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Good Sex Scenes, Beautiful Women, but Way Too Much Boring Relationship Babble
TimeNTide15 August 2008
Plot: I found the story in this softcore flick to be long and quite boring, mainly because the dialogue is all relationship talk. Even the characters in the story state that they thought they were taking a "sex class", but it turns out to be a relationship therapy workshop with lots of tiresome psychobabble.

Acting: It's an ensemble effort, and the acting ranges from fair to excellent depending upon the actor/actress and scene. I do want to give props to Monique Parent as she really nailed the part of the annoyingly effusive, perpetually perky and often preachy therapist. The scenes with her character are almost painful to sit through, but it's not bad acting, it's an accurate representation of how irritating some of those workshop leaders are in real life.

Women: I love Monique Alexander and Jassie, cute girls with natural bodies. Cytherea is also quite lovely, but she only appears in one scene. Monique Parent is one of my all-time favorites even though she's getting a bit older now. Here she's sporting a new look with a tan and a different shade of straight red hair, both of which I like, but unfortunately she is relegated to just one solo scene in terms of sex scenes. On the downside, Tyler Faith's doesn't appeal to me, especially with the fake tits, and she unfortunately get the biggest share of the sex scenes.

Sex Scenes: There's 11 simulated sex scenes and a few "teaser" scenes, and the overall quality is consistently good, nothing excellent, but nothing below average either. There's one solo scene, one threesome and one "group" scene, and the positions and sounds are nicely realistic. Seems like a lot of sex, but with the scenes averaging around three minutes, there's still way too much time left for the long, talky plot scenes in the 100 minute flick.

The porn actress Cytherea plays Mitch's wife Carly in one scene. Oddly, even though her character is identified, she is credited only as "Lovely Blonde", which is really strange because she appears to be wearing a black wig in that scene.

Overall... good sex scenes and beautiful women, but there's too much tedious relationship talk, especially in those therapy sessions. Women might like it better than me, but the guys may want to keep the fast forward button handy.
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10/10
A "Relationship" Softcore Flick For Women
FloatingOpera74 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Carnal Cravings (2007): Starring Monique Parent, Danny Pape, Monique Alexander, Tyler Faith, Jassie, Dino Bravo, Billy Chappell, Cytherea.....Director.. J. W. McHausen...Screenplay..April White, Edward Gorsuch...Original Music..Bruce Edwards, Cinematography...David Ortkiese....Casting...Robert C. Lombard...Produced By...Marc L. Greenberg, Elena Shuman.

In this soft core adult B movie, made by the creative forces that do these type of adult films on Cable TV, namely late night Cinemax, Showtime or The Movie Channel, Monique Parent stars as Natalie, a beautiful and mature psychiatrist who organizes a "sex therapy" class for relationships whose sex lives are in trouble. Three beautiful young women, Debbie (Monique Alexander), Sharon (Tyler Faith) and Brooke (Jassie) are having problems with their men - Rob (Danny Pape), Mitch (Dino Bravo) and Jeff (Billy Chappell). They complain to their therapist that their sex lives are missing a spark, that it's routine and dull. After each session, they attempt to practice what they've learned but each time a problem ensues. For Debbie, things get really complicated when her boyfriend's wife (whom he hasn't divorced yet) shows up again and lures him to bed (played by Cytherea). This throws her into the arms of her girlfriend Sharon with whom she had once experimented sexually. But this time Sharon and Debbie engage in a threesome with Sharon's man Mitch. That doesn't work out either since Sharon becomes jealous of Debbie. It's not until at the end when everyone confronts each other and their problems directly in a therapy session that their problems are resolved and everyone's sex life is good again - and a foursome in a hot tub marks their celebration! As for as the sex goes, there are several sex scenes between each couple, female masturbation scenes, a threesome and foursome finale. The quality of the sex scenes are the same kind of eroticism regularly seen on cable TV late night, without graphic or actual hardcore sex. Great music plays as the slow motion sex happens and if you're a fan of soft core adult movies, this one is a good one. But since it has lots of dialog scenes and couples being couples, it's going to be dubbed a woman's porno and or "couples' porno". If you're sex life really needs improvement, this movie might help you! Keep in mind that all this is the stuff Cinemax is made of, so despite the realism of couples with problems, this sort of stuff does not happen in real life. It's rather long for the usual one hour deals on cable, and it does have lots of dialog and acting (which I like). The therapist played by Monique Parent, while a good performance, is unrealistic. All that sex in her own home! Sex is still the focus of this film and the objective is to get the couples to prioritize sex, albeit to save their relationship. "Carnal Cravings" is a soft core adult film for women. It's obvious that some male viewers, as shown by the previous review, find "relationship" talk and "thinking man's sex" too much of a "chick flick" kinda movie, and seems oddly out of place in the real of porno. But one has to remember that soft core is not exactly mainstream porno. These movies are made by independent movie companies and the actors are not actual adult film stars (though some are) and they specialize in soft core adult films, which usually entails dialog, acting and a PLOT. When a real plot is thrown into an adult film, it suddenly becomes a little more than a porno. This is what classic porno of the 70's was like, but nowadays the porn industry has eliminated plot, character and good scripts in favor of solid hardcore sex scenes. It's refreshing to see an adult movie that leaves you thinking, feeling and even learning something. I liked the acting, especially by Monique Parent, whose done several of these kind of movies. It's a really cool film in the end. Women should enjoy this! I know I did.
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