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Between Your Legs

1999, Movie, 115 mins

Between Your Legs: Review

BETWEEN YOUR LEGS | ENTRE LAS PIERNAS
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An erotic thriller that tips its hat to the films of that most prudish of prurient directors, Alfred Hitchcock, then drops its pants with Almodovarian glee. Late-night radio talk show producer Miranda (Victoria Abril) and her husband, police detective Felix (Carmelo Gomez), appear to have a happy marriage. But she's a secret sex addict and uses walking the family dog as a cover for her regular strolls in the park in search of anonymous sex. Screenwriter-producer Javier (Javier Bardem) has been hooked on phone sex since he had a frustrating but erotic encounter with a mysterious woman at an airport. His wife, Lola (Angels Bassas), has left him in disgust and is now dating his partner, Claudio (Sergi Lopez). Hoping to break the stranglehold of their sexual addiction, Miranda and Javier both join a therapy group. Naturally, no good comes of bringing together a group of sexual compulsives, and after one session Miranda and Javier hurl themselves into an affair that starts with sex in the back of a conveniently unlocked car in a municipal parking lot. Unfortunately, a body is later found in the trunk of that same car, and Felix is assigned to the case. Still more unfortunately, the dead man turns out to be failed screenwriter Jacinto (Victor Rueda), who was desperate to sell his screenplays to Javier's company and whose work Javier rejected with vicious ctitiques. And Javier has other problems: He learns that tapes of his phone sex sessions have been circulating among members of Madrid's sexual underground, making him an unwitting audio porn star. All these plot threads come together in a sleazy whopper of a narrative climax, and if its not entirely plausible it's nevertheless thoroughly entertaining. Handsomely photographed by Juan Amoros and briskly directed by Manuel Gomez Pereira — previously best known for farces like 1995's BOCA A BOCA, which also starred Bardem — this sex-obsessed mystery's high, hard gloss belies its direct-to-video plot. Bardem, Avril and Lopez immerse themselves in their trashy characters con gusto, and the CRYING GAME twist is surprisingly effective. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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