Frivolous Lola (1998)

Girl's just want to have fun

Lola is actually a good girl. Sure, she is a free spirit and loves to flirt with the local men, but her heart belongs to her betrothed Masetto, the son of the village baker. The problem is that Masetto is a bit old-fashioned, and wants to wait until their wedding before sampling Lola's charms, something that Lola doesn't see the need for at all. If they are going to do it eventually anyways, now is as good as tomorrow.

She goes on a campaign to seduce Masetto before their wedding, using whatever tactics she can to enrage his jealousy and arouse his libido. From there, it is a contest to see who will win first, Lola's desire or Masetto's convictions. Really, the outcome is never in doubt.

Like most Tinto Brass flicks, "Frivolous Lola" is little more than a celebration of the female form, of innocent sexuality, and of those who embrace the joys of life without shame or hesitation. The story is never really the point, and he scripts just enough plot to give the actors something to say and characters personality to go along with their beauty. This film is much more about the tease than his other films like Cheeky!, although the gals definitely put their all on display.

At the end of the day, it is a fun and sexy bit of soft core, nothing terribly serious but just pure lovely eye candy. I really like Brass's take on the genre, where all of the scenes happen in broad daylight and there is no perverse psychology. An excellent counterpoint to darker films like Flower & Snake or Wife to Be Sacrificed; two sides of the same coin, but both worth enjoying. October 2, 2008

Needs a bit more of a story...

I really don't know what I was expecting from this movie, but this really isn't what I'm into for movies. I know it tries to be a dramatic and artsy movie, but it felt like they used this guise to film a softcore porn. I mean, I don't mind naked women, but this movie just felt overly forced. Not to mention the character development and interaction was quite boring.

Basically Lola is engaged to some young bread maker named Matasso. She spends a good portion of the film trying to get him to sleep with her. Her "father" Andre also appears to be some kind of risqué photographer that also takes liberties with the women he photographs. The film has a lot to do with voyeurism in concept and I suspect that is kind of the target audience. If you're into that, then you'll definitely love this because the way certain scenes are filmed it's as if you're "snooping" in on Lola, rather than watching the movie. Either way you look at it, this is a highly sexually charged movie. If that's what you're looking for, go for it. I have nothing against people making this stuff or watching it, it just wasn't my thing. If the background story was at least interesting to me, I would have liked this much more, but I got fairly bored with the tale. I think my problem lies in the fact that I didn't think the story was the focus of the film; rather Lola being topless was much more important. I mean, I can see that kind of stuff for free and not on TV, so when I sit down to watch a video I want something more to draw me in. This failed to do that.

Either way you look at it, I'm not going to enjoy this kind of a movie. I just thought I would let anyone else know about what this is like, because the way it's advertised does seem kind of interesting. This just didn't live up to the way the film was advertised at all on here and I think that's where it lost me. This is definitely the kind of movie you're either going to love (especially if you're a voyeur) or dislike. July 13, 2008

great entertainment

i was going to say great adult entertainment but thought that adult would give too much the 'adult' inference. this is a fun, ribald, humourous, risque and adult flick. not porno, just adult in its moods, humor and visuals. a type of flick not made anymore, just adult fun. July 10, 2007

Get stuff low tec adult fav

Great,loved,and fun too.This film nice to watch when there's nothing you got in your DVD Adult collection.I'm a big fan of Tinto Brass it's to bad some of Hollywood movie machine studio don't pruduce the guy film,but thank god they don't his film are really racey.I'm being kind by saying that.I lot of other filmmakers try to follow this guyd film and some filmmaker sucseed and some failed badly.
Cheeky is a good film for adult lots of nudity and sex.
For thoughs who like soft core film this is it
I say buy it. May 24, 2007

You Rascal You

This is a waste of film. Tinto Brass probably wanted to make a tease-flick, but this is just a shame. The young lady who can't keep her skirt down flaunts her desire for sex before marriage in such a way as to embarass the viewer - especially shameful is the bar scene where she keeps displaying her crotch to a table of soldiers in order to get her boyfriend jealous. Too bad this went too far. The Italian title, "Rascal," is a better fit for this one. February 14, 2007

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