Lost and Delirious
Mainstream Movie

(USA, 2001)

Average rating
Build-up:3.0 
Kissing:4.5 
Love scenes:4.0 
Movie overall:4.2 

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Angie		 Build-up  1 Kissing  4 Love scenes  4 Movie overall  3

A high school girl nicknamed 'Mouse' (played by an adorable actress) is sent to a girls' boarding school in the Canadian countryside because her mother has died, her father has remarried, and neither Daddy nor Stepmom want to watch over her. 'Mouse' is assigned to a room where in which her roomates, the bold Piper Perabo and a femmey girl (played by the incredibly scrumptious Jessica Paré) are secret lovers.
'Mouse' takes this in stride, but Paré's younger sister catches the two in bed together, and Paré has to publically reject Perabo in order to avoid being branded a lesbian and -- she fears -- being rejected by her parents. (Perabo and 'Mouse' have some parental issues of their own to deal with.) Naturally, Perabo is crushed, sublimating her feelings by taking care of a wounded bird and beating the stuffing out of a teammate on the fencing team.
Perabo eventually becomes unhinged when her continued pursuits of Paré are rebuffed, and she eventually challenges Paré's new boyfriend to a duel. (Even the most het-oriented viewer can see that this boy as a half-hearted attempt on Paré's part to act str8. She has an interesting on-screen dynamic with her Daddy.)
'Mouse' is caught in the middle -- she avoids taking sides, but she is loyal to Perabo in her time of need. But nobody can prevent the climactic scene in which Perabo loses it completely and jumps off a building to "fly away" -- physically and metaphorically.
In addition to the straightforward lesbian relationship of the two girls, it is apparent that the headmistress is (was? now asexual?) a lesbian. She relates to Perabo in a way that Perabo doesn't understand and fails to listen to.

Actresses:
Piper Perabo & Jessica Paré

The three girls are sitting in their room, having a very serious discussion about their mothers. Mouse says that her step mother is jealous of her closeness w/ her father. Perabo refers to Pare and says that her mother is jealous of her (Pare) Pare asks why and Perabo laughs and says "Duh!" and kisses her briefly. Mouse uncomfortably looks away.

Actresses:
Piper Perabo & Jessica Paré

The new girl, 'Mouse', wakes up in the middle of the night and notices that the other two beds are empty. She happens to get up to stretch or whatever, looks out the window, and she sees her roomates Perabo and Paré out on the privacy of the roof in a long, languorous kiss.

Actresses:
Piper Perabo & Jessica Paré

After a while, Perabo and Paré are bold enough to get it on while 'Mouse' is "sleeping" in the room with them. In a quiet (and unfortunately too short!) scene, they climb into bed together, naked, and kiss each other's faces and chests. 'Mouse' is dimly awake, and is aware of what's going on, and maybe even her roommates know that 'Mouse' knows, and nobody really cares. Such a lovely image!
The next morning, Paré's sister bursts in unannounced and sees Perabo and Paré naked and in each others arms. Quel dommage....

Actresses:
Piper Perabo & Jessica Paré

Perabo is busy creating a cage of sorts for the hawk she is taking care of. Pare enters the room and they exchange some small conversation. Pare then walks over to Perabo, grabs her arm, turns her around and says, "Come here." They kiss passionately for a while. Pare then says "I'd so totally lose it without you P." Then they kiss some more.

Actresses:
Piper Perabo & Jessica Paré

The final girl-girl scene is not as satisfying, because it involves Perabo forcing herself on Paré, and Paré successfully resisting Perabo's advances. A little kissing and pawing but not very romantic/sexy.
After Pare had pushed Perabo away, she told her, "Listen to me because i'm only going to say this once and never ever again. I will never love anyone the way that i love you. You know that and i know that. And I will die know that. It just can never, ever, forever be." She then kisses Perabo for the last time w/ Perabo holding onto her as she pulls away, leaving Perabo weeping on her bed.

I liked the idea for the movie better than I liked the movie itself. (Ah, fantasies....) The director is very respectable and decent, but something about the story -- it was based on a novel -- did not translate well to screen. It was half trite, and half bizarre -- particularly the ending. Nonetheless, it's worth watching for concept and the scenes. (I saw it in the theater twice and maybe I'll rent it something when I'm feeling lonesome.)
Reviewer
Anonymous		 Build-up  4 Kissing  5 Love scenes  5 Movie overall  5

I feel the review posted for 'Lost and Delirious' just did not do the movie justice. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but since a number of people will be looking here in order to judge wether or not to see the movie, I feel obligated to provide a different, more positive perspective on what I feel is an incredibly beautiful film.
I am not going to break every single love scene down into a fractional explanation.. the movie is too good for that. But I will say that whoever reviewed these scenes was less than accurate, and I believe, failed to recognize the depth of each of the parts that she mentioned. I am not trying to refute her opinion at all here, because I believe everyone has the right to their own thoughts.. but there are a lot of people out there who really loved this movie, and would feel the review posted here did not provide an accurate and deserved description.
'Lost and Delirious' is, in a word.. exquisite. The love scenes (because most everyone here wants to know) are beautifully done. They are a true work of art created by all those who were involved. But there is also depth and meaning to these scenes, created and fueled by a love that most people will never even come close to having the privledge to know. The person who reviewed this movie for your site made it seem like the love scenes were shallow and uninspired, when every scene in the film is driven by unbelievably intense emotions. This is why I felt the need to defend this movie for everything it's worth, because I don't really feel it was treated with the respect that it deserves.. and I know a lot of other people feel the same way. 'Lost and Delirious' is one of the best movies I have ever seen, and I *know* that many of the people who visit your site will think so too.
I just felt like I should throw in a different opinion about it so people could really understand the magic of this movie. Because it really is tragically beautiful.
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Anonymous #2		 Build-up  Kissing  Love scenes  Movie overall 

I was very impressed with this movie. It had so much emotion and passion involved. The love scenes were nice. They left me smiling like, "Awww thats sweet." The actresses did a very good job of convincing us that they genuinely loved one another. There were a few moments in the movie where i was like, "Where did THAT come from?" However overall, I really enjoyed the movie. When the movie was over i just sat there and said to my self, "Wow, that was a GOOD movie."
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Elven		 Build-up  1 Kissing  4 Love scenes  2 Movie overall  4

The best part of this art flick are the moving performances performances by Perabo & Pare; the intensity of their secret tryst is totally believable, and there is real depth to their troubled romance. The passion the two actresses show helps make up for the shortness of the love scenes, and the dim lighting. The movie is beautifully shot, the cast is great and the story is interesting (albeit a little odd in places)-even if it suffers from the old sterotype of the obsessive, doomed lesbian. Still, definitely worth seeing if you want something more high-brow over cheap thrills.
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Thaipopgirl		 Build-up  4 Kissing  5 Love scenes  5 Movie overall  4

"Lost and Delirious" is a fantastic! It's the best romance movie that I've ever watched! Everybody in this movie acted very well. I wait very long time till I can watch this great story about best friends, lover and how to go through in true life. I've watched it more than 3 times already! It's incredibly. I can't get enough of it. Their love scenes are so beautiful. All kiss scenes are intimate and full of passions. Piper and Jessica are very cute! Even thought it ended very sad and it makes me cried. I still love to watch it over again. If you're romantic or like love story between girls, you shouldn't miss it! I'm warning!!!
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Melissa		 Build-up  Kissing  Love scenes  Movie overall 

I liked "Lost and Delirious" but I have to say that by the end I felt drained. I enjoyed the love between the two actresses very much. They showed great affection and true love towards each other. Even "Mouse" (Or Mary Brave, if you've seent the movie) was a very respectable character. Her loyalty towards Perabo was the kind that you rarely see in a straight character towards a gay one, in movies or in real life. That's why it was horrifying to see how the story progressed. From Perabo & Paré's strange and demeaning break up, to Perabo's slow spiril to insanity. I felt sad and discouraged by the story.
That's not to say the story wasn't beautifully written and done. As far as those two things, I loved this movie. But otherwise, I didn't feel good at the end. I felt like Perabo responded in a way that some of us might if we were dumped in the way that she was. I felt like her last attempt to win Paré back was depressing, yet beautiful. The scene wasn't forced. Paré let most of it happen, and never complained until she realized that things could get out of control. It was sensual in all the right ways, and one of the BEST lesbian scenes I've seen in my entire life. I guess I really just wanted people to know that if you are weak of heart as far as romances working out, maybe you should rethink seeing this movie.
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Jahan		 Build-up  3 Kissing  4 Love scenes  3 Movie overall  4

I LOVE this movie! I thought the scenes between Perabo and Paré were intense before and after the break up. Your heart just breaks for Perabo as she tries desperately to win back Paré in vain. The ending of the movie is sad and I wish it didn't end the way it did. But I not only urge anyone who hasn't seen this to rent it. I urge them to buy it because after they watch it they'll want to watch it again and again. The kissing scenes and loving making scenes are some of the best that I have ever seen between two women.
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Laura		 Build-up  4 Kissing  5 Love scenes  5 Movie overall  5

I want to apologize because I'm Italian and I don't think my english will be correct. The first time I saw this film, I felt someone had opened my heart and wrote everything there was in me. I remember that when Paré and Perabo broke up, I tried to worried and I hoped they would make up again and I was so nervous because I believed I was Perabo and I felt I died at the end. I rent this movie 14 times in a month, because I had to understand Paré character. I don't know if this movie is perfectly directed, but one thing I know for sure: this movie describes True Love and only who knows or who can just imagine what Love is can understand and appreciate it.
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Amy		 Build-up  3 Kissing  4 Love scenes  3 Movie overall  4

Perabo and Paré have a good chemistry, the sweet loving dynamic is ever present and just make even more heart rending when Paré rejects Perabo.
I can appreciate that this movie was well made, sensitive and and well filmed but i found there was something slightly hack about the ending. The bird metaphors were cliche and handled in an unimaginative way and the homophobia message gets preachy near the end.
Good performances all round though, and some sweet displays of affection.
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just someone		 Build-up  4 Kissing  5 Love scenes  5 Movie overall  5

First off, I'm a guy, and I'm not gay, and I'm not a lesbian freak, but I do love this movie SO MUCH .
When I was looking through a list of movies to watch this one came up and I read the description and it seemed intresting. It was about 2 lesbians and it was a drama, that means conflict, conflict and MORE conflict, and I love conflict, although the reason I was watching this movie at the end was due to the depth and love in this movie and just how amazing it was.
I felt sad for poor Pauli, loosing her true love. It just made me realize how special I was to have someone who cared about me and loved me. This movie is just so amazing and deep and beautiful, that your heart will go out for this movie, and in the "I hate my father scene" it was just so POWERFUL and amazing. This movie could make a grown man cry (I'm only a teenage but it made a tear come to my eye). I would watch this movie again and again and again and again. It is my favorite movie of all time, and I know I have said "amazing" a lot in this review, but thats what this movie is, AMAZING.
With my final words I leave you with "TURN MY MILK TO GALL!" (a line from the movie)