Sex, Party and Lies (2009)

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

A Masterpiece!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

This film did not bore me one single second. It has a great cast of handsome, young, talented actors. The script is delightfully irreverent and at times refreshingly comic. Visually, it's fast paced, and we move from iridescent scenes in da club, hands in the air dancing to anthems, to sleazily snorting cocaine in the toilet cubicles, or heedlessly taking home dodgy young studs for a one night stand. Yes, it's that type of movie: sex, drugs and club life, Spanish style (they're no prudes, and I like it). But there's more to it than that. Within this promiscuous hedonist environment, people are trying to find a match for their desires. The storyline where one guy (Mario Casas) is secretly in love with his best (straight) mate (Yon Gonzales) is particularly well done. The film is anything but shallow. People writing this film off, because of its themes, are shallow. The soundtrack is a joy as well.

This film was very odd in that it didn't exactly have a story line. The actors and actresses were very beautiful and the music and sex/drug scenes kept the energy of the film really strong and enjoyable to watch. Also it was really funny! I cracked up laughing a lot of times during this film, but I really did not enjoy the ending at all. It didn't need to have a sad ending, and the sad ending just made you realize how little a story line this movie had. It's strange because Spanish movies are the movies I enjoy the most out of world cinema and I guess I just had high hopes for this film to be just as spectacular and perfect as all the previous Spanish films I've seen. I recommend this movie but would also recommend to press stop 15 minutes before the end.

Located somewhere in the east coast of Spain, the movie tells the typical story of a group of youngsters and their experiences with drugs, sex and rock&roll. Although mainly focused on the life of two close friends, the film ambitiously tries to extend the script to a variety of secondary characters and their daily life full of drugs, clubbing and above all sex, lots of sex.The movie fails miserably from the very beginning. It is not just slow, it is boring, predictable, and the story lines weak and poorly developed. The film is nothing but a succession of sex scenes divided by short periods of horrible dialogues and awful acting. Don't get me wrong, I am fine with the sex as long as there is something else there to be told in the story, but this is clearly not the case. So what do you get? Well, a bunch of pretty faces and nice butts surrounded by horrible acting and worse direction. The soundtrack is equally bad, apart from the noise from the club scenes, the music is annoying to the extreme of not being able to understand what the characters are saying. Somebody should tell this director what a volume control is, and that when a viewer realizes the existence of a soundtrack the music has been badly chosen.So summarizing if you are looking for a movie with a good script and well developed story lines go somewhere else. On the other hand if you like sex, naked bodies and full front nudity this one is for you. Combined with the horrible acting and even worse script it would make a great addition for the soft porn section of blockbusters.

This is the first movie comment I will make.I watched this film today in TS Screener. I cannot find any English subtitles.So I was kind of mystified by what they were talking about.Anyway even if I watched it with subtitle, I think the film would still be dreary.It is ridiculous how the character of Mario Casas died at the end of the movie. I think he died of drug overdose.Yon Gonzales did the full-frontal very briefly. And Mario, on the other hand, in the blow job scene showed a penis for a split second. I wonder if that's his real penis or just a synthetic one. But in any case, I commend the actors for performing their roles plausibly and the filmmakers for choosing these good-looking actors and actresses.The movie is worth a watch! Comedic at times but a bit cheesy. There was drama, homo- and hetero- sex scenes. I am waiting for a DVD release and sure I am going to watch this again.