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 | Friends and Lovers (1999) |
| Summary | Hormonally-charged group of friends spends Christmas at a ski house. |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Direction | George Haas |
| Downey Factor | Low to Medium |
| Character | Hans, a German ski instructor / spiritual guru who's trying to get some |
| Looks | Different. Not in a bad way, but he has never looked anything like this: goatee, spiked hair with bleach blond tips |
| Performance | Comical, but somethimes with the German accent, he's hard to understand. You'll wonder where it went when he sings. |
| Line | Smack my ass, even though I am done. |
| Accent | German |
| Sings | Carla, a song he wrote himself |
| Love & Sex | Sets his sights on Claudia Schiffer, and gets what he wants. |
| Dies, Gay or Villain | No, no, not necesarily |
| Other Actors | Stephen Baldwin, Claudia Schiffer, Leon, David Rasche |
| Connection | Claudia Schiffer in Black and White. Ann Magnuson in Hugo Pool. |
| Release | April 16, 1999 |
| Availability | Now available on video. Released on DVD in Region 1 |
| Foreign Titles | Brazil: Amigos e Amantes (Friends and Lovers) Croatia: Prijatelji i Ljubavnici (Girl and Mistress) Finland: Ystäviä ja rakastajia (Friends and Lovers) Spain: Amigos y amantes (Friends and Lovers) |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 0% Fresh | 10 Reviews |
| Critical View | Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Robert Downey Jr., grotesque as a Bavarian ski instructor, does his best to elevate the movie to the level of train wreck, but the film, unbelievable as this sounds, is beneath him. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The only possible explanation for the film being released is that there are stars in the cast ... They should speak sternly with their agents. |
| 2 Reasons to See It | 1. Sex farce + blonde streaks in hair = hot. 2. Reason number one is a real stretch. You can't possibly expect me to come up with another. |
| Overall | He's funny, but critical response has been, basically, that he is the only thing about this movie that is even tolerable. |
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