Review of Eating Raoul (1982) by Blais E — 20 Dec 2010
Perversely-witty and screamingly-funny black comedy with dumpy, schlumpy Paul Bartel (The film's director-) and the long-and-lupine, lusciously-lean cult-fave Mary Woronov as Paul and Mary Bland, an overly-virtuous, sexless couple who inadvertently become mixed-up with the kinky, underground swinging-sex scene of the seedier environs of L.
A., but find an imaginative, yet murderous way to use it to their own advantage (Luring the over-sexed scum that frequent the adult personal ads of the local smut-rags to their apartment, killing them, and looting their money and valuables-).
Eventually, Chicano hustler Raoul (Robert Beltran) stumbles upon their lucrative scheme, and wants in on the action, to the Blands' chagrin, so they must come up with a desperate plan to remove him from their situation.
.. Clever and funny, with a lot of recognizable comic actors (Buck Henry, Edie McClurg, Ed Begley, Jr., Allan Rich, Hamilton Camp, Richard Paul-) also on board, but the film really belongs to Bartel and Woronov--they have superb chemistry together, and he acquits himself nicely as likable schlemiel Paul, and Woronov's unforced sensuality and seductive beauty are a pleasure to watch.
A delightfully-disturbed little treasure!
This review of Eating Raoul (1982) was written by Blais E on 20 Dec 2010.
Eating Raoul has generally received positive reviews.
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