Although this movie tanked in its Labor Day Weekend opening, Whipped is a funny movie that is at times a bit too graphic (in a comedic sort of way) when the characters talk about sex. This movie is done in a mock interview style. Not quite that bad because the camera work and quality is better. But throughout the movie the male characters are answering interview questions, interspersed with the scenes of what's really going on. It's not so much of a He Said She Said sort of routine where the characters have wildly different views of what's really going on, but more of a they say something and now we show the scene which fills in things left unsaid.

Whipped is a movie about four friends. Brad (Brian Van Holt) is some sort of Wallstreet stockbroker and Zeke (Zorie Barber) is an East Village writer. Both use their good looks and charm to scam a lot of women (scamming meaning the whole process of charming a woman so you can have sex with her). Jonathan (Jonathan Abrahams) is more of a wanna-be scammer. He's much too shy to really go for it. Eric (Judah Domke) is the married one who still hangs out with the guys because married life is some sort of living hell for him.

We start out at a local cafe/diner in New York city. Every Sunday the four guys get together to eat lunch and talk about their latest conquests (apparently they don't talk about more mundane things in their lives). Whipped takes place over eight weeks, each week being a chapter in the movie. So it's not until week three (I think) that they each of them meets the woman of his dreams. It only takes another week for the three scammers to discover that the wonderful women they've each met is really the same woman.

Mia (Amanda Peet) is a different person to each of them. She's interested in the stock market, likes to read esoteric books, and likes to masturbate. The situation is intolerable for the three friends, who get into a verbal argument that almost comes to real blows. But Mia likes all three and can't imagine not being with any of them, as she explains to Eric when he drops by to convince Mia to stop jerking his friends.

So most of the rest of the movie is this uncomfortable situation where the guys try to outdo each other for Mia's affections. Tempers flare and friendships are strained, with Eric trying to keep the group together. Eventually the movie comes to a relatively obvious conclusion. But as they say, it's all in the technique.

This is a sexually funny movie. A lot of sex jokes and crude aphorisms. Hilarious moments that just about any man and probably many women can sympathize and understand. This is a low budget movie filmed last year, not released until now and only because of Amanda Peet, even though she's not a main character. Fame can do that to a movie.

In any case, this is not a date movie, unless you are very comfortable with your significant other. It's a relatively cynical view of the sexual habits of men (and to a lesser extent women). As I said, funny, but in a raunchy sort of way. The acting all around is pretty good. There are only five characters in the film who talk more than a line or two, and only a handful who aren't just extras.

All in all it's a nice, short movie that's entertaining to watch. I probably won't remember much of it after another week, so it's not what I would call a movie that you'll remember.