Spin The Bottle.
By Kevin Williams

May 4, 2001

What would happen if The Big Chill and Dangerous Liaisons had a torrid 3-way with a low budget independent film? They would spawn Spin The Bottle. Five late 20-something friends reunite at the lakeside summerhouse where they played together as children. The friends get together again through a contrived plot device that's not worth typing about.

Friend #1 Ted (Mitchell Riggs) is as unsure about where he's going in life (law school,) as he is about who he's going through life with (his new fiancée.) Friend #2 Bev (Kim Winter) is the straight-laced girl next door that Ted is betrothed to. Friend #3 Alex (Jessica Faller) is bitchy, sexy and up to no good from the word go! Friend #4 Rachel (Heather Goldenhersh) is quirky, vulnerable, funny, warm and charmingly self-abasing. If you're gay, you were friends with this girl in high school. If you still don't get what I'm saying here, rent any Joan Cusack movie and you'll find a lightbulb over your head before you finish your popcorn. Friend #5 Jonah (Holter Graham) was the childhood runt, now all grownup hunk and host of the reunion.

I must admit that this film is a bit slow in the beginning, but if your like me you'll get some stuff done as you wait for it to get going. By the time I was done paying bills, balancing my checkbook, and finding out once & for all, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, the move required my full attention. You take five childhood friends, a lot of drinking, one of the empties, and what might they do to pass the time when the night air is as full of stars as it is sexual tension? If you haven't guessed yet, scroll up to read the title of this movie again.

Long story short, bottles get spun, people get kissed, and some get a lot more than that! I won't say more then that about the plot, because there actually is one here to give a way. What two things stand out in this flick, other than the all so satisfying ending, I'm not telling you about? Well the #1 standout, is the nail on the head, ringing way too true performance of Heather Goldenhersh. Heather if you happen to see this review you have to know I am so feeling you girl, drop me a line, we'll hang out, grab some Thai food, and hit a club to scope some guys. The #2 standout thing about Spin The Bottle, is the smoldering performance of Holter Graham. He delivers all the goods to make this film's climax do just that! Speaking of that… um Heather you wouldn't happen to have Holter's number would you?

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