Customer Reviews

Steam

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I absolutely loved this movie. The variety in couples, actors and actresses made it very appealing, and the storylines were very entertaining. I laughed a lot during this movie, and am highly recommending to friends and family.

If you've seen "Playing by Heart" you'll enjoy this film.
It's touching and sweet.
It will make you laugh and cry.
The acting was strong.

The story was easy to follow and kept my
attention throughout the film.

This movie is 3 short stories in one, with scenes from a steam room used as the story dividers. The first story regarding the older widowed woman is my favorite story of the 3. It is heartwarming, touching, and the only story which I could relate to. The second story involves a single divorced woman with no job, no self esteem, and a mentally abusive ex-husband. This story made no impact upon me as the actors/actresses were sloppy and their dialogue was juvenile. The third story involves a 20-something college student who is trying to break free from her parents as well as enter her first lesbian relationship. The actors who portrayed her parents were so awful, and their lines so scripted, that they were a joke. In every scene that the parents were in, I didn't listen to the dialogue because I was distracted by the dad's robotic voice.

I originally was going to give the movie no stars, but decided to give 1 star because of Ruby Dee's performance.

Glad I bought this one. It had quality in both story and acting. It was provocative, sad, tender, and actually uplifting. Three very different women all find themselves through new loves in life. Even though those loves do not endure, they are meaningful and help bring each woman to a new beginning in their lives. The steam room was an interesting focal point, evoking laughter, sadness, caring, etc. - used to set the mood of each next scene.

This a great little relaxing movie about falling in love of
all gnerations and genders of love.

I especially love Ruby Dee love story. Nice to touch base on
senior citizens falling in love. There is also a lesbian love affair.


If you like love stories and falling in love you will love this
movie so head on down to the steam room and relax.

I'll confess first that I couldn't finish this movie. There are three story lines -- one with each of the leading female characters. The college student is caught between her nasty totalitarian parents with their rigid expectations of her and a nasty totalitarian lesbian with rigid expectations of her. Some choice! We, of course, are supposed to take the lesbian's side -- after all her cause is sooo politically correct. The overall impression I get, however, is that neither her parent's nor the lesbian give a damn about her. Sad.

The old woman is accosted by a group from her church who try to intimidate her into coming back to church. Then she is picked up - in a very nasty way - by a man at the grocery store. She has him over for dinner. Throughout dinner he is pushy and manipulative.

The third woman is seduced by her son's coach (not that she's not interested). It is hard to figure out whether the son's coach is more like some sort of religious fundamentalist or someone likely to be sexually assaultive. There follows a torrid affair.

There is little humanity in this movie, and much petty nastiness. Nauseating.

Synopsis: Three women differing in age, race and gender preference find themselves sharing time and space in a steam bath at a local gym. They are: Doris (Ruby Dee) a 60 plus black woman trying to come to grips with the recent death of her husband, Laurie (Ally Sheedy) a 42 year old divorcee and Mother wondering if love and romance has passed her by and Elizabeth (Kate Siegel) passive but rebellious college student fighting to break free from her parents and Catholic upbringing to embrace a lifestyle of her own choosing. As you might expect, as their individual stories unfold and are shared within the confines of the steam bath they discover that maybe they aren't so different after all.

The 2008 movie 'Steam' is a watchable though overall unoriginal chick flick containing the necessary elements expected in this genre of film. The older, experienced wise woman to point the way, the 40 something, attractive but aging divorcee attempting to rediscover her inner beauty and start again and the young, inexperienced girl awakening to an unexpected sexuality that challenges the beliefs of family and faith. The usual grist for the mill. If you fit into one of the three categories mentioned you'll most likely enjoy the film. Otherwise I'm no so sure.