My review was written in January 1988 after watching the film on Academy video cassette.'
"Blue Movies" covers familiar ground, pinpointing the comic travails of would-be porno filmmakers, but with a disarming, pleasant approach to the potentially smutty subject. It's an okay home video title.
Steve Levitt and Larry Poindexter are the nerd and his would-be standup comedian pal, who raise a little money to get rich quick in the adult film biz. They hire a down-and-out veteran screenwriter (Don Calfa in an effective supporting role)and a whiz kid director just out of film school (Leland Crooke). Project moves closer to reality when a bona fide sex star Randy Moon (well-limned with panache by Lucinda Crosby) agrees to work for them, but that also gets them into hot water since the mob doesn't want her working for an independent.
Though pic becomes silly in the final reel of chasing around one step ahead of the mafia, filmmakers Paul Koval and Ed Fitzgerald show an apt talent for satire that puts their pic head and shoulders above such rude forerunners as "Let's Make a Dirty Movie" and "Screen Test".
An added bonus, probably unintentional, is that lead actress Lucinda Crosby looks a lot like real-life porn star Janey Robbins, lending verisimilitude to the picture. Other roles and various inside jokes are competently executed.
Steve Levitt and Larry Poindexter are the nerd and his would-be standup comedian pal, who raise a little money to get rich quick in the adult film biz. They hire a down-and-out veteran screenwriter (Don Calfa in an effective supporting role)and a whiz kid director just out of film school (Leland Crooke). Project moves closer to reality when a bona fide sex star Randy Moon (well-limned with panache by Lucinda Crosby) agrees to work for them, but that also gets them into hot water since the mob doesn't want her working for an independent.
Though pic becomes silly in the final reel of chasing around one step ahead of the mafia, filmmakers Paul Koval and Ed Fitzgerald show an apt talent for satire that puts their pic head and shoulders above such rude forerunners as "Let's Make a Dirty Movie" and "Screen Test".
An added bonus, probably unintentional, is that lead actress Lucinda Crosby looks a lot like real-life porn star Janey Robbins, lending verisimilitude to the picture. Other roles and various inside jokes are competently executed.