The Loss of Sexual Innocence

The only thing that makes this painstakingly slow and utterly incomprehensible movie possible to finish in one go is the soundtrack. Otherwise, it's pretty much a typical European-style pretentious mess. Absolutely nothing connects to anything, at least not in a... Full review

This film was so painful to watch that I turned it off about halfway through. It was excruciatingly bad. The lack of dialog was annoying, the same piano sonata playing constantly in the background was even more annoying, and the... Full review

Mike Figgis is an innovative director. This film was made before his other, more daring movie, "Timecode" in which he worked with a split screen in which the action could be seen happening at all times in all four sections.... Full review

A PRETENTIOUS PIECE OF ARTSY FARTSY CRAP. THERE ARE SOME GOOD IMAGES, BUT THE STORY IS JUST PLAIN STUPID. THE EDITING, AND ESPECIALLY THE DIRECTION TOTALLY SUCK. GARBAGE WITH THE DIRECTOR PRETENDING IT'S ART. YUK.... Full review

Well, I have to say that the comments on this movie are everywhere from "I'd give this a 0/10 if I could" to "10/10 masterpiece". Yes, this movie is all over the place. Confessed, I expected it to be that... Full review

when watching this movie i liked hwo diffrent it was, unlike a lot of other movies, the acting was actualy quite good, with little speaking at all, the story makes no sense at all, but it was a diffrernt movie, and... Full review

Just awful. Just plain awful. I fought the urge to throw it out the window..Only reason I didnt was because it was a rental. 2 hours of my life that I wish I had back.... Full review

A symphony of sexual experiences from first sight of two people kissing to Adam and Eve's realization that they were sexual beings. The music enhances the emotions that bring you through new experiences and past experiences we all have lived. Color,... Full review

The LoSI may have been my favourite movie from 1999. To help set the scene for that comment, my favourite movie from 1998 may have been The Thin Red Line. It seems that movies that I love generally split the... Full review

Not having seen "Leaving Las Vegas" (or any of his other films), I had no idea who Mike Figgis was. After seeing this movie, I don't think I ever want to hear of him again.I suspect Figgis is a Fellini... Full review

Mike Figgis deserves full marks for trying to make The Loss of Sexual Innocence something more than the "lowest common denominator" product pumped out by Hollywood. Dialogue (and its counterpart, character development) have largely been abandoned in Figgis search for his "art". ... Full Review

Figgis employs or the effectively melancholy piano score with selections by Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven and Chopin.....You could discuss the perfectly composed Michelangelo Antonioni-meets-Benneton images....The Loss of Sexual Innocence is not bad, as in the sense of inept;.... ... Full Review

Yet the Eden scenes are so beautifully photographed....Nic's story, as it unfolds, reveals unhappiness..... ... Full Review

But Mike Figgis' wildly reckless movie isn't dismissible..... ... Full Review

It would appear that we have an art film. Usually, when a great director comes off of a great commercial and artistic triumph, convinced of their genius, he or she will use their newfound clout to launch some difficult, esoteric work that would never get launched, otherwise. ... Full Review

Phillip Williams | Published April 4, 2003 Sound is one aspect of the film craft which, because of the medium's overwhelming visual bias, is often undernourished-even by experienced moviemakers. ... Full Article

Eyes, voice, not much more.This is easily Cages best work since Leaving Las Vegas.By denying him the trademark bluff and bluster, Stone has coaxed out a tarnished, tormented performance that could well snag that second Best Actor Oscar. ... Full Article

Here's where the misconception came from; Hollywood in its Oscar lust realized some time ago that no matter how bad their films were -if they were released on just the right weekend in December they might have the right blend... ... Full Article

WITH THE philosophical ambition of a man who's decided that the first few chapters of Genesis needed an autobiographical make-over, Mike Figgis presents "The Loss of Sexual Innocence," an allegory configured as a "personal journey" toward some kind of enlightenment ... Full Article

By KEVIN THOMAS TIMES STAFF WRITER May 27, 1999 Friday May 28, 1999 Nobody could ever accuse Mike Figgis, Oscar nominated for "Leaving Las Vegas," of not taking chances, but he has never gone for broke so completely as with... ... Full Article