that keeps things moving, while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/22/02
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Imagine Susan Sontag falling in love with Howard Stern.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/25/02
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

No review available.

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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

One of the most plain, unimaginative romantic comedies I've ever seen.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Eric Campos
Eric Campos
Film Threat

The whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it's trying to set the women's liberation movement back 20 years.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/04/02
Erin Meister
Erin Meister
Boston Globe

Davis the performer is plenty fetching enough, but she needs to shake up the mix, and work in something that doesn't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
08/30/02
Evan Henerson
Evan Henerson
Los Angeles Daily News

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Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/02/02
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

Davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she can't see how insufferable the character is.

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08/29/02
Jean Oppenheimer
Jean Oppenheimer
New Times

Feels familiar and tired.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
08/23/02
Jordana Brown
Jordana Brown
Citysearch

A depressingly retrograde, 'post-feminist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/22/02
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

About Amy's cuteness, Amy's career success (she's a best-selling writer of self-help books who can't help herself), and Amy's neuroses when it comes to men.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/27/02
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

Despite its title, Amy’s Orgasm is not a porno, though it is as tedious as one.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/07/02
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Davis has energy, but she doesn't bother to make her heroine's book sound convincing, the gender-war ideas original, or the comic scenes fly.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/20/02
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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It's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/29/02
Paul Malcolm
Paul Malcolm
L.A. Weekly
 
 
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