Actor(s): Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Elle Macpherson, Ben Mendelsohn, Sam Neill
Director(s): John Duigan
Publisher: Miramax
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Language(s): English
EAN: 9780788815713
ISBN: 0788815717
Studio: Miramax
Movie Description
Australian filmmaker John Duigan (The Year My Voice Broke, Wide Sargasso Sea) has a taste for sensual art direction that occasionally flares up in a big, big way. With Sirens, he manages to turn oceans of female nudity into a slightly tongue-in-cheek decorousness that is neither unpersuasively arty nor purely soft porn. Starring Hugh Grant (and released the same year as two other Grant vehicles, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bitter Moon, thus establishing him as a star), the film finds the handsome, stammering actor playing an Anglican priest newly posted to Australia. There, the clergyman's first mission is to convince a famously libertarian artist (Sam Neill) not to exhibit a painting with mixed erotic and religious themes. The experience of being at their host's anything-goes compound for a few days, however, nestled deep in the wilds and keeping company with uninhibited, frequently naked models proves terribly stirring for Grant and his character's timid wife (Tara Fitzgerald), the two of them a study in sexual repression. The film doesn't have a point so much as it does an appealing atmosphere of unbridled naturalism counterpointed by Grant's charming self-consciousness. Once you've grown accustomed to the phenomenal sight of an unclothed Elle Macpherson (who is actually very good in her acting debut as a semi-savage model) wandering toward the bank of a river, for instance, you realize she's only part of the amazing flora and fauna enriching this pocket of earth and the souls of our principal characters. --Tom Keogh
Sexy and spirited, this endearingly funny comedy has captivated moviegoers everywhere! The charming Hugh Grant (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) plays an idealistic young minister on a mission. He must tame the wicked ways of a notorious artist (Sam Neill -- JURASSIC PARK), whose nude paintings of his beautiful models (including sexy supermodel Elle MacPherson) scandalize the nation! Intent on delivering salvation, the repressed reverend and his wife instead are led into temptation by their playfully seductive hosts and sensuous new surroundings! Enchantingly sexy fun from beginning to end -- you too will find the allure of SIRENS irresistible!
Received this DVD in excellent condition and in a very timely manner. Very thankful for the wonderful service. This movie is light erotica and very pleasing for female viewers.
"SIRENS"
Written By: Luis A. N. casares
Sexy and spirited,this movie is a funny comedy that has captivated moviegoers everywhere.with the charming Hugh Grant,sam neill, the sexy supermodel Elle macpherson,Tara fizgerald and the beautiful portia de rossi.is and Enchantingly sexy fun from beginning to end. you too will find the allure of SIRENS irresistible !!!!! I LOVE IT !!! i hightly recommended.
"A Very Entertaining Movie"
Written By: E. Charles
The movie was very humorous yet successfully dealt with serious, artistic issues that, unfortunately, still remain unresolved in the twenty-first century. I would recommend the movie for fans of Elle MacPherson, Sam Neill and/or Hugh Grant. They will enjoy it. I only wish it was available on Blu-ray.
"Great scenery, but otherwise dull"
Written By: M. Dowdie
Even Elle Macpherson's estimable talents are not enough to make up for this film's dull, predictable plot and heavy handed attempts at symbolism. The acting and production are competent if uninspired. Also the DVD is letterboxed 4:3 ratio rather than true 16:9. This is not a terrible movie, but ultimately there's only one, well two, good reasons to watch it.
"Annoying inaccuracy and pandering"
Written By: Louise
It's obvious the filmmakers were pandering to the male populace in including beautiful, skinny, proof-that-supermodels-shouldn't-act air-headed Elle MacPherson. Why is my beef that she's skinny? Norman Lindsay painted lovely big Rubenesque women. The dimensions of queen Latifah might not have been as, er, crowd-pleasing but would at least have been real. If people want to look at Elle, there are a million websites. Some of us prefer real actors, real women, and accuracy.
"Very Pleased Customer"
"Great scenery, but otherwise dull"
