THURSDAY - MOVIE REVIEWS: PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS

Psychopathia Sexualis , based on Dr. Richard von Krafft-Ebbing's study of sexual aberrations (Krafft-Ebbing coined the term "masochist"), is opening in limited release today (Thursday), but critics warn that those looking for kinky sex scenes will likely be disappointed. Director Bret Wood, according to the reviews, appears to bend over backwards in his effort to avoid charges of sensationalism. "What begins as an impressibly tense recreation of a notorious work eventually loses urgency and energy," says a summary of the movie appearing in New York magazine. Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times puts it in harsher terms. "There's necrophilia, and there are sheep (thankfully unmolested), but there is not one moment of fun. Whether in the whorehouse or the sanitarium, Psychopathia Sexualis is an exercise in unrelenting dullness."  


08/06/2006