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Love, Sex and Eating The Bones

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***1/2

The provocatively titled "Love, Sex and Eating the Bones" is a tale about sexual frustration involving a man addicted to porn and a woman with a decidedly more conservative view of making love. The curious twist is that it is the woman who wants to get down-and-dirty in the sack and the man who finds himself unable to rise to the occasion.

Michael is an aspiring photographer who works as a security guard at a local parking garage. Jasmine is a successful ad agency executive who has sworn off both men and sex since her last abortive relationship two years ago. The two find themselves falling in love with one another but hit a rocky patch when Michael turns out to be impotent - at least when it comes to having to perform with a flesh-and-blood human being.

"Love, Sex and Eating the Bones" starts off as a sub-par, utterly conventional romantic comedy, but just when you're about to give up on it, it takes a daring and much appreciated detour into some previously unexplored territory. This is the first film I can remember to feature impotence as a major plot point and the first to acknowledge the detrimental effect that pornography can have on real-world relationships. That the film does so in the context of a romantic comedy in no way diminishes its value and, in fact, makes the topics more palatable and approachable than they might otherwise be. Moreover, the film is blessed with two extremely likable stars as its protagonists, Hill Harper and Marlyne Afflack, who tackle the tricky subject matter with charm and grace. Some may see the humor in the film as vulgar and crude at times, but I tend to think of it as realistic, accurately capturing the ways in which couples talk and deal with one another in the modern world. This turns out to be a better film than one might initially suspect.

I can honestly admit that at some point in my life I suffered from the same problem as Micheal, which made me buy the movie in the first place I was suprised at how well the movie was written, and how well it address the subject of how detrimental porn can be to a healthy relationship.Kudos to the stars and Kudos to the director for making a film like this. I suggest every man at some point in his life take a good hard look at this movie.

This movie is hilarious and will have you cracking up with each scene. It is funny, yet romantic at the same time.

I have a Movie Pass that allows me to rent unlimited movies per month. With this freedom, I Find myself trying out obscure films that I would not have otherwise.

This was one film that does not deserve its obscure status. Its well-written, funny, and engaging. Plus "Jasmine (maralyn afflack)" just may be THE most beautiful woman on EARTH. My god.

It was also nice to see a sister that was willing to accept a brother for what he wants to become, not for what he is (a lowly security guard).

This movie has official displaced Love Jones as my favorite black romantic comedy.

Anyway.. its well worth your dime.

The title doesn't do this movie justice. Great acting with a great storyline equals a surprising enjoyable movie.

As a fan of Barenaked Ladies and expecially Ed Robertson I decided to check out this film. Since no one else has commented, I'd just like to say that Ed Robertson's performance was fun, and for any BNL fans out there, well worth checking out. The rest of the film is not bad, if a little heavy handed at times. It still has a message worth saying, and pokes lighthearted fun at people's hang ups.

This was a great movie about a guy who had lost touch with the world. He lived on porno's and worked as a security guard while trying to get his photography off the ground. This is another boy meets girl movie, except in this case the boy is a grown (...) man who gets a boost of reality with the help and care of a upper class exec woman.............................But no relationship is perfect without its bumps and bruises along the way..........................great movie good acting from Hill Harper who plays the (...) out of touch with reality lead. Great supporting acting as well, the dude from Barenaked Ladies is in this movie too I believe, I like how this movie isnt over-acted with the usual top stars. At the end of watching this, it feels very real and life mimicking.....................GREAT JOB!

I first saw the movie at the Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video in Chicago. I was completely surprised on how good this movie was. The acting is great and you can get into the characters. This is a great relationship movie!

Finally, a sexy love story about two people of African descent.

I was expecting an average bet type movie but was pleasantly surprised at how smart and witty the storyline was. I actually cared about the characters and situations they were involved in. Overall I thought it was a funny, smart and light hearted way of looking at relationships.

Great film on a topic not explored enough....porn addiciton. Now it's not a heavy subject but gives you just enough. It's film about a young woman (the lovely Marlyne Afflack) who meets a man and learns that he has an issue. It depict's scenes where Harpers character cannot perform for a real woman but can get it up for his films. You really get to see how much his life is affected by it when he sees an attractive woman pass by and automatically goes to 'rewind' her passing by again. The beginning is somewhat immature but it gets better as the film progresses. Good laughs and some good diaglogue into how the 2 main characters deal with eachother. The supporting characters also do a great job as well as the subject matter outside of the 2 main characters. You also get to witness some Jamaican culture as seen with some characters and the dancehall club scene.