Admirable performances


Whether or not one likes this film, certain performers deserve extra pats on the back for their work in "Sex Sells."

While actor Mark DeCarlo ("Chuck Steak") does a great deal of television voiceover work (among other things, he voices Jimmy Neutron's father, Hugh), I'd like to see him in front of the camera more often. He's a terrific character actor!

Kudos to Priscilla Barnes! Chewing the scenery takes talent; doing so in the buff, portraying a veteran porn actress, takes not only talent but guts, and plenty of them!

Finally, Adrian Zmed, who has been so underutilized for so many years, makes his relatively small role memorable, stealing every scene in which he appears. He has a flair for comedy, and we're the beneficiaries when he has the opportunity to show what he can do.

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I agree completely with your assessment of these three actors. Although the film slowed in several sections, and the 'mockumentary' theme seemed to stray, the performances by DeCarlo, Zmed, and especially Barnes, made this an enjoyable piece of work.

On a side note about IMDb: There are ten reviews of this film, most of which are generally favorable and received positive feedback, but the review that is featured above the message board is a negative, one-star, uninformative piece of screed with almost no feedback. I think that this is an injustice to a good (not great) film.

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