A reality MOVIE. There are auditions for a new reality show in New York. Six young (20 somethings), attractive people (6 men, 6 women) are chosen. They are to go out (with hidden cameras) and do stunts that wouldn't be allowed on TV. The guys have to get urine samples from people; the women have to (literally) seduce delivery boys; the guys have to act out a scene on a casting couch and try to seduce the actresses; they all have to go out in Times Square and get total strangers up to their hotel room to be part of a naked, singing trio...
There's also the auditions which include tons of full frontal nudity (male and female), simulated sex (straight and gay) and the stunts have the main six actors almost constantly nude. If you want to see attractive, young people nude this is your movie!
Also the six are psychoanalyzed by a woman during the show (which only lasts 72 hours). They all have deep, painful things that come out and these are very disturbing to watch. The same thing during the auditions--they had over 100 people and all had to open up. These sequences are almost impossible to watch--the one that got me was a woman admitting she was bulimic and seeing her boyfriend out in the audience crying. They're fascinating but VERY uncomfortable. I almost left. Some people would call this pure exploitation but the actors knew they were being filmed and agreed to it. So--if they didn't mind....
So those scenes were extremely powerful. But the stunts were just silly and (despite all the skin showing) quite dull. However there was a twist at the end I didn't seeing coming and all six actors were exceptionally good. What I really liked was even though they were competing they were always very friendly and there for each other. That was refreshing. The nudity was certainly attractive...but it gets old quick and none of it was really erotic. Some people like this...others don't. Really hard to rate but I'll give it a 7.
They DO have a sequel in the can that takes place in Hollywood.
I saw a screening where one of the actors--David Maynard--had a Q&A afterwords. He defended the movie pointing out all of it was real and no one was forced to do anything. He came across as a very friendly, handsome guy--I think his talk helped boost my rating a little.
There's also the auditions which include tons of full frontal nudity (male and female), simulated sex (straight and gay) and the stunts have the main six actors almost constantly nude. If you want to see attractive, young people nude this is your movie!
Also the six are psychoanalyzed by a woman during the show (which only lasts 72 hours). They all have deep, painful things that come out and these are very disturbing to watch. The same thing during the auditions--they had over 100 people and all had to open up. These sequences are almost impossible to watch--the one that got me was a woman admitting she was bulimic and seeing her boyfriend out in the audience crying. They're fascinating but VERY uncomfortable. I almost left. Some people would call this pure exploitation but the actors knew they were being filmed and agreed to it. So--if they didn't mind....
So those scenes were extremely powerful. But the stunts were just silly and (despite all the skin showing) quite dull. However there was a twist at the end I didn't seeing coming and all six actors were exceptionally good. What I really liked was even though they were competing they were always very friendly and there for each other. That was refreshing. The nudity was certainly attractive...but it gets old quick and none of it was really erotic. Some people like this...others don't. Really hard to rate but I'll give it a 7.
They DO have a sequel in the can that takes place in Hollywood.
I saw a screening where one of the actors--David Maynard--had a Q&A afterwords. He defended the movie pointing out all of it was real and no one was forced to do anything. He came across as a very friendly, handsome guy--I think his talk helped boost my rating a little.