Cirque du Soleil - Lovesick

Cirque du Soleil - Lovesick
by Lewis Cohen

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Actor: Agn?s Roux, Andrew Watson, Joseph Arias, Laetitia Ray, Petra Massey
Director: Lewis Cohen
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Producer: Michael Kronish
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Cirque du Soleil - Lovesick

DVD Review: LOVE SICK
Summary: 3 Stars

WOW!!!! Cirque du Soleil went adult only!! It took me on a journey I would have never gone alone! I sensed from the preview it was risqu?, but...... Oh my, oh my! Now I must hide "Love Sick" in the family room. I can appreciate the courage of the directors, artist in bolding stepping out of the traditional box. Of course, Cirque du Soleil is not traditional in any sense. Your gifts of imagination and interpretation have always been amazing, beautiful, thrilling, motivational, funny and dramatic to name a few! I love you Cirque du Soleil and will always remain your fan!

DVD Review: You have to go too far... to know what too far is.
Summary: 5 Stars

It's true that Love is Sick. I bought this DVD knowing it was a documentary INSPIRED by Zumanity and not about the other Cirque DVD's. I thought it was brilliant in it's back stage real life drama from creation to it's performers. I liked knowing little things like the fact that Joey the Emcee was asked not to use the F-word so much yet it's used all the time by so many of the comedians at most adult shows in Vegas and in the real NYC. I also liked the fact that not everyone knew what to expect from the creators from the beginning. I'm glad it went behind the scenes of one of the most controversial Vegas shows to remind us it's hard f-in work.

The show now has changed from what you see in the film. Joey and a few others are no longer under contract now so it's premise has taken a much milder tone, but is still for adults. I mean there are no men kissing each other (too bad) so the gay theme is mild to the extent they do have a new drag Emcee and she is not as vibrant as Joey. There is t&a but it's without controversy.

So anyway, buy the F-in DVD! Meanwhile, the show F-in needs to take a few steps forward and push itself closer to the edge... again.

DVD Review: Interesting life of Cirque
Summary: 4 Stars

I thoroughly enjoyed this backstage tour, so to speak, however it left me wanting to see more of the show. I guess they want you to buy tickets! There were too many repeat shots, however, the edting made for an intersting programme. If you saw Fire Within, the making of Varekai you;ll enjoy this.Cirque du Soleil - Fire Within / Varekai

DVD Review: Dull, disjointed and disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars

One can't judge this documentary against the merits or lack thereof of the Vegas Cirque de Soleil show, but it is fair to require that this expensive documentary do more than simply present a MTV montage of images to reflect the "real story behind the story" of the making of the show. The shots inside the cars are dull and look like HBO's Confessions to a Taxicab Driver. The actual footage of rehearsals and presentation of the show are done with thousands of one second montaged shots that makes viewing this as anything but erotic or tense or dramatic. This type of topic deserved a much better movie. There really is no drama to its telling of the story, and there is nothing compelling or interesting in the way the movie follows the lives of the ones involved - especially disappointing since although the transvestite is the one most followed and examined, there appears to be far better stories involving the Catholic ballerina and the woman whose fiance is in Canada. Dull, and confusing.

DVD Review: Shred-Worthy
Summary: 1 Stars

I must say that this DVD seriously disappointed me. I absolutely hated it. I heard that Zumanity was a more "adult" show. I figured that maybe the costumes would have a little less fabric, and that the show would be more sexual than other shows. But I figured that it was the Cirque, even if the above were true, at least it would be done tastefully. I NEVER expected to see what I saw. I was so extremely disappointed. Not just with the DVD, but also with Cirque.

This DVD is the behind the scenes beginning of the show. But I still saw more T&A than I expected to see. (And the actors were told that they were playing it too sae and needed to show more.) And it was not done tastefully. I truely think that a strip joint would have more class than this show does. I'm not one that is easily offended, but I couldn't even finish watching the dvd. It was absolutely terrible. I'm tempted to send it through the cd shredder.

I'm just glad I bought the video before wasting money on a trip to see the show.

Description of Cirque du Soleil - Lovesick

Dare to enter the sensual world of LOVESICK, an adult-themed, reality-based drama that explores the eccentric lives lead by Sin City's most provocative performers.

Filmed over two years and set in Las Vegas during the creation of the cabaret-style production

ZUMANITY, ANOTHER SIDE OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL', LOVESICK discloses the disturbing reality of the talented and entrancing artists who put their flesh and audacity centre stage to create this edgy new show.

Meet Alex, the flirtatious Cuban stripper; Joey, the sassy but endearing New York City drag queen; Laetitia, the elegant and ambitious British dancer; Jonel, the audacious debutant; Andrew, the Director of Creation; and Spymonkey, the spontaneous clown quartet'all of whom will challenge their own limits and be forced to redefine their identities.

Sexy, poetic and intensely erotic, LOVESICK slips inside a startling universe where men dress up as women, brides perform in staged orgies, and love affairs are exposed under the show's glaring spotlights.

From the creators of the reality series Fire Within comes another look at the creation of a Cirque du Soleil production--in this case, the controversial and erotic Zumanity, which performs exclusively in Las Vegas. Lovesick follows four performers--drag MC Joey Arias (also seen in Mondo New York); an alarmingly muscular Cuban named Alex, who discovers his girlfriend is pregnant as he's in the midst of the show's development; British Laetitia, who keeps imagining her father's unhappy response to the show; and Canadian Jonel, who's soon to be married--if her fiance can make it across the border. As the documentary chronicles the bumpy and often abrasive process of Zumanity's creation, it delves into the strain the show puts on the performers' relationships, both because of the show's sexual content and the enormous commitment it requires. Viewers seeking titillation will probably be disappointed, as Lovesick only provides glimpses of Zumanity itself. But anyone interested in the interplay between on-stage and off in the lives of performers will find this documentary fascinating and wish it had only gone further into the dancers' psyches. --Bret Fetzer

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