Lie With Me

It is a revelation in the annals of expressionistic cinema. Such raw physical need instincts have been brought to life in an honest portrayal by the director. Lauren Lee Smith's rendition of Leyla is brilliant. Man, she oozes the juices out of you!

Obviously, the poor reviews for this movie are solely from people who are expecting hard core pornography. Is there sex in this movie, yes. Is it slightly freaky? Perhaps. Is there more to this movie than sex? MOST CERTAINLY! I feel that most of the negative reviews on here are from people who are not absorbing the story but rather watching it for its' controversial images (and truthfully, there is nothing much new here in that department other than full male frontal - and hats off to you Eric Balfour for that!)

Lie With Me is the story of two strangers, Leila and David, who initiate a sexual affair after mutually stimulating each other with sex acts with other partners. David, however, is already involved with someone else and Leila has a problem with commiting. A great line in the movie which I think sums up the whole story is "How do you have sex with someone your in love with?"

This is, above and beyond the language and the sex, a love story. It is about two people, rather soulmates, who know little about each other with the exception of physical pleasures, and fall in love anyway. It shows the vulnerability of both men and women and the ability for love to conquer everything.

I think that the dialoge was absolutely fantastic beyond belief and for the first time in a long time, I found the characters REAL (David saying "I can't stop thinking about you. All day. All night. All I do is think about you, it's all I have left" sent chills up my spine). Will you like them, maybe or maybe not, but I guess you could say I sympathized with Leila because of my younger years - hoping from one person to another, searching for something when I was actually looking for something entirely different.

The characters, down to their personal styles of dressing, showed a lot about the people that they were. Leila may have looked disheveled most of the movie, but if you look at perhaps what the director was trying to say that her life was dishelveled.

Watch this movie with an open mind and REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT PORN!!!!!! As I said earlier, it is a love story that examines how people can change when they find something worth changing for.

The only reason it was not given 5 stars was that I felt Lauren Lee Smith was ENTIRELY too skinny, almost emaciated, and I feel that this portrays and confirms the negative image that Hollywood and movie makers in general are pushing today. I don't think that protruding hip bones and toothpick thin legs is a positive image for women and I certainly don't feel that it is remotely "womanly".

The title, "Lie with Me," has two meanings in the film. The film pushes the boundaries of drama, but not because of its sexuality. "Lie with Me" explores the hopelessness and ultimate self delusion (the lying) surrounding wanton, indiscriminate sexuality. It is a topic that the major film houses have repeatedly shunned even when a tasteful exploration would have greatly improved the impact of their films. While not a film for the underage crowd, I found this to be a deeply moving film and definitely worthy of watching and watching again.

Surprisingly this movie was quite good. Anyone that watches it will see that the movie is very watchable. It's very sensual hense the title. My opinion, women would enjoy this movie.

An entertaining if not interesting short film about two young lovers who manuever through the tricky world of lust and love...good graphic trysts between the two main characters, but sometimes left you wondering more about the depth of the characters and what exactly they were feeling. Which might not be a bad thing...Take it for what it's worth: a graphic and short, lustful story about two young lovers experiencing feelings for each other they don't immediately know how to handle.