Virtual Girl

This film is about a programmer's life falling apart because of a virtual lover program.

In the opening scene we are already treated with a lengthy sex session in a fantasy room. I thought that this film was just a soft porn film, but the amazing thing is that there really is a plot. The plot is plausible and gripping, and it could really have been developed into a major film.

Many a times, the graphics of this film looks like a college graduate production. It is probably because of the low budget, but this explains why the film went straight to video.

Almost like a horny female version of Pinocchio, the main (virtual) character of this movie, also wants to be a real girl. I am not familiar with all Pinocchio material, so there may be some fan fiction or something that goes in a similar direction. But let's move away from that and concentrate on the movie at hand.

The movie and the characters are self aware. The main character especially has to be convinced to get it on with the titular Virtual Girl (no pun intended). Of course it is all only on the surface. Do not expect there to be too many obstacles. There is a fair amount of nudity, though I doubt you will get what you look for - if that is what you are looking for. You decide - if you are a bit of a prude - you best get off ... the page that is (sorry for the pun, but I am curious how you even got here).

Anyway there is something almost cute about the whole thing -and sinister too. It may have a surprise for you too. Especially when it comes to the ending ... (no happy ending jokes ... not from me at least, feel free to add some of your own)

OK, I really haven't sat through many soft-core flicks because they are just terribly boring.

But there are three good reasons to remember this film. Two of them are on sex kitten Charlie Curtis. And, the third is that this is the funniest, campiest script I have hear in a long time.

The lines -- whether deliberately written as a parody or not -- are just devastatingly funny. For example: "if you're not happy all the time with your wife, I can take up the slack."

or,

Programmer: "You're asking me to work on a cyber-sex toy for chronic masturbators!"

Boss: "They're our client base."

It's just a totally outrageous, deadpan acted, mindless, cheesy looking story. It's sort of a soft-core TRON, with poor sap Max Dixon (yep, now there's a stud stage name for ya) wresting to save his virtue in cyberspace.

Curtis plays the role of a virtual-reality sex doll to the hilt, and gives a whole new nuance to "hard drive" and "interface." In one arresting scene she morphs into various ladies who all manage to have the same bra cup size for the sake of, er, film continuity.

If you want to do your own home-grown R-rated version of "Mystery Science Theater" this is the flick to watch.

Yes, this had me expecting a lot, but alas, it didnt deliver a lot.

The girl(s) are great, especially the computerised method of changing from one girl into another seamlessly - phew !,really great - but apart from this aspect, the film really was lacking. It is a reasonable story, though a few along similar lines are around now without the nudity.

Excellent photography, as usual, with the girls.

Caught this one on a trip to Florida in 2000 to see the Jets game. It was my first night on the trip, and I was beat so I headed back to the hotel from the bars around 1 AM. This was showing on whatever the heck station in Fort Lauderdale.

The plot is decent - you dont often get that in soft core stuff. The main characters are bearable to look at and listen to. Even Charlie Curtis showed some ability to act. It could've been done better perhaps. The computer-ish graphics, while part of the plot, serve to cheese up things a bit.

In summary, yeah I'd nail Virtuosity. Er, I mean decent, catch it if you can.