Product Details

• Actors: Caroline Aaron, Nell Balaban, Andrea Bendewald, Jennifer Bransford, Mark Brown (II)
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: December 10, 2002
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006RCNK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,237 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Writer-director-actress Julie Davis is a mix of Bonnie Hunt and Jennifer Aniston. In her 2002 comedy Amy's O (also called Amy's Orgasm), Davis plays Amy Mandell, the bestselling self-help author of Why Love Doesn't Work, which is full of her theories on the fundamentally unstable nature of relationships--only she herself hasn't been in one in years. But when she's interviewed by an arrogant radio shock jock named Matthew Starr (Nick Chinlund), sparks fly, and Amy suddenly has to examine her theories in the real world. The title of Amy's O suggests a sex-centered story; in fact, what separates this movie from most romantic comedies is that it explores not only falling in love, but the hurdles of sustaining a relationship after the romance has peaked. The movie skirts sitcom territory, but has enough heart to give it merit. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Julie Davis Just Might Save Us, May 1, 2004

By	Edmond Gauthier (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lots of review people seemed to take this thing way too seriously - but it's only supposed to be a cute little comedy - not Gone With The Wind. And relax, nobody's even taking on Woody Allen here, either.

The Amy character is just your average confused, biological clock-ticking sweetie, that's all. And Julie Davis turned in a fine first effort as director AND star. Try doing that Chaplin bit yourself and you'll see it's like carrying a 100 pound backpack while running for the bus every morning!

The tortured "cross-purposes" priest was funny, the DJ guy was funny, and all of the Amy character's little friends were funny. What more could be asked of a low-budget project? And since the lead character doesn't just talk all the time to other chicks, it's not even a generic chick flick. Excellent!

Plus Julie herself emerged as a very attractive lady in many ways, being a classic neurotic (and erotic) Jewish gem, who is a frequent masturbator and has a perfect posterior (which she wrongly thinks is too big).

As a sidenote, I wonder if our gal - Florida's own Julie Davis - is tired of being constantly mistaken for Australia's Judy Davis? Maybe Julie should just change her name to Amy. That's who we all think of her as now, anyway.

Looking forward to your next project (in front of the camera again) Julie!

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Simple for Some..., June 23, 2003

By	Michael Joseph "mikkj1" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The characters were believable, the actors well-cast, and the script, though sometimes a bit contrived, well thought out.
What some reviewers have seen as an overcomplicated mish-mash of psycho-babble, and artificial contrivances, was actually quite clear, and to the point. The point is - that life and love, are at heart - simple, direct, and emotional. The movie was about the modern malady of over-analysing every situation. Everyone wants a simple answer to every question, thus the huge popularity of self-help books. The truth however, as pointed out in this movie, is that there are no simple answers to life. Life is complicated, confusing, messy, and if you're having a good one - surprising.
It's only when the lead character (and her friends) stop analysing their relationships and just FEEL them that they succeed in finding happiness. In other words - love and relationships are like fingerprints - no two are alike, and no two can be written about, or analysed, using the same set of standards. We just have to learn to get out of our own way.

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute, September 25, 2008

By	Cosmoetica "cosmoeticadotcom" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

Written & directed by Julie Davis, who stars as the title character- 29 year old best-selling Los Angeleno self-help author & celibate Amy Mandell who advises woman do not need men to be successful. There is also lesbianism at play, in the form of Amy's lecherous publicist Janet (Caroline Aaron- a Woody Allen veteran) who seeks to control & prey upon Amy's emotional anomy with thinly-veiled barbs about her looks. Amy is a typical Ivy League yenta who does not follow her own advice. Inside, she desperately wants love, but falls for jerks. The latest is a Howard Stern wannabe named Matthew Starr (Nick Chinlund). Amy does his radio show & falls for him, despite their banal pattering battle of the sexes. Yet, 1 can tell that they hit it off right away. He seems to be not as bad as he seems, but the set up veers away from triteness because we soon find out that while he's not the pig he plays he has deeper issues that will kibosh any relationship. & Amy is not the basket case we think, & have seen a 100 times before. Her problem is more profound: she actually is a well-adjusted person.
This is shown in some funny scenes where the Jewish Amy seeks free counseling by going to confession with a priest (Jeff Cesario) who slowly falls in love with her despite his exasperation.... Here is the film's only real failing- that it copped out with what seems like an appeal for commercial over artistic success. Matthew & Amy's relationship will never last.