Indecent Exposure (Gary Graver [as Robert McCallum], 1981)

Sort of a hardcore Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Indecent Exposure presents a typical porn conundrum. One path to legitimacy for adult cinema is to emulate mainstream movies. But if a porno attains the level of something solid yet hardly masterful as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, then what's the point? I gravitate towards porn that ventures into alternate worlds far away from the solid and the "well-made" because I can't get that at the multiplex (apart from the occasional Southland Tales). So while I grant that the performances of all four principals (Veronica Hart, Jesie St. James, Robert Kerman, and Eric Edwards) in this bed-hopping dramedy are top-notch and Graver's cinematography is typically lovely (especially in Vinegar Syndrome's restoration on Blu-ray) and the incredible Georgina Spelvin is on board in a smaller, but crucial, role, there's not much more to latch onto. I recommend Indecent Exposure. But check out Little Sisters or Graver's 3 A.M. for something truly distinctive. 

Grade: B+