2009
Just The Two Of Us: Film Review
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This m
ovie “Just The Two of Us” is a lot like a lesbian Bewitched setting, with the s
hag carpets and the go-go dancers. Just how I imagined a lesbian relationship might start in the 70’s. Two housewives with husbands (in the beginning)
The Era – I guess we can’t expect too much out of a movie that was filmed in the 70’s. The relationship starts with two women who are married, and their husbands are away for work for what seems like weeks at a time. And these two women find comfort in one another. Then of course (as always seems to happen) is that one of the women falls in love, and the other was just passing the time.
Moral Dilemma (Morality silly word) – The problem I have with this movie is the cheating aspec
t. The thought that it is somehow ok to cheat on someone you are married too. Cheating is Cheating, despite if you cheat on a man with a woman or not. It is still cheating. In one point in the movie, the woman who is not so into the Lesbian relationship starts to cheat on her husband yet again with another man. And her husband comes home unexpectedly to find her with this man. Expectedly the husband is pissed, I wonder what his reaction would have been if he found out that his wife was also cheating with a woman.
Film Quality – This is a movie from the 70’s, so I think my expectation of the film quality was lowered, and so I found it to be rather refreshing. It was a lot like watching any movie from that time period unlike now days when you watch a lesbian title and you are lucky if you get decent film quality.
Plot and Character Chemistry – The plot was very believable, from the mo
ments of realizations of lesbianism when they saw a lesbian couple out having dinner and the looks they exchanged. It was also relative to true life with the way that both characters dealt with the situation afterward. There is even a scene with 4 women sitting playing cards, and there is some discussion about “Gay People”. Some very real things are said in those moments. Some of the ladies in the card game were ignorant (as many are) about lesbians, and therefore homoph
obic in their conversation. Apart from the sex scenes the chemistry was believable. The Sex Scenes, however were stiff, and a little too forced. There is one scene between the woman who is not into the relationship and her new cheating partner (a man) where the camera watches them laying side by side for nearly a minute, they aren’t moving and the camera circles them and the man slowly gets on top of the woman. Not the most passionate first happening of having sex with each other.
The Ending – This movie, provides the first lesbians riding into the sunset ending 
in cinema. Sort of, the scene had a moment of tears and the two lovers are reunited in what is to be assumed the first moments of their loving life together (or at least that is what I want to believe happens) . It is a pretty ground breaking film in many respects.
My Rating – I give this movie a 4.75 I have taken off for the moderately believable sexual chemistry between the characters. I can’t see taking anything off for my moral issues with this film, as morality is in the eye of the beholder, and I think it is just gross to hold others to your moral standing, unless they are your partner, then, then there is some grounds for holding someone up to your moral standing, but since this movie is not my partner, I only care enough about it, to state it, then forget about it.
This film was truly a ground breaking film and certainly is a must see for any lesbian. It would be kind of like being an Italian Philadelphian and not watching all the Rocky movies.
PS We made the video at the top, our first time, I was lots of fun!!!!!
CHEERS!!!!!
