Isabella - Days of Desire

Beautiful picture with nice idyllic Italian scenery. The sex scenes were a bit much but I guess that's my fault for not checking that it was "erotic". Dreamlike.

This is the worst movie I have ever seen. While the setting is gorgeous and appears to be financed by the Italian tourism industry, this film is god awful. The dialogue is atrocious, the plot is stupid. They made good use of a drone. That's about the only positive thing I can say about this steaming pile. This was obviously made by people who think that all you have to do to make a good film is to put beautiful people in a beautiful setting and you have a good film. There is a reason the director's name is not known. Hopefully, he went into hiding. I would best describe this as a film that the Hallmark Channel would make if they wanted to branch out into extremely soft core porn.

This was an odd experience. The scenery is lush. The experienced actors seem to do their best with what they're given (the father had a lot going on for him). But the female lead made me think 'This must be the case of the director being so smitten by a woman they would film her against their own better judgement'. It's either that, or the lady must have been holding him for ransom. I have no other ideas as to how to explain the presence of the actress in this film. Also, the movie pretends to be taking you into the territory of the erotic genre, but does not deliver even close. It fails as a romance by being too blunt and obvious, it fails as a drama by giving extremely poor acting from the starlet. Guys, if you're going for erotica, just go there. Don't pretend to be above it. Cheap 50 Shades knock-offs do not play out well when there's no commitment.

Don't waste time for watching this. Story line is very bad. And the acting is the same. Lady in the main character doesn't know acting at all. Her voice is..urgh.. Waste of time...

Seeing the poster, I have to admit .. I probably would not have been able to resist watching this. On the other hand, maybe it was better I just randomly picked this out of "what to watch next" streaming service I was on. The expectations the poster is setting ... well let's just say the movie itself will not reach (no pun intended).

Actually the movie does begin with a quite seductive main character. But the movie is not about steamy dreams/fantasies - neither yours nor hers. It is a mechanism - a distraction! A force shield if that comparison works even better for you.

So being spoiled and not sure what to do with herself (or the body god has given her), she also is being taken from this world ... well still on planet Earth, but quite a remote location, where she isn't even able to reach any of her friends. It is never clear if they are actual friends or just random people on social media she has gotten to know.

I guess you could read a few things into the movie. You could make up stuff that the makers intended or maybe they are your own version of whatever is transpiring. Anyway, this is a quest for self discovery ... accidental, by chance and a bit forced (parents pressuring her to take a trip with them) ... and finally also a bit of nudity. But again, if that is the main reason you are watching it (and you'd be excused considering that poster), you'd be quite dissapointed.