Drama

sex, lies, and videotape

Outlaw Productions

United States of America

English

James Spader

Andie MacDowell

Peter Gallagher

Laura San Giacomo

Ron Vawter

Steven Brill

Alexandra Root

Earl T. Taylor

David Foil

Nick Wechsler

Victoria Spader

Deborah Aquila

Walt Lloyd

Cliff Martinez

Steven Soderbergh

Joanne Schmidt

John Hardy

Davis Guggenheim

Mike Dempsey

Larry Blake

Stephen Tyler

David Jensen

J.D. Streett

Nancy Tenenbaum

Scott Chandler

Buddy Carr

Michael Charbonnet

Kim Pease

James Ryder

Diana Gary

Ron Bartlett

Phill Beard

Gilly Charbonnet

Jonathan Coney

Sabrina Lopez

David E. Stone

Tony Brignac

Vanessa Theme Ament

Amanda Schuler

Paul Ledford

Oscar Mitt

Robert Newmyer

Matthew C. Beville

Ben Williams

Morgan Mason

William

This is about the most nonsexual movie I have ever seen with the word sex in the title. This is worse than a watered down romance novel. The story was very boring and uninspired. I personally find all the actors/actresses unattractive and there is no chemistry. On top of this being a flat film, it contains absolutely no nudity. This would be fine for the majority of movies but with a name like Sex, Lies and Videotape, one would expect at least brief nudity. Anyways, complete waste of time.

CinemaSerf

If in doubt, see a therapist! Well that's what the ostensibly happy "Ann" (Andi MacDowell) does whilst married to aspiring lawyer "John" (Peter Gallagher). This woman stresses about just about everything, and this singularly futile behaviour is having quite an impact on her sex-life and therefore her marriage. "John" isn't the most loyal of men, so switches allegiance to her willing barmaid sister "Cynthia" (Laura San Giacomo) and then just to add a bit more complexity, "John" meets up with old friend "Graham" (James Spader) who brings a candour to the scenario that's actually quite funny in it's potent honesty. You get a clue as to the route it's now going to take from the title and at times it's remarkably poignant as it deals quite entertainingly, if on an almost entirely sex-free basis, with what people obsess about and how in some cases the obsessing about the obsession becomes a sort of raison d'être as the problems entrench and lives get well and truly stuck. The pithy dialogue has a reality to it that though occasionally a little contrived, does make you think when you stand in front of the mirror that maybe some of the attitudes and belligerences could apply to some degree in many of our lives as we tend to overthink. It's maybe Spader's best role - his character is understated and surprisingly effective as this admittedly rather ploddingly paced look at morals and mores builds up. MacDowell isn't the best, she sort of fluffs her way through the story but the other two principals and Rob Vawter's analyst keep it all quite watchable for an hour and ah half.

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James Spader

Andie MacDowell

Peter Gallagher

Laura San Giacomo

Ron Vawter

Steven Brill

Alexandra Root

Earl T. Taylor

David Foil

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