Turkish Delight

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cinephile f Wow! Verhoeven's first big hit is beautiful and very different from any romantic film that I've seen before. To warn anyone, it's very adult and certainly not for anyone under 18 (really under 25.) I left the film saying to myself "I've never seen anything like that before." It's very different from American films and I recommend 200%. It's absolutely gorgeous. A raw artistic masterpiece! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review júlio a Filme super erótico. Com atuações que me fazem questionar se gostei ou não do filme. No geral é muito bom. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review William L In a tumultuous love story that intentionally subverts the moral standards that polite sociey holds relationships to (polite pecks on the cheek in public, happily ever afters, gently growing gray on a porch), Turkish Delight breaks a convention that truly should be inviolable - how to eat a banana. You can go from the top, from the bottom, peel it halfway and use it as a handle, but you can't cut it in half and eat it with a spoon. Humanity has come too far for that sort of insanity. This early work from Paul Verhoeven is an interesting one, depicting a relationship that is refreshingly honest (two characters playing up the attributes of youthful romance while coming to terms with far uglier aspects of life - disease, dishonesty, and death among them); both van de Ven and Hauer bring a lot of energy to their respective roles, creating an unstable chemistry. There is definitely a tangible sense of excitement and volatility, but there is also a general feeling of repetitiveness to the actual events of the film; whenever Verhoeven gets too close ot conventional dramatic territory, he whips out an emotional outburst or (quite often) intermittent nudity. Just because you're allowed to get away with showing Rutger Hauer's penis, doesn't mean it deserves its own billing. Furthermore, attributing Olga's erratic behavior to a brain tumor does also seem to take away a bit of the sense of sincerity associated with the relationship, as the close intimacy we are privy to could be attributed toward an actual psychological problem rather than character. The base plot has been done before, but its the particular treatment of the relationship between the two leads that allowed Turkish Delight to become "the most successful film in the history of Dutch cinema". (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/27/21 Full Review Audience Member The dynamic between Rutger Hauer Monique van de Ven is amazing in this film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member It's wild. It's heartbreaking. It's Verhoeven. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The film is a bit irregular but Verhoeven makes up for that with a lot of conviction, energy and pathos (helped by the dynamic editing), creating an adorable couple of characters who grow on us as we witness their oddball relationship develop and break. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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