LIVING OUT LOUD

Name: LIVING OUT LOUD
Item: LIVING OUT LOUD
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"The Daffy DivorcÈe"

Family Content: -3 Excessive sex, violence, immorality, and/or worldview problems. (Sometimes excessive content such as violence is in otherwise redemptive movies.)

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LIVING OUT LOUD, starring and produced by Danny DeVito, is a grimy little film about a woman finding herself after her divorce. Holly Hunter plays Judy Nelson, born on the wrong side of the tracks but married well and divorced badly. At first Judy is caught in anguishing loneliness and fantasy. Her life turns around after she is sexually groped in the back room of a nightclub. Suddenly, passion emerges. This sexual thrill is augmented by her growing relationship with Pat, an elevator operator played by DeVito. She likes being with Pat, but Pat wants a relationship. Eventually, she finds herself freed from the shackles of her middle class lifestyle by taking drugs and going to a lesbian bar.

At the end of the movie, it is unclear how Judy is different or what journey she has taken. The comedic points are few and light. The choices Judy makes to deal with her pain aren't inspiring or instructive nor even understandable. Judy is a pathetic character. The acting here is serviceable, but the script is miserable. LIVING OUT LOUD has an anti-biblical, feminist worldview and includes full female nudity. Moments of insight do not make for an otherwise perverse, second rate, demeaning story

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(AB, Fe, Pa, Ho, LLL, V, SSS, NNN, A, DD, M) Anti-biblical, feminist worldview with homosexual lesbian elements, though written by a man; 47 obscenities & 9 profanities; mild violence such as flailing at husband during divorce hearing; implied fornication, lengthy sexual foreplay, blatant lesbianism, erotic message, & sexual groping; full female nudity & hunk masseuse in underwear gives sexual massage; alcohol use; smoking & illegal drug use including Ecstasy & marijuana; and, hedonism.

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LIVING OUT LOUD, starring and produced by Danny DeVito, is a grimy little film about a woman finding herself after her divorce. Holly Hunter plays Judy Nelson, who was born on the wrong side of the tracks but married well. As a nurse, she married her surgeon husband. In spite of the trappings of opulence, the marriage was always shaky because of her inability to conceive children and his parents’ disdain for her low estate. Thus, it comes as no surprise when he makes a pediatrician college student pregnant and leaves Judy for a new family.

At first, Judy is caught in anguishing loneliness and fantasy. Rejected, she feels invisible and hangs out in black nightclubs and has no friends. Her only contact with the world is nursing her elderly mother. Her life turns around after she is sexually groped in the back room of a nightclub. Suddenly, passion emerges. This sexual thrill is augmented by her growing relationship with Pat, an elevator operator played by Danny DeVito. She likes being with Pat because it makes her feel less lonely, but Pat wants a relationship.

Eventually, Judy finds herself freed from the shackles of her middle class lifestyle. She takes the drug Ecstasy and visits a lesbian bar. She hires an erotic masseuse. She even gropes Pat. However, when Pat proposes, she rejects him, only to find out later that she loves him.

At the end of the movie, it is unclear how Judy is different or what journey she has taken. The comedic points are few and light. The choices Judy makes to deal with her pain aren’t inspiring or instructive nor even understandable. In mourning for a man, for instance, why would you want to dance sensually at a lesbian bar?

Judy is a pathetic character. The acting in this movie is only serviceable, and the script is miserable. Furthermore, the flashbacks are senseless. This topic has been done better in movies like THE FIRST WIVES CLUB. Moments of insight do not make for an otherwise perverse, second rate, demeaning story.