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Melissa P Reviews

2005

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Based on the sensational international best seller 'One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed' MELISSA P is about a steamy tale of raw emotions and frank sexuality. Lonely, neglected by her parents and feeling the loss of her grandmother fourteen-year-old Melissa turns to sex as an outlet of expression. Propelling herself .. Read more

Starring	Maria Valverde, Geraldine Chaplin, Primo Reggiani
Director	Luca Guadagnino
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema

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  Melissa P
  
  15 1/2 year old Melissa (Valverde) is in love with her classmate Daniele (Primo Reggiani). When Daniele humiliates her and takes her virginity Melissa vows to ... read more »
  
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  Fine in parts, vacuous overall
  
  My problem with this film was a serious split between style and substance.
  
  Some things were played and shot exquisitely - particularly the ... read more »
  
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  - 14 May 2012 at 10:04
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  A film about sexual awakening.....
  
  It’s always a pleasure to rent a move from Love Film in my mother tongue as I was born in Italy. The film is based on Melissa Paranello's ... read more »
  
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  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 28 Nov 2011 at 19:11
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  Melissa P - got coming to her
  
  What a mess. A 15 yo first experience of sex is basically a rape then she degenerates into a slut with a gang-bang thrown in. Lots of nudity and a bit of hard ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Apr 2011 at 13:20
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  Hidden gem
  
  Its only times like this when you drag yourself away from hollywood that you realise you are missing some of the best cinema around.
  
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  - marlow
  - 30 Apr 2010 at 13:04
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  From bad to rather better
  
  When I saw this title being sent to me, I re-reviewed it and started wondering why I'd added it in the first place! So it was with some trepidation that I ... read more »
  
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  - Chester
  - 13 Jan 2010 at 17:24
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  Almost Impossible To Sit Through
  
  This movie was really hard work and I can honestly say that it felt to me like the work of a late middle aged man fantasizing about what being a 15/16 year old ... read more »
  
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  - Eastleigh
  - 29 Dec 2009 at 22:26
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  bloody hell
  
  This is just grim. Girl just gets used and abused but local boy she fancies. Her obsession allows him to do with her as he wants. As she goes from vanilla to ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Jan 2009 at 15:51
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  Melissa P
  
  Interesting insight into growing up
  
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  - 24 Nov 2008 at 09:20
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  Very mediocre
  
  To be honest, I found this film a bit boring.
  
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  - 03 Oct 2008 at 10:48
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  melissa p
  
  this film about a young girl who mixed with the wrong people at the age of fifteen was one of the best dvd i bhave watched even with the subtitles
  
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  - 23 Jul 2008 at 21:53
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  Melissa P
  
  15 1/2 year old Melissa (Valverde) is in love with her classmate Daniele (Primo Reggiani). When Daniele humiliates her and takes her virginity Melissa vows to ... read more »
  
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  - SAI81
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  - Tonbridge
  - 10 Feb 2007 at 18:04
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  Read the book instead!
  
  Very disappointing. Performances all round are pretty poor, and the plot is Dawson's Creek/O.C standard, only with slightly more nudity. Give this a miss, ... read more »
  
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- - meerkatboy
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  - Trowbridge
  - 20 Apr 2007 at 10:18
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  MELISSA P
  
  A bittersweet 'coming of age' movie, in which the teenage Melissa discovers her sexuality and then spirals down into a world of depravity, through which... read more »
  
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  - 09 Oct 2006 at 11:01
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  Hidden gem
  
  Its only times like this when you drag yourself away from hollywood that you realise you are missing some of the best cinema around.
  
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  - marlow
  - 30 Apr 2010 at 13:04
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  Rubbish
  
  Absolute rubbish! Boring soft porn
  
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  - 06 Jul 2007 at 21:02
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  Boring
  
  Read the book - was slightly better. This film is boring.
  
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  - CB
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 20:43
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  Very mediocre
  
  To be honest, I found this film a bit boring.
  
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  - Redhill
  - 03 Oct 2008 at 10:48
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  A film about sexual awakening.....
  
  It’s always a pleasure to rent a move from Love Film in my mother tongue as I was born in Italy. The film is based on Melissa Paranello's ... read more »
  
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  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 28 Nov 2011 at 19:11
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  Ok but nothing to write home about
  
  Quite decent acting but the story is a bit dodgey. I have lived in Italy for 10 years and to be honest with you, this depicted a lot of true blue italian ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Nov 2006 at 12:38
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  Lock up your daughters.
  
  An exploration of one young adolescent girl's painful experiences of love, ... read more »
  
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  Based on the sensational international best seller 'One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed' MELISSA P is about a steamy tale of raw emotions and frank sexuality. Lonely, neglected by her parents and feeling the loss of her grandmother fourteen-year-old Melissa turns to sex as an outlet of ...