Seven Year Itch Review

Reviewed by Tongue in Groove  on  4/22/2005

“Seven Year Itch” had a chance to be a very good porn flick. Instead, thanks to some overly-ambitious camera angles and poor editing, it ends up being just middle of the road.

Director Roy Karch apparently feels he might just win an Oscar if he continues using distracting, unflattering camera shots during the action. Case in point, fiery redhead Pason is giving a great blowjob to Steve Hatcher in the fourth scene. But Karch shoots the action through a beveled window, distracting this viewer completely. Earlier, brunette Felix Vicious is romping heatedly with Jack Spade on a couch. Karch elects to show much of the action through the bottom of a nearby mirrored table. This kind of cinematography adds nothing to the eroticism of the scenes.

There’s actually a storyline in this feature, though it’s quite lame and worthy of FF’ing. Strangely, Karch chooses to close the show with a lezout (Mika Tan and Katie Morgan), not the usual climatic boy/girl action. That left me less than breathless. And I didn’t like the early cutaways from the girls (having just taken facials) as they begin to give some loving PCH.

Note to Karch: You’ve assembled a cast of beauties (cute blonde Joelean also makes an appearance). Let them do what they do best – suck and fuck – and leave the special effects in your bag of tricks. Just film them without the crazy angles. The Academy is NOT watching!

The DVD extras include Behind the Scenes, Previews, Photo Gallery, Cumshot Reel, Web info, bonus footage from “Extreme Behavior #2,” and a Bonus Scene from “Alternative World.”