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Shortbus (2006)

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Summary: John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. The characters converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics and polysexual carnality. Set in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City, Shortbus tells its story with sexual frankness, suggesting new ways to reconcile questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh and imperatives of the heart. (ThinkFilm)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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na abalthasar
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na blahzor
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na phxrabello
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na jdelbalzo99
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I discovered about 15 minutes in that this is not my kind of movie. I will never, ever, get to minute 16
na Fetsch
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na SonicYouthX
72
T5
At times, the movie is in danger of losing its focus.
na djinn
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na differenxe
80
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na ans
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na AtGiza
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na emiracle
70
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na shocking1981
50
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na mongo
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na Foenix
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na koruthaiolos
70
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na Komond
25
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na Freddi_
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na giricoccola
70
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na jeff_v
67
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na lunk
100
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na kneudorf
37
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na MMAlpha
20
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na yellowcup
84
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na kirchenmaus
50
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na NPA
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na korbenPL
26
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na littlepanda
93
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na madiso
30
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na paulmd
16
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na Cao
84
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na danielldb
70
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na Coheed
100
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na Fireglo
91
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na fabioleal
60
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na eltonldf
50
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na las
70
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na hania
95
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na LesterGroans
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na Lucy
98
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na Isirbm5
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na clarkah
30
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na carsunp
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na rudra_nayan
70
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na Equanimity
70
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na ceciliaesque
95
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na ohseptember
86
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na Nadif91
90
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Good one, subjective reflections gain another level.
na zurrenarh
88
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na thomasthekid
78
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na gbelk08
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na arturkon
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na ravensdeath
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na chiefg
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na wpp
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na IMDb-byvotes
67
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na forkandknife
80
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na scbMCMXC
60
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Some great acting, just was weird and kinda pointless!
na top-shape
75
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na danieu
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na t-h-o-r
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na vainpilot
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na Telemecus
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na ScrumYummy
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na dirtyfilthy
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na Samuka
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na kekstar
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na dude0022000
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na beccajones
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na Critic2010
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na noi
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na ekxon
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na calinki
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na alexw07
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na annaleepea
60
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na garbagedrew
90
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na JohnSandwich
65
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Only watched until the dude ejaculated into his own mouth, which was superduperLOL - then my friend who had seen it before stated he needn't go through it again. Sorta bummer, but I don't think I woulda made it through anyway. Maybe revise score if I do watch past that point sometime.
na Victor M.
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na rottentomat
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na mitchelly
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na Cantstopdrew
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na steelpotato
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na kipkipkip
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na jacobmercy
81
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na Chevan
97
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na nmallin
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na thaklos
78
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Depicts a variety of extremely graphic sexual positions to great effect, but doesn't really have enough to say about it. It was definitely intriguing to see auto-fellatio on screen, but probably not worth watching an entire film for.
na soybomb42
80
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na Nodscene
60
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na bobyang
80
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na johnnybgood
15
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na W. Korsakow
81
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na shhandlisten
70
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na Empire
3
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na plasticmariner
86
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na redux
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na Ali_V.
65
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na filmcricket
64
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na thursday555
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na DerGolgo
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na olebole
7
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na Manfy
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na kramertron
74
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na jordanb
69
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na ker_xox
30
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50
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na Licio
57
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na aethling
39
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na manuzani
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na alsolikelife
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na Johnny Case
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na noir
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na divide
88
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na javajen
100
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na cranky
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na davidbisok
96
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na sirihust
84
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na tielardurdin
83
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na Void
2
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na Grouchy
43
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na lidi
65
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na suman.austin
77
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na Anselmi86
88
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Fantastic. It's moving in ways that are far to difficult to imagine.
na thewallfish
90
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na JosefBeeby
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na mandarkzilla
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na raspootin
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na teknicolor
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carp
na Ismac
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na Ray Bergen
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na cloak
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na negative
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na alanstrang
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na ccpeli
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na winds
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na duckdive
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na cydneyjean
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na pat1801
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na Starla
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na FakeIdentity
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na itvdigital
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na taskn
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na baaic
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na DougReese
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na bsprick
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na aatx1228
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na Laura.Alice
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na Crazy Jack
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na Bryan C.
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na kalim
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na outeiro
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na pknight
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na supertoes
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na apm182
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the best summary of this mainstream "porno-like" cinema bust is that it attempts to be smarter than it really is by trying to provide provocative and thoughtful insights into things such as love, sacrifice, and human relationships while using shallow and uninteresting characters. another "sex-oriented" film that explains absolutely nothing new and certainly nothing intelligent.
na Honkhonk
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na wcnitz
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na aliceporto
75
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na Alban
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na cgcore
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na modtro
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na captain
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na ResIpsa
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na NRM02
46
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na bloodsome
49
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na blurf
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na Blackmagic
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na Not-the-One
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na jocimarjr
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na thiemen
7
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na pustota
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na darksoul500
65
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na lagartazul
70
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na pigro
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na Millinsky
5
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na Meta Critic
64
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na klanc11
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na oak
50
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na trine01
7
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na allan_pr
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na trevitron
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na Aron Ericson
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na oliyom
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na miercuri
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na filmguy
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na Anderss
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na peppert
40
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na NRM01
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na luminais
72
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Succeeds at portraying explicit sex while being neither pornographic nor pessimistic.
na Elmorris
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na DePalma
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na gaucho
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na Rumplesink
40
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na dflanny
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na Herrguth
80
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na AbortedHugs
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na shlebede
70
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na mashenka
55
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na retsxlif
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na soulseeker
70
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na sfgeoff
90
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na ze_qualquer
0
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na remeard
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na mark83
6
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na bof
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na dialM
75
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na sjostrand
50
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na sybile_sd
45
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na Noam Raz
65
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Maybe the answer to everything is sex. Maybe not. And while this seems to be the theme of the movie, it would be far too simplistic to refer it like this. Under the outworn sexuality issues, and beneath the sweaty bodies – Some sort of thing is hiding. No human ever named it before, nor will. It is the foundation of any relationship. And it was not meant to be there, and the fact we're entirely on our own, in this fucked up world, has hell of a lot to do with the previous-hideous declaration.
na nendre
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na JJ1986
50
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na -BigEvil-
80
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The standard compulsory reaction to this sort of explicitness may be that it lacks imagination or subtlety, but I found myself responding very positively. Between this and Hedwig, I admire the hell out of John Cameron Mitchell. It takes balls to tackle stuff like this in such a direct manner (that is, people on the fringes of "normal" sexual behavior). In any case, there's something decidedly unerotic, but intensely emotional about most of the sex depicted here.
na killersmalls
80
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na Pillgrum
0
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na H264A
72
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a little drab in parts, but there are some quite funny bits too. Overall, a warming film, and well-acted.
na damil
50
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na Kauf
86
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na Guillaume
70
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na thewire
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na DigiDan
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na kellard
78
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na simonj
60
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na Rufam
72
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"Shortbus" is plain weird and contains hardcore sexual scenes, but that's hardly what makes it stand out. Although its superficial flashiness makes it endlessly watchable, it is its personality, insight and emotional resonance that also make it memorable.
na NRM03
60
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na pomattovich
80
T6
na Enygma
10
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na CritickerAvg
55
T6
na avgcrtckr
55
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na PetrosTser
60
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I don't think "Shortbus" offers more than, say, a less revealing - if you know what I mean - indie picture, but it is worth watching for its characters, which could have easily popped out of any masterpiece on human relationships, and not for the sex scenes, which were definitely not game-changing and, instead of providing enough insight (in the best sense of the word) in connection with the actual act, left the characters merely talking about it, just like many other similar films.
na Plumettine
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na Amember
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na pinq09
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na Grum
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na dkeeper
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na lippecesar
40
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na duca015
75
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na henriquemsb
28
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na marijus
95
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na homosuperior
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na Soulmate
70
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na drreza
92
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na theguest
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na kazoo
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