Review of Tan Lines (2005) by Alberto M — 09 Aug 2010
"Tan Lines" probably refers to Midget (Jack Baxter) who beds Cass (Daniel O'Leary) and Lucy Minter (Alice) so they enjoy his surfer bod. He's coming to terms with his homosexuality and has to experiment. Too bad, the movie diverts into subplots we don't need.
It's a strange hybrid of a drama: low-brow comedy, erotic sexual scenes, and family drama. I liked the dialogue which seems real and sometimes funny. An older women checks out Midget, "Nice ass!" Her friend replies, "If he wasn't gay, I'd jump him in a second." I suspect some of the subplots are to lengthen the movie but they don't make sense. We don't care about the older town residents trying to recapture their libidos. Alice's mother who looks like Edith Massey from a John Waters' comedy is weird. Lucy Minter's role is underwritten as Alice--she comes across as daft.
WTF is going on with Midget's mother? Jed Clarke is horrible as Cass' brother, Daniel, and I winced everytime he spoke.
The two leads Jack Baxter and Daniel O'Leary are excellent as Midget and Cassidy respectively. They make this movie worth watching, both as interesting actors and during their erotic scenes. But, I couldn't detect any tan lines when they strip.
This review of Tan Lines (2005) was written by Alberto M on 09 Aug 2010.
Tan Lines has generally received mixed reviews.
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