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Red Shoe Diaries (1992)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 4/24

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4/24: At least, Red Shoe Diaries is better than Delta of Venus.

The first half works, and there's a lot of erotica that's done in an artistic way. Then, the second half falls apart when it's apparent that Alex is nothing but a spoiled child in spite of everything going right in her life. Yet she kills herself. Why?

When Billy Wirth was playing basketball with David Duchovny, I suddenly remembered the former from The American Gladiators. I hadn't see him in anything else besides The Lost Boys and thought he did fine playing Tom, but his character is too aggressive and thus becomes unlikeable in the long run.

As for Jake Winters, he shouldn't feel bad, and I can see why he's confused by the whole thing which wasn't his fault. The girl cheated on him for poor reasons. He was too good to come along in her life, yet it's not enough for her. Ridiculous. By the way, this movie came first for David Duchovny before he broke big in The X-Files. He did both TV shows simultaneously the next few years.

All in all, Red Shoe Diaries is okay, but the subsequent TV show is better because it's shorter and changes it up in every episode.