Gabriel's Rapture: Part One

The first movie in the series is better, but that isn't saying much. The high scoring, favorable reviews for this are fake. This is basically the same movie as the first one but watered down a bit. The first was more convincing in portraying the forbidden love between professor and student. This movie plays on the same theme but skips more of the drama and gets more into the sexual tension and romance. It's an embellished female fantasy of having a handsome, wealthy suitor who lavishes attention and fine dining, etc. without having sexual demands in return. There is a LOT of suck face going on, and it gets tiresome after a while. The movie does capture some of the same mood as the first one, so if you particularly liked the first one you might like this. But it mostly just plays like a bad harlequin romance novel.

A beautifully shot first film in the Gabriels Rapture story. The chemistry between Giulio Berruti and Melanie Zanetti is wonderful. All in all a pleasure to watch. Definitely does justice to the novel.

A second part that makes you want more and ask not to finish. The energy of the actors show us a chemistry that makes you doubt if it's acting

I watched part 1 before reading the books, I got hooked, I could not wait for the upcoming movie parts, so I decided to read the books, and I did it, I finished the 4 books in 2 weeks - I am thinking about reading them again - it's a really good romantic seductive story, the build up of the characters are really good, and the movies are really great adaptation of the books, better than any book adaptations, I've ever seen, and for people who is comparing this to 50 shades of grey series, I am telling you there is no comparison here, it won't be fair to 50 shades, the books or the movies series, they are rubbish compared to the Gabriel's series, I'd like to thank Musk for being such a fan of this beautiful novel, that she decided to stick to the book at that level, even I can say there is a room of improving

Why? Because at its core it's a film about a long courtship and a romance that is passionate but chaste, intense but forbidden. There are no hidden agendas and kinks here, isn't obsessed with being crammed with explicit sex scenes, but just good old fashioned emotional erotica. For those who still have even the slightest romantic side left, this might just make you melt in your chair while laughing at how silly you are for doing it. Bravo! Bring on the next one.