BELOW HER MOUTH (2016)
Director:
April MullenWriter:
Stephanie FabriziStars:
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 February 2017 (Sweden)
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Storyline
BELOW HER MOUTH is a bold, uninhibited drama that begins with a
passionate weekend affair between two women. Dallas, a roofer and
Jasmine, a fashion editor, share a powerful and immediate connection
that inevitably derails both of their lives.
Review
Below her mouth has a running time of 94 minutes, the movie is F-rated (The F-Rating is a classification for any film which is directed by a woman, is written by a woman, features significant women on screen in their own right. The rating is designed to support and promote women and redress the imbalance in the film industry), and starts this Thursday in the cinemas and is a story about a girl meets a girl except that the latter is engaged
to a boy. It’s a tender lesbian romance that showcases the sexual
awakening of one of its lead characters. But it’s also one that could do
with a lot more conversation and a little less action, because these
two lovers get very busy to the point that they do very little else.
Natalie Krill also stars as Jasmine, a fashion editor whose male fiancĂ© Rile (Sebastian Pigott) is away on a work trip. Jasmine goes to a bar to let her hair down and she encounters Dallas for the first time. Dallas propositions Jasmine but the latter initially refuses. Eventually the pair hook-up and they become so consumed by their own steamy, love affair that they engage in lots of sensual and explicit sex. April Mullen acts as the director of this film and it was one that was produced with a female-only crew, which is commendable. It is nice to watch things (particularly the sex scenes) from the female gaze for a change and it is obvious that Linder and Krill share chemistry. But what this film lacks from newcomer writer, Stephanie Fabrizi is some more story and character development. There are times when it is hard for audiences to understand why the pair are attracted to each other beyond the obvious physical lust and this detracts from the proceedings. The character’s backstories and overall personalities could have done with a little more detail as well.
The CAMERA is okay, sometimes it just wants to point out the love and sex scenes between Dallas and Jasmine, but because of the F-rating it is not allowed to show the full details. So we have a problem here with the screening and movements of the camera, because actually the girls are not afraid to act in front of the camera, but it is directed like the POV wants to be like shy people who want to look away. This ruins the love romance and also the SETTING of the movie, later on more. Overall the camera is okay, it uses sad colors, when there are sad moments in the movie, but also colorful pictures, when it is about partying and love.
The MUSIC is too loud and too much over the point sometimes, especially when we have dialogues and moments where the two girls are flirting in clubs and bars. It is also missplaced in the romantic moments, it comes up when the love scenes are almost done already. But if we have music in those sex scenes than it is romantic and nice to listen to.
The SETTING is the city of Stockholm. Lovely city, nice places and also the houses of the two girls are nice. Big plus point.
The EFFECTS beside those in clubs and bars are not relevant here.
What I liked about the movie
is that Below Her Mouth, even though the title is really trashy, has a good message, which should be transported in a better way. It has a nice setting and the topic of the love between two girls is really rare in the cinemas, which gives a big plus for the movie, because April Mullen is not afraid to talk about this topic of lesbian love. I liked the acting of Erika Linder, in general I like her a lot, and e.g. in Orphan Black she is just awesome, and she transports that awesomeness into this movie.What I did not like about the movie
is that the message of the movie should be told in a better way. The dialogues are not interesting, the camera handling is not good, the POV fail at all, the storytelling is flat, and most all, there is no emotional connector between the viewer and actors. It is like yes we love each other, but the problems, which occure here are dropped under the table. There is a couple who wants to get merried, but then nothing else is important anymore and everythin resolves by itself. This is not convincing and the biggest minus point for my score.3/10 for the genre
because there is a part of Drama and love romance in there, and because of the cast.2/10 overall
because of the said aspects and it is sad because there was much more in there and I was hoping a lot actually, but for nothing.However, girls who love girls will have fun with that because it will go to their hearts. For all the other people out there I can say Guardians of the Galaxy in also showing right now, prefer that one, and so here I will finish this review about
Below Her Mouth
which starts this Thursday in the cinemas.
Thanks for reading and have fun while watching movies.
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