Red Meat - Movie Review

01 November 2005

Rating: 2 out of 5

They "go to the gym, eat red meat, and talk about girls."

And so this straight-to-DVD-after-five-years-on-the-shelf flick would be dismissed as a pale imitation of In the Company of Men, if only it weren't written and directed by a woman, Allison Burnett. And not only is she a woman, she's the very woman who wrote both Bloodsport III: Forced to Fight and Autumn in New York!*

Burnett's pedigree combined with actresses Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) and Lara Flynn Boyle (in a small role) might make this stand out on the video shelf, but don't be fooled. I had trouble keeping my eyes focused on this train wreck, despite all the sex and perversion going on. I laughed once (at a gag involving a restaurant napkin and a guy's sweaty armpits). I checked my watch about a dozen times.

Tiresome, repetitive, and wholly, wholly unlike anything akin to reality.

* Reader Douglas Johnson writes to tell us that "Allison Burnett" is actually a man. Oh well.

Image caption Red Meat

Facts and Figures

Year: 1997

Run time: 95 mins

In Theaters: Wednesday 1st January 1997

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 2 / 5

IMDB: 5.6 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Allison Burnett

Producer: Oliver Eberle, Marco Weber

Screenwriter: Allison Burnett

Also starring: Lara Flynn Boyle, James Frain, Dee Freeman, Jennifer Grey, Anna Karin, Heidi Lenhart, Traci Lind, Stephen Mailer, Billie Neal, Julia Pearlstein, Andrea Roth, John Slattery, Oliver Eberle, Marco Weber, Allison Burnett