Different Strokes

Misleading video box.  There is no threesome, despite Jack's hopes.  There is a picnic though.

Different Strokes
June 25, 1998
Coastline Films
Porn, Romance, Drama
VHS
C-

This was released less than a year before Dana Plato died tragically at 34.  And, yes, the title is a cash-in on her sitcom (which was "Diff'rent").  So, yes, even watching the movie feels like exploitation.  That said, it's not as terrible as you might think.  OK, the sound recording is awful, the budget is low, the acting ranges from godawful to passable (sometimes within one performance), and the writing is, well, porn-level.  But there's something almost endearing about the cheesiness of it all, whether it's Jill #1 and Jill #2 (Plato) cavorting naked like dolphins in the swimming pool, or Jill #1's boyfriend Jack setting photos on fire in the BBQ grill after she's rejected him for Jill #2  (no one even mentions the negatives), or Jack calling Jill #1 a "muff-diver" and her retorting, "Takes one to know one!"

You've probably noticed by now that my porn collection, such as it is, is not exactly based on eroticism, but I found the sex scenes, well, hotter than in the X-rated Pinocchio or Fairy Tales.  There's both straight and lesbian, including a totally gratuitous (as in its relationship to the plot) scene of Jill #2's girlfriend cheating on her.  There's also a lot of eye-sex (long lingering glances), as a substitute for character development.  We do learn that Jill #2 is a feminist and Jill #1 is shy, but that's about the extent of it.  I may have more to say about this movie when reviewing the authentically lesbian Better Than Chocolate, but then again, how much is there to say?