During the first scene of this film, you as the viewer are sure that you’ve just started watching a tearjerker. In fact, you are probably still preparing yourself by reaching for the tissue-box when you hear Jeff Bridges’ character yell, “We’re going to make a porno!” at which point it becomes clear that you probably won’t be having a sob-fest after all.
The Moguls, or The Amateurs, is a comedy telling of a man, named Andy, who is a little on the broke side—not only in terms of money but in every aspect of his life. He has no real job, is recently divorced, and is having troubles connecting with his son as well as he used to. The lives of all his friends seem to be going just as hopelessly, and so Andy starts thinking about something they could do that would turn their life around—and comes up with the idea to make an amateur porno film. The struggles to do so successfully then commence.
Reading this, or any other description of the film, it is ever so easy to say, and why would I want to see that? It does indeed sound like just another one of those stupid movies that no one really wants to watch. However, in all likeliness, viewers will be pleasantly surprised. For a movie about porn, it is very tastefully done. On top of that there is some very good acting, especially by Jeff Bridges and William Fichtner. There are several genuinely true and sentimental moments, and an ending most won’t see coming. All in all, The Moguls is a film worth watching.
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