Body Shots (1999)

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Studio: New Line Cinema

Rating: R

Release Date: Oct 22, 1999

Running Time: 102 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry O'Connell, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid, Joe Basile, Scott Burkholder, Liz Coke, Allison Dunbar, Edmond Genest, Adam Gordon

director: Michael Cristofer

When four guys and four girls set off on a wild ride through L.A.'s nightlife, they get more--and less--than they bargained for. Fueled by the need for love and intimacy, the evening takes them on a crash course through the turbulent world of sex and dating. When these eight twenty-somethings try to pice together the events of one night, it may change their lives forever...

Don't be fooled by the previews for "Body Shots." Its tale of one night in the lives of eight L.A. twentysomethings is not the '90s equivalent of "Saturday Night Fever" and "The Breakfast Club." While the movie does embrace this generation's casual approach to all things sexual, and its underlying feeling of desperation, it doesn't capture either in any significant sense.

The first half starts off as a variation on the much better "Swingers." Four guys and four girls get ready for a long night…