TdSmth5 Review of The Man-Eater

The Man-Eater (1999)

Not much going on except for the star of the film

[4/10 · 9 January 2008]

I watched a Russian edition of this film with English dubbing but the audio was very poor, so I fast forwarded quite a bit. This review then is not going to be very fair or accurate. Parts of this movie are filmed in somewhat of a documentary style, with the main actress, who is really the center of this movie, addressing the audience and talking about female sexuality and desires. These scenes are filmed in black and white. Also in black and white are erotic scenes that are fantasized by the male lead in which he imagines the girl as a stripper doing it with a panda teddy bear and a real life snake(!). The girl we learn is apparently a prostitute who sleeps with men only once in different locations. The men watch these black and white audition tapes of girls and pick them accordingly. Invariably they fall in love with our star. At some point there are scenes of horny guys getting involved with transvestites for some reason. Loredana Cannata, the main actress, is a beautiful girl, the girl next door type who actually looks sexier when dressed. But we got to see her fully naked quite a bit. Although during a sex scene a body double is used for her. Some seconds of an oral sex scene are explicit, also she touches herself explicitly. But there does not seem to be any development in her story/life. It's more about the filmmakers using her life as a way to get the audience to change their minds about female sexuality perhaps. There is some sort of twist near the end, when the movie becomes a monologue of our star addressing the viewers. The main reason to see this movie is the eroticism and Loredana is sexy but given that the filmmakers tried to get the audience to think, the erotic scenes aren't particularly erotic. The movie is slow going, there aren't any other females in this movie. The only "action" taking place are the different men, and in particular the young lover, looking for the girl. There isn't really much to recommend here, unless you have to see Loredana Cannata naked.