Santorini Blue

The beautiful Greek setting and some tongue-in-cheek casting choices almost totally redeem this otherwise vapid stab at aping Woody Allen.

Director/star Matthew D. Panepinto channels both Woody Allen and Jeff Goldblum as a vain, rapid-talking film director whose unfaithfulness prompts his wife to walk out and board a plane to picturesque Santorini, Greece.

As the wife, Deirdre Lorenz is charming and alluring in a role that begs credulity that she'd ever have looked twice at an obsequious cad like him in the first place.

She co-wrote the film with Panepinto, and unfortunately neither found it important to explore that Billy Joel/Christie Brinkley aspect to their relationship, nor to explain why the wife chooses to bolt to Greece, as opposed to anywhere else in the whole wide world.

But this is a positive review despite those shortcomings, and here's three reasons why:

1. Santorini, Greece is jaw-droppingly beautiful

2. Ice-T as a horny psychiatrist with a hot babe receptionist

3. Richard Belzer as a gay film producer with a little foo-foo dog. Richard Belzer totally kisses a guy full on the lips

All three have to be seen to be believed, and make this indie worth a watch, especially since it's free.