Finding Bliss (2009)

Finding Bliss: Directed by Julie Davis. With Leelee Sobieski, Matthew Davis, Denise Richards, DonnaMarie Recco. A romantic comedy that explores the adult film industry through the eyes of an idealistic 25 year-old award winning film school grad.

“u0026quot;Finding Blissu0026quot; is just a middle-of-the-road, soft-core film about a young film-maker struggling to succeed in Hollywood. Unfortunately it doesnu0026#39;t play out much better than just a student film itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt begins with every cliché and plot advance you expect to find in a chick flick. Our heroine has struggled with finding romance because she wears glasses and a ponytail. It doesnu0026#39;t matter that Leelee Sobieski is one of the most beautiful women on the planet, glasses and a ponytail equates with ugly. When she arrives in Hollywood the only place she can find a job is at a porn production company. We then succeed with every porn-associated joke done before. u0026quot;He directed Charlieu0026#39;s Angels?!u0026quot; our heroine asks incredulously, the response: u0026quot;No, he directed Charlieu0026#39;s Analsu0026quot;. Donu0026#39;t worry, thereu0026#39;s a lot more jokes along those lines.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film really doesnu0026#39;t do anything wrong. The characters are fine, the actors are all cute, the storyline is engaging enough and it flows quickly. But they did all of that with over-used and tiresome jokes that just arenu0026#39;t that funny anymore. Every turn in the plot was telegraphed so clearly that the few inventive elements were completely predictable and expected. I found u0026quot;Finding Blissu0026quot; to just be a Hollywood-reflective soft-core film that is not nearly as insightful as it was supposed to be.”