Product Details

• Actors: Tom Berenger, Jon Granik, Arthur Grosser, Michael Kirby, Monique Lepage
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Platinum Disc
• DVD Release Date: December 7, 2004
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00062IXHY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,952 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In Praise Of Older Women: Sex Education By Trial And Error., January 21, 2005

By	Paul Edwards "Erotica Man" (Warren, OH USA) - See all my reviews

In this movie, a young Tom Berenger portrays a young man in Post-World War II Hungary who falls in and out of love with numerous older women. His character's infatuation with older women begins as a child during the war, when he loses his virginity to a middle-aged prostitute. From there, he moves to Budapest to go to college, and moves in with an older woman, portrayed by Karen Black. They fall in love with each other. Then the woman's best friend, portrayed by Canadian stage actress and artist Marilyn Lightstone, joins them in social events. Eventually, Ms. Lightstone's character seduces Berenger's character, and in a memorable scene of seduction, she entices him to have sex with her on the living room floor. But Ms. Black's character catches them in the act, and she breaks up with Berenger's character and kicks him out. Berenger then falls in love with a female resistance leader during the 1956 Hungarian Crackdown by Russian troops and tanks. She departs for deep cover, and Berenger's character emigrates to Canada. It is there that he begins a relationship with a woman more closer to his age, portrayed by a young Helen Shaver. Eventually they engage in a erotic strip scene before having sex together. But they end up breaking up also. At the end of the film, Berenger is now a teacher, who sets up a date with a younger female student, and the film ends. The eroticism is very good in this film, but it leaves you wanting more. For me, Marilyn Lightstone, despite her little screen time, stole the spotlight with her eroticism and her sexy body. Helen Shaver shows that she is willing to put out in a movie, also. She would go on to even greater levels of eroticism in the movie "Desert Hearts". Unfortunately, Tom Berenger never lived up to the potential to be a "leading man" actor that this film showed promise of when it was made. Instead, he was confined to character roles, such as in the movie "Gettysburg". But this film gives the viewer a glimpse of what Tom Berenger could have been had mainstream Hollywood had given him his chance to shine.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "In Praise of Older Women" is sexy fun!, March 23, 2008

By	JD Willis III (Sherman Oaks, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This hard to find movie shows "the promise" of Tom Berenger's career. He was fun to watch as he beds one lady after another. It's also fun to see a sexy movie without a lot of politically correct thought.

As he grows older, each lady has an imapct on his life and brings more aspects of his character into view.

All in all, this is just a fun sexy romp reflecting the times and history.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Movie, June 13, 2006

By	Frank L. Gould "oldgoat15147" (Cranberry Twp, Pa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I know the movie was made almost 30 years ago.However it definately portrayed sexual understanding or lack of it in some cases based on experience and individual maturity.A little far fetched but an entertaining movie.Most men and some women knows someone like the main charachter.