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'WHIPPED'
WITH LAUGHTER, SLAPPED BY PAIN
Written
by Rob
Alarcon
Cast::
Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt, Judah Domke, Jonathan Abrahams,
Zorrie Barber, Callie Throne
 Premise:
Four college buddies get together once a week to
discuss their recent sexual exploits. Things get complicated
when they realize they've begun to chase the same girl,
the beautiful Mia (Amanda Peet). As they find themselves
battling with each other for Mia's affection, they begin
to question their past actions, wondering who will walk
away with the grand prize. Peter M. Cohen's film is
a funny, insightful take on mating in the modern world.
Overall
Rating:
(out of 4)
Rated
R for strong sexual content and language.
Women:
What do you think guys talk about when you're not around?
Are they talking about you? About their sexual conquests?
Furthermore, are they really the scamming scumbags you
think they are? Are they only trying to get into your
pants?
Men:
You're not really like that, right?
"Whipped"
plays on women's worst fears regarding men and amplifies
it for comedic effect. It centers around several weekly
meetings between friends wherein they share their sexual
exploits, look for tips, and work on their techniques
for scamming. Scamming, as defined by the movie, is
the act of underhandedly convincing a woman to sleep
with you. Two of the friends have excelled at this at
an inhuman level, another friend lies to the others
about illicit encounters with women like Vaselina and
Lubricena, and the fourth is married, and, therefore,
sexually irrelevant to the group.
The
boys pride themselves on their ability to remain emotionally
aloof from their conquests until they find, at their
weekly brunch, that each of the three single friends
had met the potential love of his life during the previous
week. Coincidentally,
they all fall for the same girl. Not surprisingly, they
are all upset to find that their competitors are also
their best friends. They all stick around to try to
woo the girl while their only married friend tries to
put a stop to the competition in order to regain his
friends, whom he needs so that he does not go insane
from marriage-induced boredom.
The
girl, Mia (Peet), turns out to be finely attuned to
each of the friends, which no one should find surprising
seeing how each of them is nothing more than a New York
City stereotype. The Wall Street guy has an ego the
size of the Dow Jones, and The Village guy ostensibly
lives in a coffee house. One of the failings of this
movie, and any sexually oriented, gross-out movie I
suppose, is that there is almost no development of character.
In fact, I would argue that there is negative development
of character, seeing as how everyone seems to slip farther
and farther into his or her typecast role as the movie
goes along. This is not a story; it is a medium length,
connected series of sketches that is driven by the common
theme of sex and the competition for Mia.
Of
course, once you look at "Whipped" for what
it is, it is quite amusing. I was actually upset when
they tightened the plot towards the end by adding a
moral to the story. I felt like it undermined the hour
and a half of mindless sex jokes. Everything gets covered:
penis size, vibrators, stamina, etc. Essentially, if
you would find it interesting to sit in on a sexually
explicit conversation between four of the most perverted
men New York City has to offer, then "Whipped"
is what you are looking for.
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