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Nikki and Samantha

Spread brings a lot to the table in a pretty unknown movie with a well known cast of actors. Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, the beautiful Margarita Levieva and many other familiars. So what is the movie about, well the short of it is this, Nikki (played very well by Ashton Kutcher) is a man-whore! Yes, you heard that right.

Set in a modern-day L.A., we meet Nikki, a foul-mouthed, well-dressed, bad boy from the south who moves to L.A. with the highest of hopes of nailing models and becoming rich and famous. While sleeping his way into high society, Nikki latches on to the stunningly beautiful Sam (Anne Heche) and becomes her live-in boy toy. While continuing to work other women, Nikki lives off the life that Samantha has built on her own.

The story is a sexually charged, relationship-free soap opera between Sam and Nikki. The two don’t know what they want, who they want, or even how they got where they now are. The story follows these two into a downward spiral of sexual intimacy, to an almost pornographic level of sin. Nikki is shown to us as the pretty-boy man-whore and Samantha the ever-beautiful “cougar” that Nikki tries to nail down. Over the course of the story arc, however, Nikki is coming to the realization that this may not be the way to live. Using friends, having no home or car, relying on older women to support him – is this the life for Nikki?

Directed by David Mackenzie (of Hallam Foe and Young Adam), Spread is an iconic look at the sinful nature of sex, money, and access that Hollywood offers to only the “beautiful people”. This film, while acted well, narrows its appeal with over-the-top sex and foul language.

I am not saying don’t see this movie, I actually enjoyed it for what it was. Once and if you can get past all of the sex scenes and sexual tension of the film, the overall feel is pretty solid. The story is well told, the acting is on par and Anne Heche is a complete knockout in this film. She looks gorgeous.

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