Really Surprised!

Amateur movie with Big budget

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

I just feel like I wanna get sick, there is too much sex involved, it should honestly be a Pornography movie because it's not a normal movie! I like romantic movies gay or straight but, this is so lazy and badly done that they think they can get away with adding in too much sex scene's. It's ridiculous and disturbing!Also I couldn't understand why they added the buildings in cartoon versions and leave the Statue of Liberty as it always looks. The buildings are like so badly drawn that a small child can draw way better than that! Whoever created this movie, they are definitely away with the fairies! Then you see a scene where young people are doing BDSM and this was happening from the apartment that is beside Ground Zero. I found this so deeply offensive because I find that the characters just didn't care and performed sex anyway. I feel so bad for the 9/11 victims families because it felt like a smack in the face that they mentioned Ground Zero without feeling empathy. Who on earth thought it was a good idea to video that scene?! I would've just filmed that scene somewhere else, it wasn't right! I have to say, this is the worst film I've ever came across in my life, 9 years later! I regret looking at this in the first place!

In NYC, Sofia Lin (Sook-Yin Lee) is a couples counselor married to Rob (Raphael Barker). They keep trying but she is sexually unsatisfied. Jamie and James are her gay couple clients. Caleb is stalking them. Jamie and James recommend Sofia to the Shortbus, a hole-in-the-wall club that challenges sexual preconceived notions. She meets Ceth (pronounced Seth) in the club who becomes a threesome with Jamie and James. Sofia tries to save her marriage by finally getting an orgasm with the help of dominatrix Severin.There are a lot of explicit sex scenes. It's wrapped in some traditional relationship stories. Sofia and Severin are a funny pairing. Overall there is a need for more charismatic actors. I don't think Sook-Yin Lee is a good enough actor especially if she's the comedic center.

This film could have been a great film, but whoever wrote and directed this film was obviously forcing unnatural events in order to fit sex scenes in.For example, there's a scene where James is masturbating and comes in his own mouth on camera for his boyfriend. Having him just masturbate would have been understandable, put going to this extreme when it has nothing to do with the story just shows how horny this director was while making the film.There's another scene where Sofia is having sex with her boyfriend and this scene shows several different positions, and is way longer than necessary.And another scene where a dominatrix just beats on this dude for awhile, this part of that scene could have been ten seconds long and got the same point across, but yet again it drags on for an unnecessary amount of time.The writer and director of this movie used sex scenes and other sexual related acts to film time. And it shows his lack of self confidence with himself. This was a great story, and had several interesting characters.James had sever depression, Severin had emotional connection problems, Jamie had relationship issues that were out of his control, Sofia couldn't orgasm and it was ruining her sexual relationship with her boyfriend, Ceth felt alone and struggled to find a partner, Caleb has extreme mental problems and had an obsession with James and Jamie.These characters are all dynamic, and unique. This movie could have been amazing. But the people putting this story together on film ruined it, and the sex scenes, and nudity overshadows the amazing characters and takes time away that could've been spent focusing on the actual story.I'm not against sex scenes and nudity, but when you're movies entire reputation is dependent on that, it's bad.This movie could've been so much more, but they dropped the ball.

Without a doubt, Shortbus warrants a spot on my list of "Best films of the decade." It is a masterpiece that so few get to admire. As Roger Ebert said, "It's not about sex, but sexuality; It's not about scoring but living..." The story revolves around a group of New Yorkers struggling with life and love, leading them all to intertwine in the underground sex salon called 'Shortbus.' The sexually explicit scenes are completely necessary in order to achieve what John Cameron Mitchell so valiantly tried and succeeded to. This film depicts an uncensored view of life, love, and sex with comedic undertones, and heavy subject matter that left me sobbing long after the movie had ended. Props to actress Sook-Yin Lee (Sofia) for a truly inspirational performance in the film. From process to product, this film is a work of art that ought not be ignored. The performances from the cast were astounding, the cinematography was a dream scape beauty, and the words were pure genius. I implore you... WATCH THIS FILM. It will change the way you look at life, and help open your mind. Thumbs up, five gold stars, the whole nine yards!