6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Two students at a Catholic girls schools are best friends. One is a shy, withdrawn girl, and the other is a wild, party-'til-you-drop hellraiser. The partier decides to give her "good girl" friend an education in the ways of the world.
Starring: Ginger Lynn, Lisa De Leeuw, Harry Reems, Angel (I), Rufus JeffersonErotic | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
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Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
There’s a heart-stopping moment in the opening titles for 1985’s “Too Naughty to Say No.” While a screenplay credit is collected by director Victor Nye, story inspiration is provided by the Marquis De Sade, the famous French writer who generated a reputation for violently charged works of eroticism, often detailing the pleasures of pain. The credit suggests something at least partially unhinged to come, but the good news is that “Too Naughty to Say No” isn’t completely obsessed with suffering, more interested in creepy encounters and taboo imagery, with Nye using De Sade as a foundation for his own sexual obsessions, clearing away most opportunity for storytelling to focus on bizarre couplings and kinks, loading the film up with all kinds of seductive encounters and vague threats.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation showcases some judder during the main titles, and speckling is common throughout the viewing experience, but the source doesn't display any pronounced issues beyond slight age-related damage. Colors are tastefully refreshed, with symbolic reds cranked up on lipstick and solid, more virginal hues retain their intent, including sharp whites for Betty's dream outfit. Skintones are natural and consistent, maintaining bodily display. Detail is on the soft side at times, but delivers a look at textured kink wear and decorated sets. Facial particulars are communicative. Delineation is secure, with evening events supported. Grain is fine and filmic.
The 1.0 DTS-HD MA mix isn't big of dialogue exchanges, but mild damage disrupts a few passages. Sexual response is the focal point of the track, and moaning participants are understood in full. Scoring efforts are acceptable, with adequate instrumentation, helping to understand the dramatic arc of innocence finding its way into dangerous situations.
There is no supplementary material on this disc.
"Too Naughty to Say No" is wall-to-wall sex, which has its appeal, finding the production aiming to please as much as possible, keeping Betty running around in the dream world, which presents Nye with plenty of opportunities to position his long roster of adult film actors. Dramatically, there's not much about "Too Naughty to Say No" that's remarkable. It's more successful as a sensorial dip into the waters of perversion, offering game cast to explore a range of stimulation that remains in line with De Sade's interests in the ways of desire, but thankfully stays away from nightmarish extremes, remaining calm and focused on delivering as much bedroom action as possible.
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