Full Body Massage (1995 TV Movie) User Reviews

How to have body contact and remain distant

[rlcsljo · 7/10 · 10 September 2002]

What thoughts would go through two strangers minds after initially bypassing the social preliminaries and going to intimate contact and then getting to know each other better? The intimation is that maybe they would like to take the relation further, but professional ethics require them to escape to the past, so as to almost avoid the present. The sexual tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

Roeg does his usually excellent job of mixing the erotic with the everyday and making it seem completely natural.

A Curious Blend

[dnjjr · 5/10 · 16 July 2006]

N.B.: Spoilers within. Nicholas Roeg's "Full Body Massage" belongs in the Talk Flick category, but with a twist. (I'll get to that.) Nina (Mimi Rogers) is visited by a substitute masseur, Fitch (Bryan Brown), and during their session they gab on endlessly. The movie centers on one long conversation – about art, spirituality, relationships, destiny, ancient healing methods, and other assorted riddles of life – which might as well take place between two people on a road trip, or sipping their lattes. But.....

The two main characters are a study in opposites. Nina, a product of very humble origins, has worked her way up to become a highly successful art gallery owner. Fitch, on the other hand, was born into affluence but has spent his whole adult life fleeing from it. Nina tends to gravitate toward the more personal during the massage. Early on she claims not to over-intellectualize, but rely on intuition. Fitch remains aloof in comparison. Yes, he is full of innumerable "truths," but keeps the truth about his own self effectively hidden. We rarely get a straightforward answer out of him. He spouts on and on about Hopi tribal medicine, which is fine, but in this film the character of Fitch is sorely lacking a sense of humor. I kept wanting him to lighten up already.

The twist I speak of constitutes the only brand of tension, curious as it is, in the film: reams of rational discourse versus the massage's very sensuous physical contact...a lot of it. (Part of Nina's and Fitch's early conversation refers to the sensuous. Nina: "Massage is sexual...very sexual." Fitch: "Can be, doesn't have to be, shouldn't always be...") This tension is embodied by the mostly brainy discussion – and its cool delivery – taking place while the camera lovingly and sumptuously dotes on every inch of Nina's oily flesh with Fitch's expert hands manipulating it. An example (one of many like it): at one point the two characters are literally cheek to cheek in physical proximity, with Fitch rubbing away, while they talk about a "bankruptcy of the spirit." Huh?

Numerous flashbacks in both leads' minds fill in sporadic details about their pasts, especially their most recent relationships. Fitch's loving memories of Alice, who turned him on to the Hopi teachings he is so fond of, show us that at least he had a warm and sexy side to him at one time. (Here he is actually caught smiling.) But Alice's tragic death in an accident appears to have shut the door to his emotions permanently.

If there is such a thing as cerebral sensuality, this film attempts to capture it. For me it was difficult to mesh the two elements. You have an afternoon full of highbrow chit chat competing with a nonstop visual diet of Mimi Rogers' nude, lushly stroked body. Most of us would be waiting for some real sexuality to bubble to the surface, but don't hold your breath.

Toward the end of the film, Nina makes an attempt to show that the pair is closer in spirit than they may realize (something having to do with each of their pasts making up much of who they are now). Whatever... When we first met her, Nina was saddled with a vague ennui, and her encounter with Fitch seems to have lifted it a bit. It's hard to tell...the whole film is drenched in laid-back understatement. For his part, Fitch – as he drives off into the sunset – makes a gesture indicating he has moved on from Alice. Is there hope for these two independent spirits? The film leaves that question open. Personally I didn't find the dialog itself quite as odd as the "fleshed out" characters who spoke it and the angular way they interacted.

what's the point

[SnoopyStyle · 5/10 · 11 July 2016]

Nina (Mimi Rogers) is a tough art dealer and gallery owner. She is expecting her regular weekly massage from Douglas and is surprised by substitute Fitch (Bryan Brown). She's annoyed but accepted the unexpected change. He's a new age thinker with varying experiences like from the Hopi Indians. She's a driven single woman. They talk about their past relationships and philosophies as flashbacks are shown.

This is a long meandering conversation. It doesn't really move anywhere. There isn't a narrative or a plot. It's simply two characters talking about their lives. For some people, the biggest point is a naked Mimi Rogers. Otherwise, it's hard to see any point to this. The production is more late-night erotica than an artistic journey. I would have liked stories that are less philosophical and more compelling.

stupendous breasts make it worth watching

[risingsap · 23 December 2004]

I can't really remember much of what this film was supposed to be about, some sort of philosophical ramblings delivered whilst a bloke massages a woman. Who cares? The fact is, you get to see a lot of the glorious Mimi Rogers and her awesome breasts and magnificent buttocks. If that makes me sound like a sad pervert, so be it. To be honest the rest of the film sent me to sleep. How is it that I have to drag myself to work very day and Bryan Brown gets to oil Mimi Rogers up for a living? Okay, so he has some acting talent - not a lot mind you - and I have none, but it's still not fair. In my opinion his finest hour was not his version of Hamlet at the Old Vic but keeping his pants under control during this shoot.... I certainly take my hat off to him for that.

TOO relaxing

[Tito-8 · 5/10 · 7 May 1999]

This occasionally interesting film has a number of good qualities, but frequently I found that the never-ending conversation wasn't very interesting. This was a very relaxing film to watch, thanks in large part to the constant massaging. Unfortunately, with much of the dialogue being somewhat dull, I found myself getting sleepy at times. Therefore, it was a bit of a hassle trying to stay awake through the film. Sometimes, the conversation was enjoyable, and certainly Mimi is nice to look at, but I can't recommend any film when it is this easy to fall asleep while watching it.

Pointless artsy fartsy nonsense.....awesome boobs though.

[Beard_Of_Serpico · 3/10 · 7 October 2020]

Hey kid, do you like huge awesome boobs? Mimi Rogers' freakin' enormous milk monsters are the only reason anyone will be watching this.

Otherwise it's a wet fart of a movie which exists for some....reason. Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown are well known actors, what are they doing in this? They must have lost a bet.

You know Bryan popped a woody.

Strange Movie

[jameswilliams784 · 7/10 · 7 December 2011]

I found this movie very strange. It certainly has appeal with the gorgeous Mimi Rogers showing every inch of body off, but the story get very confused. Rogers has a regular weekly appointment for a Massage in her home. One day she is surprised to learn that her regular Masseuse, Dennis has sent a replacement. The replacement, Brian Brown, proceeds to give Miss Rogers her massage and throughout the movie the two engage in some verbal sparing, finding that there is a connection but that there is also a strange friction between them. Mimi Rogers is gorgeous so if you are a fan of hers, you are certainly going to like this movie. If you are into the kind of movie that has some deep dialog, you will also probably like this movie. If your looking for a great story, this movie will disappoint you. I think this movie could have been perhaps a great movie if they concentrated on the relationship between these two opposites following the oft used opposites attract theme. I do recommend this movie simply because Mimi Rogers is too gorgeous to ignore.

Belladonna's on the massage seat Her breasts upon the off beat

[ILoveTheNight · 5/10 · 20 April 2019]

The film had good potential but lousy script and boring dialog between two lead characters doesn't really moved anywhere and film had no erotic moments, even you look about drama there is nothing you can find except boring flashbacks. If it weren't for Mimi Rogers and her magnificent breasts movie would had been tedious.This talented director has many good movies but too bad this is not one of them!

Haiku between Mimi Rogers' breasts

[leoperu · 6/10 · 6 January 2013]

Having read some IMDb reviews before I got my hands on the film itself, I was agreeably surprised watching it. In the canon of the director whose early works I admire, it definitely resides somewhere close to the bottom - but Roeg is always interesting, even at his lowest. Though the Australian DVD has no subtitles (which is always bad news for me because - as the reader of this already knows - my knowledge of English is quite limited), I was not bored for the most of the movie, and I believe that it has important things to say about life not only of rich Americans. A haiku ("Suddenly you light // and as suddenly go dark // fellow firefly") inserted (almost literally) between Mimi Rogers' breasts shouldn't be underestimated. Rogers is a gorgeous piece of a woman but the film really is not about her, or her breasts, or philosophical/mystical reflections - it's about human relations and mutual using/misusing in pursuit of happiness, self-fulfillment,etc., seen by Roeg under slightly satirical angle. (From this point of view, which I'm not sure of, the otherwise likable ending was a bit disappointing, tending to follow a rather sentimental line.)

If I would be asked to recommend any of my colleagues' reviews, it would be dnjir' s.

Basically Mimi wanted to show the world why Tom Cruise went bonkers over her natural jugs.

[Fella_shibby · 5/10 · 29 February 2024]

I saw this for the first time few days back n it is crystal clear that i came here for the boobs but i also wanted to check out the conversations between the masseur n the client. I thot maybe I can learn a thing or two since I am a professional trainer, but alas the chats r boring n not at all engrossing.

There is absolutely no plot but mundane talks.

Absolutely no thrill.

The only redeeming thing is Mimi's natural jugs.

As a personal gym instructor sometimes even in our fraternity we swap clients, take each others' classes but nobody gets philosophical with clients.

Whatever said n done, I somehow managed to pull thru the entire movie without fast forwarding it.

Slow, but good

[smatysia · 8/10 · 9 June 2000]

The film is really just Bryan Brown giving Mimi Rogers a massage while they talk of various things, mostly philosophical, and interspersed with flashbacks of their respective lives. You could say that it's slow, and I suppose that it is, but I found this movie to be refreshingly different. No car chases, no guns, no drugs, no smart-assed hero. Mimi Rogers spends a fair amount of time naked and this is, of course, very, very, very, very aesthetically pleasing. I have to wonder about Imdb's rating system when the "weighted average" is 5.6 and the real average is 7.6. At least they do publish the mean and median scores.

Those big distractions.

[keng5 · 7/10 · 22 May 2005]

If the point and main interest of this movie was intended to be the philosophic conversation, then Mimi Roger's bare breasts were an unnecessary distraction. I couldn't for the life of me give my attention to what they were talking about when her bare body gave me so much else to think about. And how Bryan Brown was able to concentrate on his acting whilst massaging her voluptuous breasts and body is a wonder to me. Mimi Rogers must be quite comfortable with her body and quite fearless in being willing to subject it to the close scrutiny of cinema audiences. But I'm somewhat disappointed in her. She's such a good actress that I would have thought such a soft-porn movie was beneath her.

Another angle on Full Body Massage

[Rave-Reviewer · 25 April 2000]

A gallery owner is surprised when her home masseur sends a replacement, from whom she receives intellectual and spiritual, rather than sensual, treatment. Essentially a long conversation about art, life and relationships, broken up with the director's customarily intriguing montage, and in which the star bravely exposes herself physically as well as emotionally. Compelling viewing.

Softcore erotica but with some themes.

[nathanburke-88780 · 7/10 · 10 September 2018]

Nicholas Roeg is an auteur and Full Body Message is his television movie made with the gorgeously voluminous Mimi Rogers. No doubt this is what everyone will speak of- and indeed much discussion on the film solely rests on Miss Rogers assets. The story is simple: An art gallery owner gets her weekly massage from a man she is attracted to. One day he does not show up and instead there is a somewhat older man at her disposal. She agrees and we hear their banter on life and everything. This is an erotic film but the way it is shot and filmed will have you not aroused but engrossed. Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown are too good an actors to screw this up and the cinematography is really good. A strange but rather good TV movie.

Brown the Roeg.

[DukeEman · 7/10 · 16 February 2003]

An interesting TV movie from Roeg who uses his dream like camera zooms and flashbacks to great advantage in the restriction of one major location. Brown gives one of his best performance in a role that you would never have cast him in.

Well made!

[BandSAboutMovies · 6/10 · 18 December 2023]

Nina (Mimi Rogers) is an art dealer. When she gets her weekly massage, a new masseur shows up, Fitch (Bryan Brown). What follows is a long discussion and a connection as he rubs her body. When asked what it was like to be nude for the entire film, Rogers said it didn't always feel great. "I thought it would, but nothing I did felt good. I was either straining my neck or laying on a cold metal table. I did that because I thought it was a fascinating script with interesting dialogue. Sort of like My Dinner With Andre with a massage table. Also, it was an opportunity to work with Nicolas Roeg. He waited for me to have my baby so we shot four-and-a-half months after I gave birth. My body was not what it usually is."

Rogers and Brown are both good in this and if it weren't for their chemistry and ability to make the dialogue about the meaning of life sound conversational, this would feel like a movie that just wanted to have nudity throughout. Yet it never feels like its exploiting her and instead it feels like you learn so much about both of them. I'd have never watched this Nicholas Roeg movie if it wasn't for it coming out on blu ray and I'm glad that I did.

One of the Most Erotic Films of All Time !!!

[4dtvman · 10/10 · 27 August 2002]

This is definitely a very sexy movie. I could have watched it without stopping even if it had gone on for five hours. The plot is not really complicated as most of the movie revolves around Bryan Brown giving Mimi Rogers massages while entertaining (or possibly boring) her with anecdotes from his life. However, it is a must for anyone who thinks Rogers is a hottie. She never displayed herself like this before and probably never will again. The only thing the keeps this movie from being THE most erotic film I've ever seen is that it doesn't have any full frontal shots of Rogers, although she does spend the majority of movie nude or topless.

I love boobies, I love boobies, I love boobies, 'cause I'm a big kid now!!!

[mindbender2302 · 8/10 · 6 September 2010]

In this movie, Mimi Rogers is naked!

Mimi Rogers plays a successful art gallery owner who gets weekly full body massages to relieve her 'tensions' (pun definitely intended). Her usual masseuse skips out and sends in this other guy who talks and talks and talks while, wait for it, massaging Mimi's body.

This is as deep as the plot gets. But, if one is watching this movie, that is not the least of their concern. Because, in this movie, Mimi Rogers is naked!!

She, a voluptuous woman (38D-26-36!!!!), gets all oiled up, and you can fully see her buttocks and breasts, which get massaged for a long time, and guess what? They are real! Now, some of you might be wondering why I keep talking about Mimi Rogers's body - which is naked in this movie, by the way. That's because this is an erotic movie, and that's all there is to it.

There has not been an erotic movie with a plot of reasonable depth other than 'Kama Sutra,'and 'Full Body Massage' proves this point.

My review of this movie would have been 2/10, but thanks to Mimi Rogers, who is naked in this movie, it gets an 8/10. Keep in mind that just 3 years after this movie, Mimi Rogers wears a body-hugging spacesuit in 'Lost in Space,' which is a family movie... (awkward)

Full Body Massage is an erotic movie with Mimi Rogers, who shows that perfection can be achieved without plastic surgery, and it's a must see for all fans (erotic movie fans and Mimi Rogers fans).

Low quality drama, but keeps you occupied with nudity.

[Big Guy-3 · 10/10 · 30 January 1999]

This movies plot is not a high point of the film. It is not as high drama as you would normally see. But, the continued showing of lead star Mimi Rogers totally nude body shall keep you watching. The movie constantly returns the Mimi's breasts, showing them for no real apparent reason than sexual appeal. For young men who like breasts, this is the movie to see. Low quality drama; high quality nudity and sexual appeal. Nice directing and camera angles.

Believable interaction

[sbrowne · 9/10 · 17 November 1998]

Nick Roeg always provides an interesting film dealing with the loss or rejection of our primitive instincts. In this very contemporary scenario we witness the interaction of a woman art dealer and an unexpected replacement masseur. Art, idealistically, is the essence of our culture, and touch (massage) is a basic communication of truth, yet in the end we find that both these people have been stranded alone by their past failures. We are perhaps witnessing the beginning of a romance. Not so much thought-provoking as it is believable (if you've ever been addicted to massage).

good holistic health experience for serious seekers

[actualize7-2 · 11 January 2001]

Contrary to most of the other lay reviewers, I am a serious student of holistic health practices, esp. eastern traditions- and I was not looking for much gratuitious sex...although the nudity was o.k. I thought Brian Brown did a good job (and apparently he has had some training in massage) -I thought the acting was good, and I liked the way that the "dilemma" of sexuality vs. health treatment was handled.

Mimi Rogers, always a treat for the eyes, was believable as a conflic- ted yuppie with good taste, inquiring mind, and hungry libido. I have recommended this film to others who are massage/holistic health buffs. It would not appeal to many people who are just looking for spicy sex, however.

A review written about a great movie

[sdsjIII · 10/10 · 17 July 2002]

This movie should be watched by any and all people but it should be watched by EVERY body worker out there. Mimi Rogers has a beautiful body. This movie is not a movie about sex or sensual massages. Mimi is very comfortable with her body and with Brian working on her. Any body worker would be lucky to work on her. Brian did have one moment of a laspe when Mimi requested him to remove her cover and he spent an extra long time staring at rear. Which by the way is Great. This is a movie anyone would be lucky to make and star in

The title basically explains the reason you'd watch this

[Beegee · 19 February 1999]

Mimi Rogers has spectacular breasts. That's the only reason you'd watch this. It really is rather pointless. However, if you have some sort of obsession for female assets of huge proportions, watch it by all means.

Overall Definitely Worth Watching

[mroffshore · 8/10 · 28 October 2007]

Interesting storyline, but in this case who really is listening to the dialog?? This movie is really about one thing, Mimi Rogers and her hot body. I can't believe anyone was able to get her to go along with this movie with the amount of nudity it contains, but hey, she's got the body for it (particularly her boobs)...so if you have ever wondered what she looks like unclothed...well you won't wonder anymore after seeing this film...she's naked most of the time and she doesn't disappoint. What was Cruise thinking when he let her get away? Not that he didn't do OK after her, but Mimi Rogers is without a doubt what a woman is all about...she has the looks, the body and she's one of the most intelligent women in Hollywood...genius IQ.