Shortbus (2006)

Shortbus: Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. With Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Adam Hardman, Sook-Yin Lee. A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

“There are a couple of features about this movie that will hit you. Yes there is some rather graphic sex, but to anyone after hitting adulthood it works purely to support the film, erotic would be too strong a word for it. It is to everybodyu0026#39;su0026#39; credit that this was possible. The model of New York works great and is a real devise for the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs we progress through the film we see the lives of a small group of New Yorkers grow as they develop their relationships or indeed the quest for a relationship. The medium for bringing these lives together is the u0026quot;Shortbusu0026quot; club. A rather carnal club which they all drawn to becomes a focus for their development. Each confronts their own particular daemons. As heavy as this sounds, it is quite a light hearted film. The closing scenes are fantastic. As you watch this film you will feel yourself being dragged in, until the end when u feel almost as if you are part of it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA great movie, one which should become a cult classic (only because it might be a bit too u0026quot;graphicu0026quot; for mainstream cinemas, but certainly a classic. Any attempt to sanitize and edit it would surely destroy the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie will make you laugh, cry and sing; you will leave the movie theatre affected by this film.”