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Bliss (1997)
starring: Craig Sheffer, Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee, Casey Siemaszko, Spalding Gray
directed by: Lance Young

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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780800187934
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0800187938
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: October 27, 1998
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 338
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: April 14, 1997

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Amazon.com:
It may not be a great movie, but Bliss could be one of the greatest marriage-boosters ever filmed. This curious drama fits into the too-familiar form of the 'therapy movie,' but it's acted with intensity by a committed (and rather brave) trio. Craig Sheffer plays an uptight Seattle husband who discovers his neurotic wife (Sheryl Lee) visiting a radical doctor (Terence Stamp) who has sex--therapeutically--with his patients. After briefly flipping out, Sheffer finds himself buying into the doctor's remedies for a sexual and emotional make-over. The silky-smooth Stamp is perfectly cast: with his enthusiasm for chakras and fine cigars, the doctor is both spiritual guru and the kind of man who reads Playboy. The film veers into ridiculousness at times, yet there is something intriguing about its how-to frankness. Home viewers may find themselves embarrassed and maybe just a little bit liberated. --Robert Horton

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- What it means to love a survivor
This movie was an epiphany for me. Brilliant in its depth, sensitive in its approach to the lifelong aftermath of childhood sexual abuse, it literally hit me where I live. I cannot recommend this film highly enough to both survivors and to their spouses. It is 103 minutes of insight into what it is to be a survivor. . .and to love a survivor. . .right down to the body memory, broken behaviors, and even the family's denial of the abuse and attempt to turn the spouse against the victim. The scenes are lush, Terence Stamp is ethereal, the emotions brutally honest.
It is also a cinematic testament to the nature of love "for better or worse, in sickness and in health," and learning to grow beyond oneself in order to begin the healing process for both the survivor and their spouse.

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- Greatest Film Ever!
First let me say this movie is amazing, second let me say I wish everyone alive could see it. Now onward... this movie is not about sexual honesty as any fool would realize what truth is, this movie is really about opening your eyes beyond your ridiculous ideas about the world and moving into another one all-together. I must say it's simply marvelous and an honor to have seen.

I suggest you all go get it ASAP it's just a delightful, fascinating story.

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- Biss, healing, growth
I think that people who bough or want to watch this movie are prone to learn something about themselves, their sexuality, and their intimacy, unless, that is, they do not know anything about the film. But most of us who bought it knew something about the film already. And I believe it is a good bias, relevant nevertheless.
This film makes you think, it makes you want to go deeper within yourself, it is not purely entertainment, although the acting is good, compassionate and believable. For people who may be looking for a sex-based movie that will put the perfect touch of spice on a date this movie will not work. For those who want to know more about themselves and their relationships this movie presents a very refreshing and important approach.
I watched this movie in the theatre around 1998, in Barcelona, where I am from (it was titled "El Amor Es Extasis"). I don't remember exactly why it caught my ... Read More

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- A pleasant surprise!
I was expecting a typical hollywood botch of this subject, what I got was a very well developed, well acted film about a very difficult subject. Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, and Terence Stamp all deserve a loud standing ovation. Good story, well acted, excellent screen play, well filmed. It may be a little embarrassing for some who are not used to the subject matter and how it is presented here, but watch it anyway .... you will not be disappointed

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