Shortbus

I found this movie while I was reading a GQ magazine waiting for my turn for a haircut. The plot summary was interesting, so I decided to take a chance, download it, and watch it.

It turned out to be great. Thought-provoking, mysterious, sexual, and emotional. The story revolves around straight and gay couples who are having problems of their own, and how they react to different situations and try so hard knowing the problem and solving them. They meet in a "underground club", not so much underground, but a place where people would go to "get it off" and find what they are looking for. Among them: a happily married woman, who works as a couples counsultant, is having trouble getting to the big "O" land, a dominatrix "with secrets of her own to reveal", a gay couple doubting whether a three-way relationship would help their 5-years from dropping into abyss.

The portrait of the characters were artistic, very fine to the last drop of paint from a thin brush. They were fragile, sleek, comfortable to watch, and gentle; which sums up to the fact that they were simply amazing.

Well, one con (for some, it may be a pro) is that the sex here is too explicit, just like watching some porn in a movie, or I could just say, a movie in a porn. For one, it is clearly obvious that there is certainly some visual sex that's gonna happen, so I don't really blame them for it.

In an interview with the director John Cameron Mitchell on his views of cumming into a contemporary work of art:

"Well, having the cum hitting the painting and then disappear into it, it's kind of like the film. Most people tell me that they’ve forgotten about the sex by the time the film is over. It's just another brushstroke in the characters’ lives. That's why we must cum upon the painting."

Ratings over the net: B. However, it is a must-see for those who would love to have something different from the Malaysian Censorship filters.