Product Details

• Actors: Srey Teang; Ericka Klein; Angel Ceja; Alaina P. Pepito; Randy Huiting; Susie Spear; Elizabeth Mehr; Randy Brown; Koing Kuoch; Marina Palmier; Fred Blanco; Kelly O'Brien; Mark Solum; Alejandro Patino; Alex Mercer; Jesus Covarrubias; Dan Frank; Lobo Sebastian; Mark Larson (II); Tymme Reitz
• Directors: Doug Witkins
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: PICTURE THIS
• DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001U0E4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,940 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "No Ordinary Love" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not great, just fun., January 10, 2000

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M. FUSCO "yawnmower" (NEW YORK, NY) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: No Ordinary Love (DVD)

Actually, the many loves, and types of love, contained in this little film are quite 'ordinary' and happen every day. They just don't usually make it to the big, or little, screen. We have a guy who owns a house. He can't come out because his mother fantasizes that he will get married one day. He rents rooms to a female in a rock band (with whom he, and just about everyone else, has an affair; a dead guy; a narcissistic (and justifiably so) actor who likes it both ways; a cute little Asian boy; and an over-weight bank teller. The movie must be viewed as a self-contained soap opera, considering the myriad twists of plot and sub-plot, which involves the usual betrayal, bank robbery, adultery, and murder. The nicest facet of the story is the developing romance between Vince (the Asian boy) and his 'straight' hispanic neighbor, Ramon -- who is also the son of an abusive father (upon whom his mother is cheating with Andy, the narcissistic actor!). The only two who have any integrity in the film are Ramon and Vince, and they are amply rewarded at the end. Probably only deserves three stars, but the people are cute enough to bump it up to four. And it's just nice to see a film where there is a natural variety of sexual preference. It's not SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, but it is fun.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loaded with cool features, March 2, 2000

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Paul Cella (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Ordinary Love (DVD)

For an independent, "omnisexual" picture, No Ordinary Love has a lot of really cool features on the DVD. Everyone I know really likes the Vince and Ramon story, and the DVD makers took that subplot right out of the movie and made it a stand-alone featurette! You can also jump directly to each of the hot love scenes between the beautiful young actors. The DVD version of the movie, an entertaining, Almodovar-esque comedic melodrama, also has an informative and funny commentary track. The music is great, especially the bathtub scene with "Tempted". The young actors may not have acted much before, but they have so much screen charisma, I didn't mind their inexperience. I wish there were more movies like this one.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Watch it again and again, March 9, 2000

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Jason Klein (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Ordinary Love (DVD)

I really loved Nicholas Roeg's film THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH starring Daviod Bowie because you had to watch it several times to "get it". It's the same deal with NO ORDINARY LOVE. Yeah, there are a lot of subplots, but that makes it all the more interesting to watch the 2nd, 3rd and 4th time around. And the unique thing about this very sexy soap is: you can watch it once normally, and then again with Spanish subtitles (practice your Spanish!) and again with French subtitles (ditto French), and then again with a very interesting commentary by the filmmakers. Then you can isolate all kinds of wonderful moments from the film with the many menus. Somebody put a lot of thought into this DVD --much more than other gay titles I've seen on DVD. It sure won't be something you watch once and then put on the shelf to collect dust.