And that's pretty much what you have in the cheap, tedious nonsense of Kiss the Sky, an artsy-fartsy, men-o-pausal mess that traps William Petersen, Gary Cole, and Sheryl Lee in a Filipino jungle with nothing to do but yak and bump uglies in embarrassing threesomes.It's not that I don't get what the movie is trying to say, and it's not that I can't watch movies that aren't anywhere near my favorite genres.
As a white male of that age (10 years ago) I can relate 100% to this movie. Wonderful and very accurate writing.
I accidentally watched this movie around four or five years ago on TV as I spent my time away searching for something to watch on a friends house in the Middle East. I wasn't even focusing much on the plot then or whatsoever though the few naked scenes which I had the luck of seeing first of all the other scenes kept me interested enough so as not to switch channels for a while.
A bit uneven but good acting and great moments of dialog ! Worth a watch.
I'm surprised by the low rating that so many users of this site have given this film. Something tells me the low votes were primarily by women, but I'm only guessing.
You know, when you sit down and turn on Showtime at 1:30 in the morning, the film you'd expect to see is not the sort that you'd go and tell your mom about. Channel surfing is something I do on occasion, and rarely do I end up stopping to watch an entire movie.
This movie earns from me a 10 out of 10, with superb script and music sound track. You could call it an adult version of "The Beach".
"Kiss the Sky" is about two middle-aged best friend family men (Petersen & Cole) who, dissatisfied with the routine of their routine but successful lives, take a business/pleasure trip to the Philippines where the bump into Adny (Sheryl Lee) - in more ways than one - and decide to recapture their lost youth and hedonistic ways and live happily ever after in "paradise". Technically and artistically good, the film loses itself in circular logic and ruminations about interpersonal relationships and other sophomoric nonsense.
I checked this movie out at the library...yes, the library!
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