Melissa P [DVD] [2006]

The beginning of the movie is missing!!!! The part where she wakes up in her room,goes to the pool party, meets Daniele... I mean how iu that possible? I sent an email to Amazon... Aside from that I like the movie,but it s different from the book... Melissa P is from Catania,Sicily, which is where I am originally from!!! Still I would really like Amazon to fix the problem!!!

I was so disappointed with this film. Having read the book just before (which I understand now to be a mistake), I noticed everything that was left out and how the point was completely missed.Having a read a book- that was a clear (though somewhat fantastical) exploration of young sexuality, some of which was erotic, brazen and from the perspective of a girl that was fascinating and entirely sexual; while she took differing levels of control in sexual situations involving men - of different ages and backgrounds. Here I sit through nearly 2 hours of a dull girl who seemed incredibly innocent (inspite of her supposed diary entries) being abused and controlled by men. One example being the very strange apartment scene where the gentlemen attacks her with a whip. (this did not happen in the book-#? and what on earth was the director/producer thinking?) I do not like to sit through films in which innocent girls are abused over and over against their will.. it was awful. What on earth happened to the bright enigmatic sexual girl that wrote the book-? Where was the sex she enjoyed? Where was the strong girl that wore stockings and stilleto boots and told Daniele to 'f** off'. And why did she let them make such a hash of her book. How sad that the director took a ground-breaking brave novel and turned it into another film of a submissive abused by men. For shame.

Judging by the cover you'd expect some kind of teen-(soft)porn. Well, it isn't. No full frontal nudity, just a few short topless scenes. Yes, there are some erotic scenes but these are more a matter of suggestion than anything else. So if it isn't porn, then why the "18" rating? Please do tell me...As far as I can see this is just a well acted and quite believable story about a sensitive and yes, sensuous, girl who tries to find some kind of solace in sexual contacts that could be potentially harmful but in her case only serve to heal, thanks to her inner strenght and basic mental health.And BTW: Geraldine Chaplin makes a quite lovable granny...

If I was, or had ever been, a teenage girl I might have found more in this film to admire but, as it is, I found both the erotic adventures of this adolescent and her relationship with her mother and grandmother susprisingly dull. I don't deny that the acting was good, especially when Geraldine Chaplin was on screen, and the film was prettily shot, but I saw in it no general truths about the human condition or anything else of redeeming social value. Apparently, Melissa Panarello herself (the eponymous diarist) claimed that the film was not true to her book; but, not having read the book, I don't know whether the was because the film was more graphic or less graphic, more intimate or less intimate. At the end of the day, sorry, Melissa, I don't think I care about the film, but I hope your life now is happier than it was then.

good service ,good product.

Based on the book "One hundred strokes of the brush before bed" (which I haven't read), this film describes the descent of a young girl into a series of increasingly unwise sexual encounters. It is far less explicit than the UK's 18 certificate might suggest (unless nipples on display are nowadays sufficient reason to slap the red badge on), and it is far better than any of the comments I have read would give it credit for.As parents we do need to be aware that for vulnerable girls, who may be low on self-esteem, there are very real dangers arising from their sexuality and from its ruthless exploitation by men of all ages. The recent phenomenon of the "loverboys" in the Netherlands, who coax schoolgirls into prostitution, shows that this is not as rare as we might have hoped.The film handles this difficult subject tactfully. For instance, the nudity is only on display when Melissa is ensconced in the comfort of her home, either alone in her room, or in the bathroom with her beloved grandmother (whose nipples are also revealed in an old photograph - maybe that pushed the censors over the edge?). On the other hand, the more dangerous her encounters with men become, the less we get to see of them, and the more is left to the viewer's imagination.The film only makes limited use of language - as I understood most of the Italian without ever having learned that language, it can't have involved any sophisticated phrases. I`m guessing this may be on purpose, as the body and visual languages are more important to the protagonists and the movie, and lead actress Maria Velverde can express herself very eloquently without saying a word.On the visual side, I loved the locations chosen with a great sense of place and visual effect, such as the descent into the improbably cavernous historic basement which ends up being a descent in more than one way.Here's another film condemned to the trash bin by people who can't see past a bare chest, and that's a shame.

I like films I like difficult and unusual films this is just bad i really worked hard trying to like it, or even put up with it. In the words of my gran *Utter widdle"

i watched it but cannot remember the story line if there was one