Bliss (1997) | Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee | a beautiful and sensitive spiritual and sensual movie

Bliss (1997) | Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee | A pleasant surprise!

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Bliss (1997)

	Bliss (1997) Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee Sony Pictures, 1998 average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It may not be a great movie, but Bliss could be one of the greatest marriage-boosters ever filmed. This curious drama fits into the too-familiar form of the "therapy movie," but it's acted with intensity by a committed (and rather brave) trio. Craig Sheffer plays an uptight Seattle husband who discovers his neurotic wife (Sheryl Lee) visiting a radical doctor (Terence Stamp) who has sex--therapeutically--with his patients. After briefly flipping out, Sheffer finds himself buying into the doctor's remedies for a sexual and emotional make-over. The silky-smooth Stamp is perfectly cast: with his enthusiasm for chakras and fine cigars, the doctor is both spiritual guru and the kind of man who reads Playboy. The film veers into ridiculousness at times, yet there is something intriguing about its how-to frankness. Home viewers may find themselves embarrassed and maybe just a little bit liberated. --Robert Horton

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a beautiful and sensitive spiritual and sensual movie

This was an amazingly well written movie that was capable of being erotic and intelligent...one of my favorite movies of all times.

A pleasant surprise!

I was expecting a typical hollywood botch of this subject, what I got was a very well developed, well acted film about a very difficult subject. Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, and Terence Stamp all deserve a loud standing ovation. Good story, well acted, excellent screen play, well filmed. It may be a little embarrassing for some who are not used to the subject matter and how it is presented here, but watch it anyway .... you will not be disappointed

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Biss, healing, growth

I think that people who bough or want to watch this movie are prone to learn something about themselves, their sexuality, and their intimacy, unless, that is, they do not know anything about the film. But most of us who bought it knew something about the film already. And I believe it is a good bias, relevant nevertheless.
This film makes you think, it makes you want to go deeper within yourself, it is not purely entertainment, although the acting is good, compassionate and believable. For people who may be looking for a sex-based movie that will put the perfect touch of spice on a date this movie will not work. For those who want to know more about themselves and their relationships this movie presents a very refreshing and important approach.
I watched this movie in the theatre around 1998, in Barcelona, where I am from (it was titled "El Amor Es Extasis"). I don't remember exactly why it caught my attention, but I do remember that I was facing several challenging issues in intimacy. I guess I read the synopsis and fell drawn to it... I loved it, it really changed the way I thought about sex, as well as intimacy. Ten years later I find myself in a situation very similar to the one in the movie and I did everything I could to find it. I needed to watch it again. I saw it in Spanish and I didn't know any actors, so it was hard to find this movie in its original English title. But I found it!!
I watched it again and loved it even more, I guess it is more relevant than ever. But don't get me wrong, this is not a movie to help you heal your traumatized partner but to personally expand your horizons about your own sexuality and intimacy and grow as a person, and thus within and with your relationship.
I am not a movie critic but I find the movie quite low-budget, nothing fancy about the way it's been filmed and whatnot. You are not watching Blue Planet here. The movie is about the message it carries and the wisdom-filled script, and the acting, again, pays tribute to its message.
I personally started to look more introspectively, learning more about intimacy, about my own issues that are preventing me to be the sexual and intimate being I can fully be, and without even noticing I have changed the way I see women in general. I am even more attracted to them I was before but more meaningfully. Sex is over-marketed and is misleading everyone, both women and men, which is causing (together with ever-changing gender roles in society) intimacy relationship be handicapped. Men see a woman passing by and we can't help to be attracted, which is normal, we are designed for it, but the attraction is translated immediately to sexual desires... And the truth is that women, as well as men, are much more than sexual beings. This movie reminded me that it is through sex and intimacy that we can really get to touch one's core as well as ours, and I guess that at this moment in my life I am ready to not explore my core but expose it and share it with someone who is able to do the same, I am ready for a sexually rich and meaningful intimate relationship.
It is important to differentiate sex from intimacy. Sex can be good and uncompromising, satisfactory at the least. But intimacy is deeper, has to be opened, and it is where vulnerability finds healing and bliss, completeness, both with yourself and your partner. Until now my sexual relationships have focused too much on orgasm - once you and your partner come mission is accomplished... There's more about intimacy, and sex of course, and this movie is a good introduction to other philosophies that aim for more spiritual and meaningful relationships, personal growth, and intimacy.
I loved it and I am glad I own it. I am sure I will watch it again, as a good reference to have and reminder of what I want my intimate relationship to be.

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Greatest Film Ever!

First let me say this movie is amazing, second let me say I wish everyone alive could see it. Now onward... this movie is not about sexual honesty as any fool would realize what truth is, this movie is really about opening your eyes beyond your ridiculous ideas about the world and moving into another one all-together. I must say it's simply marvelous and an honor to have seen.

I suggest you all go get it ASAP it's just a delightful, fascinating story.

What it means to love a survivor

This movie was an epiphany for me. Brilliant in its depth, sensitive in its approach to the lifelong aftermath of childhood sexual abuse, it literally hit me where I live. I cannot recommend this film highly enough to both survivors and to their spouses. It is 103 minutes of insight into what it is to be a survivor. . .and to love a survivor. . .right down to the body memory, broken behaviors, and even the family's denial of the abuse and attempt to turn the spouse against the victim. The scenes are lush, Terence Stamp is ethereal, the emotions brutally honest.
It is also a cinematic testament to the nature of love "for better or worse, in sickness and in health," and learning to grow beyond oneself in order to begin the healing process for both the survivor and their spouse.

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