Red Meat Movie Review
Red Meat Review
"Red Meat" Overview
Rating: R
1997
Cast and Crew
Director : Allison BurnettProducer : Oliver Eberle,Marco Weber
Screenwiter : Allison Burnett
Starring : Lara Flynn Boyle,James Frain,Dee Freeman,Jennifer Grey,Anna Karin,Heidi Lenhart,Traci Lind,Stephen Mailer,Billie Neal,Julia Pearlstein,Andrea Roth,John Slattery
They "go to the gym, eat red meat, and talk about girls."
And so this straight-to-DVD-after-five-years-on-the-shelf flick would be
dismissed as a pale imitation of In the Company of Men, if only it weren't
written and directed by a woman, Allison Burnett. And not only is she a woman,
she's the very woman who wrote both Bloodsport III: Forced to Fight and Autumn
in New York!*
Burnett's pedigree combined with actresses Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) and
Lara Flynn Boyle (in a small role) might make this stand out on the video
shelf, but don't be fooled. I had trouble keeping my eyes focused on this
train wreck, despite all the sex and perversion going on. I laughed once (at a
gag involving a restaurant napkin and a guy's sweaty armpits). I checked my
watch about a dozen times.
Tiresome, repetitive, and wholly, wholly unlike anything akin to reality.
* Reader Douglas Johnson writes to tell us that "Allison Burnett" is actually a
man. Oh well.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
