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Saturday, January 10, 2004

"The Seventh Sense"
[Music || Monica, "The First Night"]
During the summer, I happened to see a movie called "The Seventh Sense" in the "Drama" section of Blockbuster when I was renting movies with friends. My friends did not want to check it out.

I promised myself I would rent this intriguing video based on the cover. It looked like a movie about a blind cellist experiencing love for the first time.

Lo and behold, my COOL friend and I spontaneously borrowed it last week! I must say, this is a BAD movie.

The more I watch it, the more I liked it though. It looks to be direct-to-video and produced by Playboy Entertainment. Blockbuster only carried the "Rated R" version; I was disappointed they did that because "Rated" stuff always cut out the artistic value (Blockbuster carries the Rated version of "Requiem For A Dream" only)

I HIGHLY recommend "The Seventh Sense" starring Lucy Jenner (2002's Van Damme flick "Derailed"). I showed it to a couple other friends and they called this a "soft core porno." I'm sorry, but the nudity is important to this movie. I was more interested in the story than the nudity, which inserted every 5 minutes.

Frances (Lucy Jenner) feels the music so deeply that she goes into a world of her own; a world of make-believe passion each time she picks up her cello. There is a main conflict in the movie; there is finally a procedure to cure her blindness but Frances is afraid. If she regains her sight, will she still be able to create beautiful music?

Moreso, she is devoting herself only to music now and not love. Will she fall in love when she becomes a protege for famous pianist Ivan Leszko (a miscast Endre Hules)? The man has lost his wife years ago and is now afraid of touching the piano once more. Will Frances change him in time for the recital, Ivan's big comeback, in front of the top music executives and critics?

Although there is a lack of chemistry between Jenner and Hules, they make the best of it with the sensual script. Ivan teaches Frances new techniques of inspiration to play the most romantic, passionate music that oozes with sensuality.

Watch Frances open up her eyes, even though she is blind, when Ivan invites her to a surprise mask party where she is the life of the party among Ivan's "friends."

"The Seventh Sense" is a Drama/Suspense movie about taking a chance on love, even if you think it is blind. Highly recommended.

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