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Beyond Vanilla

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Filmmaker Claes Lilja explores the kinkier side of sex through interviews and demonstrations.

Critics Reviews

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Dennis Lim Village Voice 05/13/2003
The cheerful how-to aspect ('cut and file your nails!') adds to the sense that the whole thing seems to have drifted in from some late-night infomercial netherland. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
4/5
Film Threat 04/20/2004
4/5
Ernest Hardy L.A. Weekly 08/27/2003
The sexual arena is where all sorts of issues get worked out, sure, but, sexuality is far more nuanced and complicated than can be contained in a few identity boxes or capsulized by physical practices. Go to Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide 05/15/2003
2.5/5
The film is unquestionably educational: If nothing else, one comes away with a certain respect for the dedication true kinkiness demands. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/27/2019 David Lee Madison must be a made up name of a child. The actor appears clueless on how to deliver a line. His facial features are like poison ivy on Charlie Brown. He moves through scenes like Skippydoodle or like a rhail. See more Read all reviews
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Claes Lilja

Director

Claes Lilja

Narrator

Claes Lilja

Writer

Claes Lilja

Producer

Robert Dunlap

Producer

Robert Dunlap

Cinematographer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Claes Lilja explores the kinkier side of sex through interviews and demonstrations.
Director
Claes Lilja
Producer
Claes Lilja, Robert Dunlap
Screenwriter
Claes Lilja
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Hanky Code Productions Inc.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2003, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 29, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.9K
Runtime
1h 32m