TWENTY-ONE
A film review by Mark Santora
Copyright 1991 Mark Santora
The film TWENTY-ONE is an excellent piece of filmmaking. In all respects, this film stands as one of the best films I have seen this fall season as most of the film releases have been fallen short of many expectations. But this film's simple storyline, a 21-year-old British woman's look back at her love life, is charming, funny, and even a little sad.
The lead character is played by Patsy Kensit, who should be remembered from LETHAL WEAPON 2. She is quite excellent in the role of Katie, a distraught, cynical woman who is already fed up with life at 21. And this role will undoubtedly bring many scripts to her door.
The film starts off in New York City. Here Katie is living in her very nice apartment, by herself, and converses directly with the camera. This creates a sense of intimacy with the character of Katie. Katie is quite frank. She says what is on her mind. In the course of the film she talks about sex, her parents, her friends, lovers, and herself.
Katie's love life includes an affair with a married man whom he flirts with at his wedding. This affair is completely a sex-oriented one. Another affair is with a heroin addict. This is an affair of love, with no sex. Hence her affair with the married man. This is all handled quite well without any "Hollywoodizing" of the sex scenes. This is an adult-themed film, and it is treated accordingly.
TWENTY-ONE is an excellent film. It stands alone in its field, for lack of any other flims like it at present. Patsy Kensit controls the film with a high degree of screen magnetism. The rest of the cast supports her character accordingly and the entire cast plays off each other very well. This is an excellent film and is not one to be missed.
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