Kiss the Sky (film)

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Kiss the Sky
Directed by Roger Young
Written by Eric Lerner
Produced byEric Lerner
Starring William Petersen
Gary Cole
Sheryl Lee
Terence Stamp
CinematographyDonald M. Morgan
Edited byBenjamin A. Weissman
Music by Patrick Williams
Production
company
Distributed by MGM Distribution Co.
Release date
  • October 9, 1999 (1999-10-09)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Kiss the Sky is a 1998 drama film directed by Roger Young. The plot follows two men in their forties and friends since college who take a business trip to the Philippines. There they examine their lives and consider trading their adult responsibilities for a return to the hedonism of their youth. The film was shot in the locations of Manila, Taal Lake, and Batangas. [1]

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Plot

Jeff and Marty are two friends and businessmen facing a midlife crisis. Jeff is married to Franny and has two daughters, while Marty is married to Beth. Both men feel something is missing in their marriages. The men decide to travel to the Philippines, where they embark on a drug and alcohol-fueled bender and meet a woman named Andy, with whom both men fall in love. They have a threesome and decide to leave their families to live together. Andy introduces them to Kozen, a Zen Buddhist monk, and they decide to build a refuge on an isolated beach. After a period together, Jeff misses his family and the relationship of the group deteriorates when Andy falls in love with Jeff.

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Reception

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club called the film "Little more than The Beach for the mortgage-and-carpool crowd," and said it "starts strong only to become an escapist fantasy for overaged Maxim readers." [2] Rabin noted the threesome scene between the three leads is "an excruciating [one] that suggests a Playboy video recast with veteran character actors. The movie never really recovers, as the quest for spiritual salvation mutates into an extremely ordinary battle of the sexes." [2]

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References

  1. "Kiss the Sky | Film Philippines". www.filmphilippines.com. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Rabin, Nathan (March 29, 2002). "Kiss The Sky". The A.V. Club . Retrieved September 20, 2022.