MBunge What is the deal with naked man ass in movies, nowadays? When I grew up, a film that featured nudity or partial nudity almost invariably meant unclothed female flesh. Oh sure, you'd occasionally get someone like Mel Gibson who seemed to relish showing off his behind and there'd the occasional bizarre instance, like that time Bruce Willis did full frontal…but nudity in movies used to overwhelmingly be females in various stages of undress.I don't know when it happened, but sometime in the last few years the naked man ass has become a staple of film nudity. I don't know why it happened. I don't know why actors are willing to do it. All I know is that it's really weird.Seeing Other People is a good example of this oddity. It's about Ed and Alice (Jay Mohr and Juliane Nicholson), a couple who've been seeing each other for 5 years and have finally decided to get married. Their relationship has become comfortably happy instead of passionate. They've become the sort of couple who can have a conversation while one is going to the bathroom in front of the other.After watching two people have sex at her engagement party, Alice decides that she needs more sexual experience before getting married. So, she convinces Ed that they both need to go out and have sex with other people. Now, I've seen this particular plot before and while I can almost imagine two people in love deciding to do something that self-destructive…in every story it's always the woman who has to persuade the man that sleeping around is a good idea, and that just stretches credulity past the breaking point.The story has Alice going out and having sex first, while Ed can't even consummate the act the first time he tries with another woman. Eventually, Ed gets over that and starts nailing every women he can, while Alice is stuck in a relationship with the first needy guy she bedded. After spending some time with the brutally unhappy marriage of Alice's sister Clare (Lauren Graham) and watching Ed's friend Carl (Andy Ricter) get involved with a single mother, we get to the twin morals of Seeing Other People. The movie doesn't think that sleeping around is wrong in any way, it's just that there's not enough time in the day to have a relationship with one person and sex with a bunch of others. In other words, it makes a purely logistical argument for fidelity. The movie also contends that you don't stay with someone because you want to be with them, but because finding another normal person to be with is just too damn hard. If you can get past those questionable messages and the fact that there are about 5 or 6 six times in the film where the characters have to act like complete morons to keep the story going, Seeing Other People is mildly entertaining.Getting back to the subject of naked man ass, you see Jay Mohr's bare behind on multiple occasions. They also show off the posterior of Bryan Cranston, the dude from Breaking Bad. Thankfully, Andy Ricter's bottom remains completely covered at all times. But I would like someone to explain to me the utility of having stand-up comedian Mohr and middle aged character actor Cranston dropping trou in a film, while two profoundly pretty women like Juliane Nicholson and Lauren Graham remain fully clothed at all times. The only female nudity in the movie comes from two actresses playing bit parts, roles that pretty much only exist for them to show off their breasts, so it's not even like there's some sort of feminist point to having the actors get naked and not the actresses. What exactly is going on? And by the way, shouldn't the Screen Actors Guild be working to get some rules in place that if an actor or actress does get naked on screen, they receive a minimum amount of screen time and a minimum number of lines? Is it really fair to put aspiring actresses in the position where showing off their upper front is required for roles that have then on screen for less than a minute or two? The politics of movie nudity aside, Seeing Other People is a strangely depressing look at the necessity of fidelity. It's the kind of movie that makes you wonder how screwed up the filmmakers have to be to come up with something like this.

Jerry Honeycutt I happened into the den this morning during the scene where Ed was engaged in the 3-Way and thought my wife was catching up on some early morning porn! Much to my surprise it grabbed my attention and I rewound it and we started watching it at 4:30 in the morning! What a very entertaining, rich, funny and well developed plot line and script. We both thoroughly enjoyed it, my wife so much that she shared the experience with her girlfriends at work! Going on to recommend it and say what a "kick" she got out of it. I am in my late 40's and she in her early 50's. I think this movie would have appeal to both young and old. An unexpected, very enjoyable surprise. Nice work! Thanks! Two thumbs up!

Ana_Banana This is a rather intelligent and sincere film about commitment. Personally I find it to be more romance than comedy, because of its insight in the emotions involved. There are some funny lines, but the exploration of love is more poignant. As the story goes, it becomes more and more obvious that we're not in a screwball comedy about swingers, but in a plea for long-term relationship. The acting is good enough, especially from Julianne Nicholson and Lauren Graham (who are supposed to be sisters, haha). Too good that the cynical sister prevented the danger of situation becoming corny after Alice's final, emotional speech (pause... "We don't do laundry"). But that also underlined the fact that this kind of relationship wasn't for everyone.

sajeeva sinniah All motion pictures i have experienced of the Sundance film festival, were not impressive. This however is an exception. I loved this movie, and i believe it the perfect movie for all couples.Anyone wanting to watch a movie produced by a film company called "Pariah", would want to think twice- however after seeing the trailer and realising Lauren Graham was in it(being a HUGE Gilmore Girls fan), well it was worth a try. Julianna Nicholsan is perfect - i believe this is her first starring role, Jay Mohr is average BUT Lauren Graham's sarcastic attitude brought to this movie is AMAZING. I wish she could have had a greater on screen time.This was a good comedy in years. I have found bedroom comedies very pleasing - but this certainly was an exception. The standard of this movie proved that it could have done extremely well commmercially( it did well critically), if released in theaters.