Sirens
1994
When a young English minister (Hugh Grant) takes an Australian parish, his first assignment is to dissuade a local painter (Sam Neill) from showing a provocative painting. He and his wife (Tara Fitzgerald) visit the artist's home only to be smitten by three ravishing models posing, ironically, as the mythological sirens who .. Read more
| Starring | Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Elle Macpherson, Tara Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Director | John Duigan |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
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Sirens
When a young English minister (Hugh Grant) takes an Australian parish, his first assignment is to dissuade a local painter (Sam Neill) from showing a provocative painting. He and his wife (Tara Fitzgerald) visit the artist's home only to be smitten by three ravishing models posing, ironically, as the mythological sirens who lured men to their doom. On the artist's bohemian estate, the minister and his wife are shown a guilt-free Eden-like world where they find their own sexuality awakening.
| Starring | Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Elle Macpherson, Tara Fitzgerald, Portia De Rossi, Portia de Rossi, Katie Fischer |
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| Director | John Duigan |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 04 Oct 2004 Production year: 1994 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Following the success of Four Weddings and a Funeral, this prettified period piece came as something of a shock to Hugh Grant's new-found legion of fans. He plays a prudish clergyman whose first task in his new Australian parish is to prevent bohemian artist Norman Lindsay (Sam Neill) from exhibiting both his models and his portraits of them. Director John Duigan contents himself with a few gentle barbs and elegant bons mots, but rather loses his way once Grant's less inhibited wife, Tara FitzGerald, joins Elle Macpherson and her fellow poseurs. Visually pleasing, but films of this sort need to be more than just something to look at.
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"...A deliciously sexy and hedonistic comedy of morals and manners, filmed amid some of Australia's most spectacular scenery..."
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Enjoyable
Anyone who likes action or fast pace in a film will not like this. However i enjoyed it very much. It is about a young clergyman and his wife who are sent to persuade an artist to withdraw a painting the church considers obcene. He and his wife are then exposed to a world of sensuality and his wife comes to explore her sexuality and confront her sexual repression. The film is beautifully shot and the story unfolds at a gentle pace. So if you like a good plot and good acting give this a go. If action/special effects are your thing give it a miss.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Soft porn with a small plot
As a film? Pretty terrible.
As soft porn? Rather good. -
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