Whipped

I'll be blunt and to the point. This film is not good at all. The film buff part of me hated the acting, script, story, direction and almost all of the editing. Amanda Peet has proven that she can act, as she was a high point of 'The Whole Nine Yards'. So she should have avoided this movie with a ten foot pole. However, the infantile part of me found this film to be very funny. If you can forget about how underpar the production quality is, and if you find smut jokes funny, then you should be all right. And for those of you who can't get off your pedestal, thats your choice. My inner child hasen't died, and I laughed a fair bit. Even then, only a 3 out of ten, because as a movie, it really does stink.

This movie tells the dating stories of male friends in New York. They happen to go out with the same girl, raising the tension between them. Even if it's a comedy rather than a drama, the movie drags too much. The directing is not up to the task: the four adventures are rather cut than blend together. Except the shy and expert wankker, the characters aren't interesting but highly unbelievable. Amanda is the only good thing here because she seems natural and brings her usual smile and kindness. The fan of the big apple would be happy too because there's a lot of exterior stuff. There are funny moments (the dreams, the fights) but it was not enough to convince me, all the more that i watched the American version without subtitles and i couldn't understand the dialogs.

Coarse commercialization of the Neil LaBute shtik: three manipulative, woman-hatin' white playas all fall for the same dish (Amanda Peet) and get their comeuppance faster than you can say "Last reel of CARNAL KNOWLEDGE." An actually consistently funny reversal of IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, WHIPPED was so loathed by every upstanding film critic in America that I felt half compelled to like it out of sheer orneriness. But the bottom line is, funny is funny, and this is pretty funny stuff. To all those "For shame, for shame!" critics: Does this material only get a pass when the Farrelly Brothers do it? And do they only get a pass because they make money?

Amazingly true dialogue, thoroughly developed characters who we all know and love to hate, raunchy and wicked good fun. Peter M. Cohen is a clever, funny writer and film-maker and the casting is wonderfully rich...kudos to Jodi Collins, the Casting Director who are often unsung heroes in the indie film making world, along with kudos to a brilliant editing job! A truly pro and wonderful team all the way around.

A film much along the tone of "Sex and the City."... but different!?! Really open and true to the way we relate..., no matter what we deny! A definite "worth see."

And as always, a brilliant and "perfectly simple & charming" job done by the lead of the female cast, the wonderfully wicked and talented Amanda Peet as Mia...with a lovely cameo played by her actress best friend, Leslie Cohen (no relation to the director!)

Also, shining compliments to Jonathan Abrahams as "Jonathan" and Judah Domke as "Eric, the married guy."

Fun, fun, fun.

Whipped is at it's best when it focuses on the three guys and their "scamming". Their dialogue and situations are, at times, very funny. However, once Amanda Peet's character comes into the picture, the film loses its momentum. The story is predictable, the situations are boring, and the film strains to get laughs. It ends predictably but offers a few more laughs. Whipped is a rental, at best. It's a good party flick, some good laughs, no need to pay close attention, and decent spaces of blah to talk or run out to get more beer. (6 out of 10)