Passion Potion (1971) User Reviews

A dumb story, poorly told

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 18 August 2016]

Bottom of the barrel British sex comedy exploitation, SHE'LL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE charts the misadventures of a couple of blundering scientists who accidentally invent a new scent that has an aphrodisiac effect on women, causing them to shed both their inhibitions and their clothes in their pursuit of instant gratification. The men decide to take advantage of their production in the hope of fame and fortune, but only strife follows...

It's not that this film has an intrinsically poor plot, because there's some basic merit in the premise. No, the problem here is that the execution is so bad. I appreciate that this film was made on a low budget but nothing about the movie rings true. The humour is forced and often awkward, and Kenneth Cope in particular is very poor, mugging for all his worth throughout. Keith Barron is a trifle better but saddled with a dull character who does very little other than mope around.

There are lots of shenanigans with attractive women, but there's a surprisingly small amount of nudity; most of the cast strip to their underwear alone. There are bit parts for the Collinson twins and Me Me Lai. A lot of the conflict comes from the relationships with the long-suffering wives which feels like forced, sub-par CARRY ON style comedy. In addition, SHE'LL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE feels overlong and repetitive, making this one of the least of its type.

Sexless Comedy

[John_Mclaren · 1/10 · 16 August 2007]

The 1970s were a bad time for the British film industry (and for the country as a whole). This cinematic piece of drivel hardly helps.

Described as a "sex comedy" featuring Keith Barron and Kenneth Cope, its central premise is that women all over the southeast of England are going crazy for a scent (BK142)which our heroes have somehow produced. They should have stayed at British Leyland. This nuclear Chanel (or "Old Spice" given the date)causes our gals to rip their clothes off in an effort to get more of the lucky men- or at least strip to their underwear to do so.

And that is the real problem. It is a British sex comedy from the 1970s without any nudity or much sexual activity. Usually one expects to see famous British actresses in these efforts shedding all. Niet. Rien. Zilch. It's just boring.

It simply reminds everyone that the 1970s was a third rate decade with third rate ideas and often fourth rate cinema. We cant even console ourselves that at least they got naked doing so ...

British "sex comedy" that really has neither element in it

[lazarillo · 3 April 2009]

Much like a horrible fungus British sex comedies have a way of growing on you, and the Jezebel DVD releases are always the very best of the very worst when it comes to British sex comedies. It's par for the course that "comedy" part of British sex comedies is largely a misnomer, but in the case of this film the "sex" part pretty much is as well. There's some pretty girls in this including Andrea Allen from "Scream and Die", Italian cannibal movie cutie Me Me Lai, and Madeline and Mary Collinson from Hammer's "Twins of Evil", but aside from some very brief nudity by one of the Collinson twins there's not much here in terms of anything resembling sex.

The plot involves two male scientists who invent a cologne that makes women fall in love (and into bed) with them. Instead of turning over their findings to their supervisors, they set up a love nest in order to conduct their own further "tests" on the effectiveness of their new love potion. The potion causes women to imagine our heroes are their fantasy lovers. One German girl, for instance, imagines one of the protagonists is Adolf Hitler!(Since this was made in the early 70's and the actress doesn't look any older than twenty-five, I can only imagine that she must had some kind of infant crush on that sexy beast Hitler during waning days of World War II). I suspect Germans might find this movie somewhat offensive, but then, aside from me and a lot of no doubt very dissatisfied British pud-pullers in the 1970's, I doubt too many people have seen it.

The two heroes are not very sympathetic, not only because they're taking advantage of the women, but also because they're both married and cheating on their wives. But the bigger problem is they're not very funny either. These movies do have a pretty limited appeal in general, but even if you're one of the few who do like them, I would recommend pretty much ANY of the other Jezebel releases over this one. None of these Btitish sex comedies really succeed as "comedies", but at least the others have SOME "sex" in them.

A "Sex-Comedy" with no sex or comedy.

[plex · 2/10 · 29 July 2023]

You'd assume with the erstwhile title "She'll Follow You Anywhere" billed as a "Sex-Comedy" based on nymphomania would contain sex, comedy, and maybe even some nudity. You'd assume wrong. Re-titled as "Passion Potion" I can only assume the publisher and/or distributor thought the updated moniker might attract more attention or confuse/trick the poor saps (like me) who suffered this celluloid disasters the first time-around, into wasting time again.

This waste of materials is in no-way a rated-R affair. No violence, no bad language, no nudity (OK, about 1-second of semi-nudity about an hour-in). It also has no conceivable comedy, its merely poorly-performed physical gags by our 2 leads who mumble and stumble thru the entire film which only leads to complete and utter annoyance.

They spend most of the time experimenting with the formula of a cologne touted to be and accidental aphrodisiac. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. All of the time its tedious, boring, and again, annoying. Seriously, skip this one. You're welcome.

This starts brightly

[christopher-underwood · 6/10 · 5 September 2008]

This starts brightly, with decent dialogue a few shots of 70s London and lots of shots of trains plus a very promising idea. Silly, of course, but the notion that Keith Barron and co-star, Kenneth Cope, have discovered a perfume that will make them irresistible to women ( in the sense that she will 'follow you anywhere') certainly seems promising. And it works, girls are picked up with ease. There are just two main problems. One is that this is a sex comedy that wants nothing to do with sex or nudity and the whole thing crumples under the tediousness of seeking the formulae. In retrospect, I guess the start seems OK because it is assumed that the film will build into a very sexy little number and that eventually the girls will go beyond bra and pants. Fortunately or unfortunately no and we are left with engaging performance from the two male leads and some pretty faces.