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Friends & Lovers

Real Couples, Real Sex

Starring: Charles & Leila, Grace & Eamonn and Boby & Suzy.
Directed by: Christophe
Will Appeal To: People who can’t stomach mainstream porn, regular folks.
Blowfish Video
2005

This movie proves that there truly are more freaks per square foot in San Francisco than anywhere else in the world. In each case, when interviewed about having sex on camera and how they feel about sexuality, the couples all answer with spiritual, sexually aware, self-actualized answers and let on that they live in the Bay Area. Is there anyone left in San Francisco who hasn’t been in an adult movie? Sure, LA may have the lock on the mainstream porn business, but San Francisco has been consistently churning out kinky fetish films, wacky dyke porn, hardcore gay flicks and assorted and sundry sexy stuff to stuff into your DVD player. It seems like everyone’s so open about their sex lives that if you were asked to star in an underground smut film and said no, you might be considered some sort of square! Good thing I don’t live there, cause I’m not square, but I don’t wanna see my ass on camera!

Anyway, that said, these people clearly aren’t really just folks, cause just folks don’t ordinarily fuck on film. But as “porn stars” go, they’re definitely not the usual. They all laugh when asked about being “adult performers,” because they don’t consider themselves such. They aren’t really performing in this film; they’re giving us a glimpse of their private sex lives. And probably the best thing about this film—and the reason everyone who watches a lot of mainstream porn should watch it—is that it’s nice to see what regular sex looks like. It’s not all scripted and styled, choreographed and clinical, cosmetically perfect and constantly erect. But it is interesting and lovely, sexy and sweet.

Bob and Suzy were my favorite couple, mostly because they seem so playful. They fuck athletically in all sorts of positions and Suzy really looks like fun! They both have amazing smiles (When ya gonna hear that in a porn review?) and a genuine enthusiasm for sex. Bob makes a lot of noise when he comes. His is the only come shot we actually get to see. To put frosting on the cake, so to speak, after his first orgasm, Suzy dons a strap-on and screws him to yet another one! He burbles something about “coming like a woman” and I have to admit, it did appear that way. Pretty cool. Anyway, watching a guy get fucked by a girl is always good with me!

Grace and Eamonn get it on in the kitchen with lots of kissing. He eats her out right on the counter, they fuck on the counter and when he sucks her feet she giggles. Cute. Charles and Leila screw in a strange, blank room. He has one impressive cock, I’ll tell you! When they fuck, her moaning is damn convincing given how deep into her gets. When he does push-ups on her, it’s un-fucking-believable!

There’s more kissing, smiling and laughter in this flick than you’ll ever see in mainstream porn. The music is innocuous in a new agey way. It’s all very real, as promised. But it isn’t exactly wank fodder; it’s more for inspiring couples, I assume. Though I found it more enlightening than inspiring, I’ll admit. However you take it, this series debut is worth watching. I’m looking forward to subsequent installments.

[Written Nov. 2005]