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  • 2003
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  • Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
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  • 2003
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Summary Three of the 24 brilliant and witty short films produced by award-winning Regina Zeigler. (Quad Cinema)

Directed By: Bob Rafelson, Ken Russell, Susan Seidelman, Melvin Van Peebles

Written By: Hetty Baynes, Jonathan Brett, Bob Rafelson, Ken Russell

  • 2003
  • R
  • Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m

Tales of Erotica

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
24
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary Three of the 24 brilliant and witty short films produced by award-winning Regina Zeigler. (Quad Cinema)

Directed By: Bob Rafelson, Ken Russell, Susan Seidelman, Melvin Van Peebles

Written By: Hetty Baynes, Jonathan Brett, Bob Rafelson, Ken Russell

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Jim Staley

Naughty Pastor

Jim Staley

Naughty Pastor

Mira Sorvino

Teresa (segment "The Dutch Master")

Sharon Angela

Dorothy (segment "The Dutch Master")

Richard Barboza

Leroy (segment "Vroom Vroom Vroooom")

Hetty Baynes

Mrs. Kirsch (segment "The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch")

Charles Gerbel

Dr. Rosenman (segment "The Dutch Master")

Arliss Howard

Bruce Lomann (segment "Wet")

Ruth Maleczech

(segment "The Dutch Master")

Rudolf Martin

(segment "The Dutch Master")

Rick Pasqualone

Joey (segment "The Dutch Master")

William 'Spaceman' Patterson

(segment "Vroom Vroom Vroooom")

Ken Russell

Mr. Kirsch (segment "The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch")

Simon Shepherd

Narrator (segment "The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch")

John Toles-Bey

William (segment "Wet")

Aida Turturro

Kim (segment 'The Dutch Master (1995)')

Salsh Veldman

(segment "The Dutch Master")

Kathleen Wilhoite

Jolene Wolff (segment "Wet")

Cynda Williams

Davida Urked (segment "Wet")

Emmanuel Xuereb

(segment "The Dutch Master")

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
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29% Mixed
2 Reviews
71% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
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29% Mixed
2 Reviews
71% Negative
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50
Three brief comedies filmed in English for a German television series. The most thoughtful is Seidelman's contribution, The Dutch Master."
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
This package of three short films originally produced for German television is sex-themed without being especially sexy.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
38
Don't let the title fool you. The one thing they have in common is how decidedly unerotic they are.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
30
The results, to judge from the examples here, have been stuffy and disappointing, an unholy alliance between Playboy Channel prurience and PBS cultural alibis.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
25
With so many worthy movies being made in Europe, it's a crime that something as mediocre as Erotic Tales gets a release here.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
20
Their attempts at wit seem forced, and the overall point of each installment is too minor to spend nearly 30 minutes exploring.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
10
Whittled down from a series of 36 short films commissioned by a German television network between 1996 and 2000, Erotic Tales leaves you only to ponder the horror of the 33 that didn't make the cut.
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
4 Ratings
14% Mixed
1 Rating
29% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
4 Ratings
14% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Production Company Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Release Date Feb 21, 2003
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Explore your fantasies.
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/tales-of-erotica.5989/
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