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WHAT’S IT ABOUT?: Angela Yang loves sex. She has slept with hundreds of guys and girls and has a fat stack of Polaroids to prove it. She doesn’t want an LTR like her gay BFF or a spouse like her judgemental sister… that is, until she suddenly ends up pregnant. Then Angela must revisit five lovers from her photo stack to discover her baby’s daddy and whether he can “make an honest woman” out of her.
WHO’S IN IT?: Most notably the film stars Wilson Cruz who played Enrique “Rickie” Vasquez on the TV series My So-Called Life. He grew up to become a ripped mega-hot piece of eye candy; he plays Angela’s slutty but well-intentioned friend.
IS IT ANY GOOD?: Yeah. Angela (played by Karin Anna Cheung) is self-empowered and proudly unapologetic bisexual slut, which is a welcome change from the chaste damsels we normally get in rom-coms. She downs shots, makes out with the hot ginger barmaid and hooks with the cute jock in the toilet. Plus the sex in the film is actually sexy instead just a punchline or plot device. Even when she ends up pregnant she regrets her carelessness, not her sluttiness. Furthermore, she at least considers having an abortion, something Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up was too chicken shit to even call by name. God, I hated that stupid fucking movie.
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WHAT’S BAD ABOUT IT?: Angela’s older sister (Lynn Chen) comes off as screechy and one-dimensional; her plucky, happy-go-lucky dad (James Shigeta) plays a fun-loving but wise Asian father who dispenses life-changing advice — sweet but cliche.
FUN FACT: From director Quentin Lee: “The People I’ve Slept With is an Asian-American film in many respects. It was written, directed, and produced by Asian-Americans. It was financed by Asian-American and Asian investors. Our crew was mostly Asian-American. Our cast was also very Asian-American. So you’d say People is an Asian-American film from ground up. But we weren’t really interested in making an issue film about identity politics. We wanted to make an entertaining and funny film with something for everyone. And hopefully we did that. Whether we are Asian or gay or not, we all struggle to find and accept ourselves. And the theme of self-acceptance is pretty universal I think.”
RATING: Three out of five dirty Polaroids: The film is consistently funny, very sexy, and has lots of surprises. Several flat performances and the “all’s well” ending make it a bit saccharine, but they don’t distract too much from the slutty and satisfying (w)hole.
Bob
A bisexual slut… there’s a novel idea.
Way to break stereotypes.
Aaron in Honolulu
I remember seeing this film last year at the Hawaii International Film Festival. I like it. It was funny all the way through.
jason
A bisexual slut? LOL. You see this in every “straight” porn movie. Nothing new here, honey.
jason
The director Quentin Lee must think that we in the GLBT community are stupid. No, Quentin, we do not accept bisexual female whores who use their sexuality as a ploy to appeal to men who crap on our rights. These women are most certainly NOT welcome in our community, and neither is Quentin.
KWil
@jason: Excuse me? and since when the fuck did YOU decide what was welcome in OUR community? Surely you are not suggesting that bisexuals have to be celibate and conservative to be welcome? Shut the FUCK up about negative stereotypes and acceptance when you use the same words that are spewed from pulpits on sundays (i.e Whores)
If a sexually liberated Bisexual is unacceptable to you. deal with it. Name me bisexual lead characters in mainstream films, and THEN talk to me about ploys, exposure and exploitative appeal.
Get a fucking group behind you before you use the term “We.”
jeffree
@KWIL : My theory is that Q’ty pays Jason to post to boost the number of comments on each post. I think you’re maybe kinda new here but the list of Jason will spew on about –without any shred of evidence or rationality — includes:
–women
–especially bi women
–people of color: especially Black people, although he’s now obsessed with Asians
–immigrants
–rappers & hippy hoppy people
–men who have sex with men
Just when you think he’s hit rock bottom, he slides down even farther ! Truly amazing….
I could go on, but I’m at work 🙂
Q
What’s going on here?
cookienihui
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lynn @ the actors diet
thanks for the movie review – you’re right i WAS screechy and one-dimensional – appreciate the honesty!