Rom-com from the USA, co-starring Burt Reynolds.
IMDb: 5.5. Metacritic: 70/100. Roger Ebert was really into it and awarded three and a half stars.
After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don’t count on is how to survive the honeymoon.
Goldie is really clean in this film. She takes a bath and two showers.
I think I remember reading an analysis years ago that pointed out Roger Ebert gave films at least one star more than he normally would if the movie had nudity.
This would’ve been over a decade ago in the early days of blogging. My memory was they had a pretty big sample set to prove their point.
Maybe Ebert is one of us?
Ebert was good friends with Russ Meyer and wrote the screenplay for one of his films. Ebert also admitted that he frequented prostitutes quite often during hard times before he made it big. I’m pretty sure he’s one of us.
He certainly did not mark down films with naked women like many critics do. I’d say that’s the main difference. Not that he marked them up, but many definitely mark them down. Many critics acted as snobs and if a movie had a few naked women and wasn’t an art film or had huge stars in it, they would usually pan it. Many critics have continued that into recent times.
I also feel Ebert was somewhat defensive about not hating movies with naked girls. I recall him reviewing Summer Lovers and saying it wasn’t a very good film, but it had beautiful scenery. Siskel joked with him about the kind of scenery Ebert was talking about. Ebert got very pissed and said that wasn’t what he meant. Siskel had a smile on his face and it was clear he was joking. I think Ebert was worried about his image and background and was afraid that someday it might cost him his job.
Only bare ass shot, There’s A Girl in My Soup?