If you ever wanted to know what a cocain fueled 80's 'adult' take on 'Mary Poppins' would look like...buckle in.
The plot follows Terry, a travelling 'marriage saver' by which I mean she's a sexy live in maid who helps rekindle couples sex drives by boinking them both and arranging sexy parties...Thats basically the movie. Our couple's sex life has fallen on the rocks (seemingly because the wife doesnt give head) and Terry is bought in to jumpstart the marriage again...Their next door neighbour Dom (Ron Jeremy) becomes captivated by Terry and does everything in his power to get to her. Terry obliges. Everything gets sorted out...Oh and the house has a robot (featured in the poster art) that Terry puts a strap on onto and then has it parade around the house having sex with both Terry and the guests...
As a movie? Its fiiiine, the plots a little about the ordinary, but if it wasnt for the robot and some strangeness from Jeremy, it would be a fairly by by the numbers picture. its tonally a little campy which is nice, the pacings pretty solid, though the sex scenes themselves do go on for a little bit longer than i'd like without much of a shakeup in the variety.
Directions fine enough, they manage to capture the warm closeness that erotica requires. But while its above most of the lower budgeted efforts of the time, and it DOES look the part, it never really goes much above that which is a real shame.
The sex scenes themselves are shot professionally and have clearly been well thought out and choreographed. Apart from some pacing issues (which...I really put more down to the editing as the film is DESPERATE to make it to feature runtime) its all above board.
The cine is fine with good use of lighting, coloured gels and B-roll, the compositions are largely solid, but as mentioned the edit is a little on the sluggish side as it tries to pinch an inch wherever it can.
The performances are solid, they're a bit more on the comedic bubbly side which is nice, and everyone seems to be having fun shooting this goofy little picture.
The only thing that does drag the film down is the score, which is TOTALLY out of tone and vibe with the rest of the film, in fact for the majority of the movie the music would imply the cast were in imminant danger or about to be victim of some kind of atrocity...which is odd or such a lighthearted picture...but there y'go.
All in all? its above average, but I wouldnt say it was one of the greats. a few moments of eccentricity on the part of the film makers isnt *quite* enough to fully win me over. But its technically proficient and the script does the job fine enough. I dont regret watching it, but I just wish they'd leaned into the campy oddness a little bit more.
source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/amber-aroused/
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