Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

CALawyer Breast men provides a decades long history of silicone breast implants in the United States, from development by a Texas team of reconstructive surgeons to their downfall at the hands of aggressive litigation. Now that science has established no link between silicone implants and connective tissue or other diseases, the film stands as a commentary on both women's social drive for larger breasts (Is it that men want larger breasts on their partners, or that women think men want them to have larger breasts?) and the devastating effect the legal system can have when driven by sympathy.Mixed in with the storyline are comments from women, shown only in naked torso. They state why they want larger breasts, or how they feel about themselves with natural or enhanced physiques. Whether true or not, their comments have the ring of truth and give the film the air of authenticity; women dissatisfied with their appearance who long for "better" breasts. To their aid comes David Schwimmer, as a young doctor/inventor who devises an implant after seeing a neighbor trying out "bigger breast" creams and exercises. In partnership with Chris Cooper and Dow Corning, they develop the silicone breast implant and the procedure for installing it.Their partnership appears foundering, until Schwimmer advertises (itself a medical no-no), which brings women in droves seeking a better look. Then the partnership angrily dissolves over money; Schwimmer ends up on the seamier side of breast enlargement, strippers and such. Cooper still works the richer clientele, until he is confronted at a medical convention by a woman with significant subcutaneous scarring and deformation. With lawyers blaming the doctors, and the Clinton-era FDA forcing withdrawal of the product, both doctors go down hard.Emily Proctor provides a look from the female side. As a nurse her character is drawn to Schwimmer's dream of a "perfect body" for every woman, and at the same time slightly repulsed by talking openly about the subject.What drives someone to plastic surgeons? More particularly, what drives a woman to want larger breasts? The film doesn't answer the questions, nor does it directly ask them, but when it's over the tragic consequences of wanting to look "perfect" lingers. The impact of lawyers on society, and in particular the medical malpractice profession, lingers as well. With a sympathetic clientele, and little good science on their side, a small group of lawyers literally brought down an industrial giant (Dow), and created panic among tens of thousands of women. Ten years later, science has clearly established they were wrong, but society has no mechanism for punishing the lawyers.

Patrick Splinter The story of the two doctors who pioneer the breast implant. This movie starts out like it has potential. Schwimmer is the resident trying to be the "inventive" youngster and Cooper is the experienced level headed doctor that gets into this because he needs to "invent" something and not be called a "beautician". Up until they open the clinic and it gets going does it fall into the same formula ala "Boogie nights" or "54". Up down (probably up again). I got bored and found something else to watch. It could have been a good comedy (obvious gags) and drama (doctors actually helping women in need e.g. Women who had mastectomy's). But no it goes down the "good life corrupts", "no honor amongst thieves", greed, etc. blah blah blah. Something to watch if there is absolutely nothing else on (including Gilligan Island). 3/10 Don't bother.

mr_sifter I watched this film with the view of learning more about the story than the quality of the film itself, but was pleasantly surprised. The black humour is subtle, but enjoyable. David Schwimmer starts out in his usual "little lost boy"-type routine but develops nicely into the role. Plus, it's always nice to see the gorgeous Lisa Marie on screen.

Mike-DD Trust trailers to always be made in such a way that it makes a movie much more interesting and exciting than it really is. Although Schwimmer can act, in this case, he probably doesn't suit the role. The only sense I can see in casting him in his role as one of the doctors is that he looks the part of the nerdy/geeky doctor who thinks breast-implants are good by being a voyeur, who later becomes so full of himself he becomes his own nightmare.Although this is billed as docu-drama, it feels more like a fictional reality-based show. The trailers make it seem as though as if the film would be filled with women with small breasts who finally make it better with fuller ones, but in the show, the breasts that are shown (faceless), whether pre- or post-op, are sometimes scary-looking, and mostly very turn-offish. Of course, I don't mean that you should watch this show for the bare breasts, but at least try not to scare off the viewers. Or at least give them some warning in the trailers or at the beginning of the movie.