A Perfect Ending (2012)

I started watching, as a guy, to be titillated; but found myself falling in love with the two main characters - especially Niven's character (Rebecca). So often, beautiful women have hard, or too 'sculptured' faces (and bodies). But these two, esp. Rebecca, had kind - and sweet faces, that were at the same time stunning, hypnotic. I suppose that's subjective. And Rebecca's body seemed so real, not Photoshop'd. At first I thought the plot was unbelievable ... but then read an article in the Telegraph (UK) that escort services that provide women for other women are a burgeoning business. The clients are much like Rebecca: older, well off, and in doubt about their sexuality.Nicole Conn does too much cutting - but I guess that is her signature -and the background music is a bit 'camp' as they used to say: but lends a certain unusual aura. Very different kind of movie. Also, prereqs for me to any film is that: 1) I want to know what's going to happen next 2) I find the characters sympathetic. Both were met.

I loved this movie. The acting was wonderful. It was beautifully shot by the film maker. The music fit, perfectly with the scenes. It was romantic, sensual, sexy without being vulgar or tacky. The movie tells us it doesn't matter who you fall in love with. Love, will find you when and where you least expect it. I was happy in the right places watching this movie and sad in all the right places. A Perfect Ending has really touched my heart. I will forever be a fan of the director, Nicole Conn and the actresses, Jessica Clark and Barbara Niven. If you haven't seen this movie. Please buy or rent it now. Its such a beautiful love story. I loved watching the characters grow and change. Again, a beautifully told love story with wonderful actors. This movie is a wonderful love story between two women from very different social status.

Rebecca is in a marriage where she has never had a climax, and she and her husband Mason have sex twice a year, whether they want to or not. Mason is a bit of a shifty dealer, and he signs over certain company segments to Rebecca to avoid litigation and perhaps criminal charges. He's very controlling with her and keeps her in the dark as much as possible.Theme 1: Rebecca's lesbian friends try to get her to enjoy herself more with another woman, perhaps through Valentina, who runs a service for that. This starts slowly with Paris, since Rebecca is skittish about it, but picks up speed later.Theme 2: Rebecca decides to use Mason's overconfidence to take control of most of his companies. The documents he urged her to sign earlier are a great help in this. Further into the film, we find out that Rebecca has terminal cancer. She will have a lot of decisions to make.Theme 3.: Rebecca's first lesbian lover, Paris, is going through emotional turmoil herself over the loss of a loved one. Some time ago, she had a minor laughing spat with her husband. She playfully pushed him away, into the path of a car that killed him.Theme 4: Rebecca's daughter from a first marriage feels left out, plus Mason abused her sexually a few years back. One Mason and Rebecca's two sons is to be married into even more money, but his prospective wife is a bit of an odd duck.Will Rebecca and Mason handle the full transfer of power before she is gone? Will Rebecca figure out her sexual identity? Will Paris get over the exact way that her husband died? Will the next generation get their acts together? -------Scores--------Cinematography: 7/10 There were too many closeups of mundane objects coupled with rack focus. The shots of Paris emoting were atmospheric, but more often boring than not. The regular footage was very well done.Sound: 8/10 Mostly OK, but dips too low sometimes.Acting: 5/10 Lots of variation: John Heard was quite convincing; Barbara Niven almost convincing; the actors who play the grown up children were rather bad, as were the actors who played the lesbian friends.Screenplay: 5/10 The story lines made sense eventually, but the whole thing was rather ponderous. Oh, well, soap opera traditions.

I didn't care much for the set-up. It seemed too contrived. It almost fell into the trap of being ridiculous and laughable. Why do we care about these almost unlike able characters? This movie's strength was Barbara Niven who was good at conveyed emotion very well which helped the viewer connect with character. Rebecca grows as a person from a tight, self-absorbed and materialistic housewife to a carefree, bubbly and caring woman in the end. The relationship that stuck out the most wasn't with Paris but with the dysfunctional family dynamics especially the protectiveness of. daughter, Jessica which was really moving and beautiful. B. It was almost....perfect.