Product Details

• Actors: Gloria Leonard, Siobhan Hunter, Robert Bullock
• Directors: Candida Royalle
• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Femme Productions
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 1987
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007T5WL6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #63,901 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor
In 1984, Candida Royalle went from being an adult film star to creating the internationally acclaimed Femme line of erotic movies from a woman's perspective. She has since lectured worldwide on her work, and is the first adult filmmaker to have been invited into membership by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Profiles of Ms. Royalle have appeared in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The London Times, Elle and Mademoiselle, among others. She has also made guest appearances on several TV shows including Phil Donohue, Joan Rivers and 48 Hours.

Product Description
Sexual desires awaken in three young women. Michelle pleases her fiance; with wet treasures. Jennifer is seduced by her piano instructor--on the den floor! Young Heather and a girlfriend use tongues and fingers to learn of sapphic love. Oh delicious escape! With Siobhan Hunter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Example of Candida's Early Works, July 7, 2005

By	Trust Me! (Virginia) - See all my reviews

For those of you not familiar with her works, Candida Royalle specializes in directing adult films that are erotic, but not pornographic. The sex scenes are typically romantic in nature and are not very extreme nor imaginative.

Three Daughters is one of her early projects and it typifies her works. The Clayton family has long been separated by schools and jobs, but, at last, they are back together. Everyone is anticipating the eldest daughter's engagement announcement, but she has reservations about accepting her beau's offer. The middle daughter is so wrapped up in her studies as a musician that she has no time for romance... or at least she's tricked her family into believing this! ;) The youngest daughter, played by Siobhan Hunter, has reached adulthood by age but not by experience... yet.

While fairly predictable and simple, the plot plausible and mildly interesting. The movie sets are adequate, but are showing their age... don't you just LOVE that shag carpet? The actors/actresses do their job well and are reasonably attractive to watch. Siobhan, who was 23 at the time, looks a little older than 18. Mr. & Mrs. Clayton look too young to be the parents of the older sisters. Oh well! You can simply ignore this inconsistency. The sex scenes are tasteful, stimulating, and erotic.

If you are looking for an erotic movie for a mainstream couple to enjoy together, you could do a lot worse before you'll do much better.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classic in mainstream erotic filmmaking, January 21, 2007

By	Robert Nagle "idiotprogrammer" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This has long been a favorite film of mine; it's a straight porn film, yet the director gives such careful attention to the sensual details that you have to call it something more.

The most interesting thing about this film is how mainstream the ideas and scenarios behind this film really are--they are playful, tasteful and not insulting or degrading at all. It's not really that far from Sex and the City--but it's more introspective, more accepting of people's private lives and less obsessed with New York fashion.

There is a great director's commentary on the final lovemaking scene; Royale gives some information about Hunter and her husband (who apparently was a gifted musician and wrote the accompanying music for this scene). The husband later died, making this scene particularly poignant, a kind of testament to their love.

Hunter is beautiful and plays the naive high school girl rather well. The film uses flashbacks and several tableaux that work well--there is one scene where Heather changes her dress a dozen times before the mirror that is fun and lovely.

BTW, although there is one lesbian scene, the film is basically hetero.

If you like this film, you might enjoy another couples film, Lifeguard (1990) directed by Paul Thomas. Not so much a fictional film as a slice of life portrait of several actors currently in the industry.

Summary: this is an erotica film that will only grow better with time.

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much story..., December 9, 2008

By	serumjockey (MN) - See all my reviews

Who would have ever thought there could be "too much story"? Well, this one has it. I had to fast forward many times to get to the "good stuff". This is really odd coming from me as I usually like a story of some sort.