The Deviants (film)
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The Deviants is a comedy
about a matchmaker for people with unusual sexual deviations (all of which legal or borderline legal, except non statutory female on male rape). The Deviants was written by Doug Dezzani and Reid Waterer, and directed by Reid Waterer. It was Waterer's first feature.
The MPAA Rating for the film is R for strong sexual content, nudity (by the nudist character of Tiffany Shepis
) and language.
's Winston-Salem Journal
, Mark Burger wrote: "Slight but appealing romantic comedy, in which an unorthodox dating service tries to match people with sexual quirks. Director Reid Waterer may be a talent to watch, and Tiffany Shepis is a saucy standout".
in 2004.
Somehow, Norm and Monique find the right match for each of their clients as well as for themselves. Thus ending the movie on the positive note that there's a right match out there for everybody.
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
about a matchmaker for people with unusual sexual deviations (all of which legal or borderline legal, except non statutory female on male rape). The Deviants was written by Doug Dezzani and Reid Waterer, and directed by Reid Waterer. It was Waterer's first feature.
The MPAA Rating for the film is R for strong sexual content, nudity (by the nudist character of Tiffany Shepis
Tiffany Shepis
- External links :...
) and language.
Acceptance
This film was nominated for Best Feature of the 2003 Ohio Independent Film Festival. It received a rave review from Julie Washington in Cleveland's major newspaper, The Plain Dealer, in which she called it "hilarious and more heartfelt than any of the gross-out fests filling the multiplexes. A celebration of sick humor". In North CarolinaNorth Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
's Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem Journal
The Winston-Salem Journal is a daily newspaper primarily serving the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and its county, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It also features coverage of Northwestern North Carolina and circulates as far west as Tennessee and north to Virginia.The paper is owned by...
, Mark Burger wrote: "Slight but appealing romantic comedy, in which an unorthodox dating service tries to match people with sexual quirks. Director Reid Waterer may be a talent to watch, and Tiffany Shepis is a saucy standout".
Production
Produced independently, the movie was acquired by Allumination Entertainment and released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2004.
Plot
Norm (Doug Dezzani) the matchmaker at Hopeless Romantics can find surprising love matches for anyone, no matter how strange their behavior. However, when Norm hires sassy protege Monique (Tamara Curry) and tries to teach her the tricks of the trade, they encounter the wildest clients he's ever had, some of whom are:- Marina (Tiffany ShepisTiffany Shepis- External links :...
), a female nudist who seeks someone who will share her views on social nudity and sexuality. That is, someone who will see her constant nakedness in appreciation of the human body rather than an invitation for sex.
- Norm himself, who always feels incomplete in sex due to his failure to experience simultaneous orgasms with his female partner.
- Cecilia (Angel BorisAngel BorisAngel Lynn Boris is an American model and actress sometimes credited as Angel Boris Reed....
), a hypersexualHypersexualityHypersexuality is extremely frequent or suddenly increased sexual urges or sexual activity. Hypersexuality is typically associated with lowered sexual inhibitions. Although hypersexuality can be caused by some medical conditions or medications, in most cases the cause is unknown...
woman who can't talk to men in private without immediately raping them at gunpoint and/or by knocking them out (see somnophiliaSomnophiliaSomnophilia is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal or orgasm are stimulated by intruding on and awakening a sleeping person with erotic caresses, but not with force or violence...
). She does the latter to Norm himself when she first presents her problem to him in his private office, and the former to Monique's former boyfriend (in a date which Norm later arranged for them).
- A house cleaner, who is aroused by pubic hairPubic hairPubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region....
. Therefore, she either collects it from her clients' houses or sneaks up on her male clients and plucks their pubic hair directly.
- A man who is arroused by cats.
- A bodybuilder who feels his penisPenisThe penis is a biological feature of male animals including both vertebrates and invertebrates...
is too small.
- A woman who can only reach orgasm while standing upside down on her head.
- Chad (Brad YoderBrad Yoder (actor)Bradley Howard Yoder is an American film actor and producer. He is best known for his work on-screen in the feature film, Red Dirt Rising as stock car racing legend and pioneer, Jimmie Lewallen. In the film, Yoder plays opposite Burgess Jenkins, Ashlee Payne, Brett Rice, and Bill Oberst Jr. ...
), a pool guy who can't help peeing into his clients' swimming pools for arousal.
- Ivan (Christopher Bradley), a "handicapped" gayGayGay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
man who uses his wheelchair as an excuse to stare at people's crotches. He's unable to do so directly, as he feels unwanted in the gay community due to his older age.
Somehow, Norm and Monique find the right match for each of their clients as well as for themselves. Thus ending the movie on the positive note that there's a right match out there for everybody.
External links
- The Deviants review at the DVD TalkDVD TalkDVD Talk is a website for DVD enthusiasts founded in January 1999 by Geoffrey Kleinman when DVDs and DVD players were first beginning to hit the market.The site started as an online forum, an email newsletter, and a page of DVD news and reviews...
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