Out of Love

The ending (reconciliation) is telegraphed almost at the beginning of Paul Norman's crummy Vivid release from over two decades back, in which faker-than-fake contract girl Nikki Tyler bickers with hubby Joey Silvera for an hour before telling the tardy lawyer they're not ready to sign the divorce papers after all. I wished he'd showed up on time and this could have had a more appropriate 5-minute running time.

Norman, whose work has tended more toward the gonzo end of the Adult spectrum, contributes a very talky and tiresome script that tests the stars' abilities, but even without words their bickering seems oddly out of some BBC "Play of the Month" than a credible porn premise. Abundance of blondes in the cast is also wearying, though it's always entertaining to see Jill Kelly, in pre-boob job form, in XXX action. Here she's cast as Nikki's best friend, who turns out to be a baddie trying to undermine our star's marriage.

Some scenes are played bareback and others have the studs like guest star Peter North (in a nothing role as an artist's model) wearing ridiculously ugly opaque condoms. SLOPPINESS alert: North is billed as "Al Brown" during the opening credits but gets his usual name listed at the end instead.

I suppose that unless one was a card-carrying member of the Nikki Tyler fan club in the '90s (count me out) there would be no conceivable reason for sitting through this. I'm currently surveying the history of both Vivid Video and its chief competitor Wicked Pictures, so that's my excuse for the torture.

Okay.

I picked this one up at my local video store, and saw that Tyler had been on "The Tonight Show". I watched the video, thinking, "What the hell did her and Jay talk about?" Maybe they talked about exactly what Nikki does here, but I doubt it. At least, not explicitly.

I didn't really like "Out of Love" as a film. It's basically about Nikki and her husband, and how they try to keep their marriage going. Nikki has sex with two lesbian friends (perhaps the best scene), and her husband has sex with two other women, and also paints a couple while they go at it. Sure, I knew what to expect, but I've seen better plots, and for my money, I want a half-way entertaining film. Gynecologically, this one is on the nose. But, as an overall film, not so good.

Nikki is very pretty, though, as are many of her female costars. So, for the sex part, you could probably do worse than "Out of Love". But, you could also do better ("Tittilation" comes to mind).