Between Your Legs (Entre las Piernas) (1999)

Between Your Legs seems to disappoint many viewers who find the title misleading or the content of the film to be other than what they expected. Speaking for myself, I see any film but esp. a foreign film as an opportunity to experience something new rather than to fulfill any preconceptions or expectations. Memento is an incomparable thriller whose structure, twists, and murders have compelled me to watch that film at least eight times. Between Your Legs is a murder thriller more like Blood Simple or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang but set in Spain; you have to watch it closely (and I for one will be watching it at least one more time) to catch the multiple twists and interwoven liaisons that involve at least ten men and women as love, sex, addiction, business, or marriage partners. The title promises sexiness and the film exudes it through numerous furtive, urgent trysts -- showing female breasts and thighs but nothing of the men -- but even though the premise is sex addiction, it is the story that is compelling -- the story of A who cheated on B who cheated on C who cheated on D (and at least two murder investigations). Of course, it helps if you know Spanish fluently but the audio as well as the subtitles are more than adequate. Incidentally, I had to rent this movie from a competing service since it has been a Save title here for a great long while. Enjoy! 4 stars.