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The Loss of Sexual Innocence

1999

Mike Figgis

Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly MacDonald ...

4.9

168

Drama The Loss of Sexual Innocence is a 1999 film written and directed by Mike Figgis. It tells the story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life, in a non-linear and disjointed manner. The film stars British actress Saffron Burrows, whom Figgis dated for several years.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Not all of it works, but you play along, because it's rare to find a film this ambitious. Figgis knows how to tell a story with dialogue and characters (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"The film will sharply divide the critical community, and while it’s likely to be supported by the arthouse circuit, it might prove too esoteric and self-indulgent even for educated viewers."	NEU
United States	Peter Rainer New York Magazine	"What I experienced was a lot of fetid experimental-film folderol perfumed by Chopin nocturnes on the soundtrack"	NEG
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[A] visually exquisite, intensely personal meditation on the story of Adam and Eve"	POS
United States	Russell Smith Austin Chronicle	"[It] is probably the least successful film of Figgis' career. To be called an interesting failure may be its highest possible aspiration. And yet, there's a strange kind of assurance about it (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU

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