Better Than Sex (2000)

BETTER THAN SEX  (2000)  ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Jonathan Teplitzky
    David Wenham, Susie Porter,
    Catherine McClements, Kris McQuade
A whimsical romantic comedy about two people who meet at a party and agree to a simple one-night stand that turns out to be more than they bargained for. There's an easy, natural chemistry between the leads that's especially impressive when you consider how much of the picture they spend without much of anything on. Wenham's got the ruggedly handsome features of a catalog model - well, okay, a model who hasn't shaved for a couple of days - and Porter has an adventurous, lived-in look, an early Jean Seberg haircut and a million freckles, all of them on display. I wouldn't take bets on these two characters being together six months on. They never get past the lust phase here. But for the three days the movie covers in its 80-odd minutes, they sure have a good time.