Virtual Girl Review
By Christopher Null
Here we've got a computer programmer named John (Max Dixon), who's working on a virtual sex program. Tragic then that the virtual creation (Charlie Curtis) starts wreaking havoc on John's life outside the program -- that means setting off the burglar alarm at his house and, ultimately, attempting to zap his wife via the medical equipment around her while she's in the hospital.
The film is steadily absurd for its entire running time, and its only curiosity comes when Curtis shows up in a second role as Dixon's new boss. Turns out the original programmers based the virtual girl on their draconian boss, who returns to the company later in the film.
That lttle twist can't carry the movie terribly far, unfortunately. though Curtis's pneumatic chest is good for a few eyebrow-raising moments. The CGI effects -- which we're subjected to whenever John is in the VR system -- are ambitious (and are used to pad the film out considerably to squeak it to 80 minutes of running time) yet ultimately laughable.
Facts and Figures
Year: 1998
Run time: 84 mins
In Theaters: Saturday 1st April 2000
Distributed by: Leo Films
Production compaines: Unified Film Organization (UFO)
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 1.5 / 5
IMDB: 3.8 / 10
Cast & Crew
Director: Richard Gabai
Producer: Bradley Fuller
Screenwriter: Richard Gabai, L.A. Maddox
Starring: Charlie Curtis as Virtuality, Richard Gabai as Fred Renfield
Also starring: Max Dixon, Miche Rene Straub, Warren Draper, Cynthia Callendar, Bradley Fuller