Overrated

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

"Michael" (Eric Woods) is in a bind. He just had an argument with his girlfriend and now needs someone to accompany him to his 10th high school reunion. So in a rather desperate move he calls an escort agency to see if they can help him out. Sure enough, a beautiful woman named "Charlene" (Rochelle Swanson) arrives who fits the bill perfectly. Not only that but she manages to impress everyone at the reunion to include Michael's main rival, "Brandon Collier" (Richard Grieco) who then offers Michael at job at his firm. But things take a sudden turn for the worse not long afterward. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film could have been pretty bad had it not had one key factor—Rochelle Swanson. She dominated every scene she was in. Unfortunately, the rest of the cast wasn't quite up to the task and as a result the overall movie wasn't nearly as good as it could have been. That said I can only rate this movie as about average.

What a waste of time-- A supposed psychological-sexual-thriller that certainly isn't psychological, barely sexual and offers no thrills that I was aware of. "Mutual Needs" is the story of a sniveling idiot who spends his time playing video games at work and telling jokes that fall flat, yet who manages-- with the help of a too-good-to-be-true call girl-- to con his way into a $150,000 a year ! job with a former high school rival. If you've ever seen a movie where someone is not as they seem, then you already know the rest of the plot and needn't bother watching this bland dreck.As far as casting-in-order-to-put-the-name-on-the-video-box goes, it should be noted that this movie features Dee Wallace-Stone who, mercifully, has only about four seconds of screen time. A bloated Richard Grieco (who gets top billing in the credits, mind you) has a few seconds more, including helping out in the pivotal turn-the-tables-on-the-psycho ending that such films as these feature.If a storm knocks out all other channels other than the one airing this cinematic lightweight, read a book.

But not all guys would 'hire' a date just to show off. I mean, why fake it? I did really enjoy the movie however. The escort, Rochelle Swanson, is one of my all time favorite actresses and she does her nude scenes well in this film. Another actress to look out for, and new to the movie industry from Playboy is Tricia Lee Pascoe. She is very hot! To bad her breasts have to be those typical implants so common nowdays. But what the hell, she's beautiful! Good story line, good acting, and hot girls!

This film was genious!! I think that any man between 25 and 35 would relate to this film, because we would all love to go back and show our old high school friends how well we did with our careers and with a stunningly beautiful on our arm...the two ultimate conquests of our lives. Talk about ego builders!! I found Rochelle Swanson and the girl who played her roommate to be extremely hot!!! I was so turned on, that I had to attack my wife later!! In a fun way!! I recommend it highly!! Enjoy!!