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...about nymphs and satyrs. And here he cannot find the moviemaking skill to suit his fine passion. His actors look stranded; with the exception of the tremulous, bewitching De Medeiros, they indulge in huff and bluster. As for the sex that got Henry & June in trouble, it's less Millerian than Victorian. There's something wrong with a sexual film when its erotic ideal, the statuesque Thurman, is kept mostly under wraps. Ironically and fatally, Henry & June lacks redeeming prurient interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Taking The Hex out of X | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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