Body Shots (1999)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Before falling off into oblivion. The first forty five minutes were good. It starts off in an interesting way and it's easy to become immersed in what is going on. Unfortunately the second half is poorly written. The driving force is killed off, and what follows only leads into the least anti-climatic ending ever seen. What's worse about the ending is that it fails to resolve any of the film's events. Which almost makes the entire movie a waste of a film.The directing is great, way better than this film deserves. The acting was good. I liked Jerry O'Connell's performance. Tara Reid was surprisingly convincing in displaying her emotions. Amanda Peet could have done better. Ron Livingston was great, and is shown in a somewhat different light.The film has a lot of wasted potential. I'm surprised that the last half of the script wasn't completely rewritten. It is as if the writer only planned out the first half before starting to write it. If it's a dollar rental, it may be worth it. Just to be safe, I'd only recommend it if it ends up on a subscription movie channel.

After watching this insipid piece of self-serving vacuous tripe, I got down on my knees and thanked God that when I was a twenty-something I lived in New York City and not LA. This film doesn't have a single redeeming quality. The title is moronic since it has nothing to do with anything in the movie. The acting is sophomoric (which I should have expected with Tara Reid as the lead). The pretentious direct-to-the-camera commentary by the principals comes off as laughable verbal diarrhea. Truman Capote once said that from the time the wheels of your jet touch down in LA your IQ goes down in a geometrically progressive fashion for each day you remain there. That the makers of this film took themselves seriously bears out his statement.

I found this movie to my likeing but the ending was a little hard to bare because i was really enjoying the storys tara reid and jerry'o connel were telling and like many other people i enjoyed the sex scenes expecially with jerryó connel and tara reid, oh yeah and i also really enjoyed tara reids toppless scene.

Director Michael Cristofer really outdid himself on his Sophmore project. This project is commonly known as "Body Shots." This movie brings together Hollywood's most dynamic young stars and starlets and caters to the educated crowd with a sexy punch. On the surface, this movie appears to chronicle a night out on the town with a group of young, sexy singles. In reality, Cristofer has succeeded in delivering to the public a modern day accounting of "The Four Ages" poem by the classical poet Ovid. For those of you unfamiliar, Ovid is actually short for Publius Ovidius Naso, a poet born shortly after the death of Julius Caesar and raised in the fertile hills about 90 miles east of Rome. This fact brings an eery similarity to the modern day fertile hills of California. The movie takes viewers through four distinct "ages"...standin around, clubbin, sexin' it up, and stuff. Each of these "ages" are directly connected to the four ages of Ovid's poem: The Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze age and the Iron Age. To best illustrate this, I shall use some quotes from an original 1954 translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses." The Golden Age: "...a time that cherished of its own will, justice and right; no law. fearfulness was quite unknown, and the bronze tablets held no legal threatening..." When you see the movie, it is clear to see how this relates directly to the plot. The Silver Age: "Jove made the springtime shorter...(I will give this one to you - this passage refers to the wait in the club line being much shorter than usual, due to the powerful connections one of the babes has with the doorman) The woodland thickets, and the bark-bound shelters no longer served; and the seeds of grain were planted in the long furrows." The Age of Bronze: "...agressive instincts, quick to arm, yet not entirely evil." Notice how this very concise wording fits exactly with the plot of the movie. Agressive sexual instincts, not entirely bad. I will leave the examples from the Iron Age out, as I want all of you to experience first hand the beauty of this film. 10 out of 10 for the babe factor, 9 out of 10 for the film. Bravo, bravissimo!!!!!