Fantasmes de Femmes

A movie we just stumbled upon, but one of the first xxx movies we actually decided to purchase. An actual storyline, very erotic and appealing to both a male and female audience ... which is almost impossible to find as men tend to just go from sex scene to sex scene while women want some kind of storyline to make them feel like they're watching a movie and not just looking in a peep booth. Fortunately, this film does a great job of providing both. Even more surprising is that there is actually an attempt to act by the cast. While it isn't Academy Award winning stuff, the attempt at showing more emotion than a faked orgasm is definitely more of a plus than you would at first think. Watch it with your spouse and neither of you will be disappointed.

The male half of a couple is endlessly fascinated by the womens' group that his wife, Terry, belongs to when he finds out that they talk about their fantasies. At first he wants her to tape record, which she agrees to, then he wants to actually see the faces of the women talking, she hesitantly agrees to this as well. Finally they hatch a plan wherein he'll attend the meeting dressed in drag a la' "Tootsie". I found this porn to be simply alright in the sex scenes Except Terri's fantasy that IS pretty hot), lacking in the story and execution. Although made at the tail-end of porns "golden" era, it can't really be called a classic, but it's better then the adult film of the early to late mid '90's (the most hated years if you were a porn fan)

My Grade:C+

That pretty much sums up the quality of this porn movie.

Let's face it. Most adult movies, even from the main studios, on a technical level are pretty awful. Their purpose is to show a lot of hardcore sex, not tell a coherent story. This one has a story. It is no great shakes, but it has one and it is competently done, though the set-up is pretty stupid. It's main point of interest, though, is Rachel Ashley. This is the only one I've seen her in and she is an incredibly beautiful woman and a very good actress. Why was she stuck in porn? A few porn actresses can act, but they aren't the most attractive ones. The lookers like the late Savannah couldn't act their way out of a paper bag.

This film was one of the first adult films I ever saw, and it was also one of the best. I actually saw an edited, soft-core version for cable originally, and even in that form, it is extremely hot. Well acted, well written, and well shot, it is a film the likes of which probably will rarely if ever be seen again due to the proliferation of cheap adult videos that tend to drown out anything better. Only the works of Andrew Blake give me any hope at all.

OK, first let's get something out of the way: the official "rating" of this film was 5.2. One "rater" gave it a C+. For those not in the know (most of you), this is probably the second highest rated "story" X rated movie in history after Nothing To Hide, which on IMDb also got a low rating. Incomprehensible is the only applicable word here.

Sterling performances from the whole cast; a "special relationship" which is obvious between the leads (Leslie and Ashley); good music (the beginning and end title songs aren't the usual noodling but are written for this film - and they're both good); and a story driven plot. It's a great movie on a lot of levels, but on IMDb it seems to have fallen on cloth ears. And one more thing: this is in fact a "classic" adult film.