Red Meat Review
By Christopher Null
And so this straight-to-DVD-after-five-years-on-the-shelf flick would be dismissed as a pale imitation of In the Company of Men, if only it weren't written and directed by a woman, Allison Burnett. And not only is she a woman, she's the very woman who wrote both Bloodsport III: Forced to Fight and Autumn in New York!*
Burnett's pedigree combined with actresses Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) and Lara Flynn Boyle (in a small role) might make this stand out on the video shelf, but don't be fooled. I had trouble keeping my eyes focused on this train wreck, despite all the sex and perversion going on. I laughed once (at a gag involving a restaurant napkin and a guy's sweaty armpits). I checked my watch about a dozen times.
Tiresome, repetitive, and wholly, wholly unlike anything akin to reality.
* Reader Douglas Johnson writes to tell us that "Allison Burnett" is actually a man. Oh well.
Facts and Figures
Year: 1997
Run time: 95 mins
In Theaters: Wednesday 1st January 1997
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 2 / 5
IMDB: 5.6 / 10
Cast & Crew
Director: Allison Burnett
Producer: Oliver Eberle, Marco Weber
Screenwriter: Allison Burnett
Also starring: Lara Flynn Boyle, James Frain, Dee Freeman, Jennifer Grey, Anna Karin, Heidi Lenhart, Traci Lind, Stephen Mailer, Billie Neal, Julia Pearlstein, Andrea Roth, John Slattery, Oliver Eberle, Marco Weber, Allison Burnett