DVD Giveaway: Opie Gets Laid

I’m giving away a factory-sealed DVD copy of Opie Gets Laid. If you live within the continental USA, send an email (only one please) before February 20. I’ll pick a random winner from my mailbox on the 21st.

Written, directed by and starring James Ricardo, Opie Gets Laid is a geek sex fantasy about an introverted junk-food junkie, porn addict and all-around loser (Ricardo, resembling a young Jeff Daniels) blossoming into an unlikely stud muffin. Lacking the measured cynicism of Kevin Smith or Quentin Tarantino, his film resonates with the impromptu and somewhat innocent banter of a campus rathskeller.

    He surrounds himself with several gifted actresses who add dimension to lines and setups shaded by the screenplay’s male perspective. The stream of questions they pose to Opie prompt a supply of hip comebacks and bons mots worth memorizing for your next cocktail party — they’ll go over well, provided your guests have had a few too many.

    Playing a weed-toking bi-sexual neighbor, April Wade elevates Opie’s doldrums as a lively and endearing bed buddy. In an all-too-brief flashback, Gina DeVettori is an exotic dish who should’ve had more screen time. And once Ute Werner enters the fray, there’s every reason to believe Opie Gets Laid will soar. Her erotic black leather fascist enjoys an amusing repartee with Ricardo as her bitch.

    Fond of staring vacantly into space or pontificating on life’s pointlessness, Opie uses plastic dildos to dispense condiments and hand lotion. But the slight gay innuendo is extra weight this feathery picture can’t support. A limited budget and shooting schedule undoubtedly stunted its growth, but there are flavorful and amusing moments… enough to make us wish it were longer, where Ricardo could flesh out his concepts.

Visit the official Opie Gets Laid website.