Splendor (1999 film)

Splendor is a 1999 BritishAmerican romantic comedy film directed by Gregg Araki and starring Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, and Matt Keeslar. The film deals with an open relationship between the three leads.

Speaking to Filmmaker Magazine, Araki referred to the film as being very much about trying to live by your own rules...about achieving conventional happiness in an unconventional way. In terms of genre, he said I wanted a sort of Cary Grant stylization. As in screwball comedy, the emotions are real, but there is also a kind of sheen to the performance.Splendor received mixed reviews from critics, and holds a ranking of 52100 on review aggregator Metacritic, and is rated as 58 Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. The Chicago Reader described it as being marvelously neutral toward a type of sexual and domestic relationship thats often exploited or overblown, and The Austin Chronicle stated that theres a genuine, sparky chemistry between the three...and Robertson, particularly, is luminous in her role. The Daily News was less positive, saying that the film seems more like a vapid sitcom made on a low budget and summarising it as meaningless, if perverted, fun. Variety stated that, though less violent and macabre than all of Arakis previous movies, Splendor is not exactly fresh, nor a radical point of departure...a seductively sensual picture that entices while it lasts but evaporates like an air bubble as soon as it is over. ........

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