Held up for UK release for over four years, this heavily-touted tale of Charlotte Rampling humping a chimpanzee turns out to be no more than a feature-length tease. And not a very good one at that. Oshima fumbles around with the basic plot involving British diplomat Higgins' bizarre reaction to the news that his wife (Rampling) is getting it on with a primate being a true patriot he prefers that idea to her going horizontal with Johnny Frenchman and the whole thing lumbers along like a dead-weight farce as poor Higgins tries desperately to find out what exactly goes on in bed between Rampling and the man-in-a-monkey-suit. It all tries for a satirical tone somewhere between Bunuel and Noel Coward and it all falls tragically flat on its face.
Max Mon Amour Review
The wife (Rampling) of a British diplomat (Higgins) upsets him by betraying him for another man. Well, primate...
Release Date:
01 Jan 1986
Running Time:
93 minutes
Certificate:
18
Original Title:
Max Mon Amour
Impossible to take seriously or as satire, this film is an embarrassment to humanity and our cousins in the jungle.
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