Her Body

An incredible banality. When will Czech filmmakers finally realise that it is not enough to take a seemingly dramatic story and somehow just translate it to the screen with the idea that it will work. If you don't have any creative handwriting, ideas, courage to try something new, an interesting style, or God forbid some kind of idea and point (scandalous expectations, I know!), then just give it up... (05/26/2024)

The concept on paper looked really interesting. I even looked up various articles about the real Andrea Absolonová because her life journey is truly extraordinary. I don't have any issues with the technical side of things. Director Natálie Císařovská managed that quite well. But what about the flatness and the lack or hint of any emotion? One scene follows another, but the main character's motivations are somehow hidden from us. I didn't understand that. I was hoping for a deeper psychological dive into her life and the decisions she made. Oh, well... I also couldn't believe my eyes that the creators didn't shy away from filming scenes for the 18+ spectrum (they could have spared us one explicitly pornographic scene). It's a shame. Natalia Germani handled the main role quite competently. For me, it's a mediocre 5/10. (03/25/2024)

A welcome change by Czech standards and mature filmmaking for a debut. The film has an attractive story about a top female athlete who, due to a spinal injury, has to switch to a different profession, the oldest trade and starts a decent career there as well. The film nicely shows the impact it has on the people around her, specifically her family, who don't take it well. I appreciate the explicitness, the fact that the film isn’t afraid to show nudity, which would be a minus if it did, but on the other hand it doesn't go to extremes, as the Swedes showed in 2021  with Pleasure, it should have shown the more perverse side behind the scenes, but it doesn’t matter, I still had a good time. 6/10 (03/23/2024)

The life of Andrea Absolonova, a promising diver *slash* famous porn actress, whose existence I had no idea about before watching this film, offers a rather interesting subject and it is a bit of a pity that Her Body didn't use its full potential. Natálie Císařovská's feature directorial debut doesn't really break out of the genre of biographical drama, although it does contain some interesting motifs and shots. For me, the film's biggest weakness was the sharp (or flinty) transition between the main character's two very different careers and the superficially portrayed attitude of Andrea's family towards her post-accident life. P. S. The censored scenes didn't even need to be there! (11/29/2023)

Zero psychology among the characters and zero inventiveness in the directing. Just creative disengagement in following a strange life story. It’s as if I was reading a superficial tabloid article or watching a mediocre made-for-TV movie. However, seeing a close-up of vaginal penetration on the big screen, if only for two seconds, was a pleasant experience and left me surprised by the filmmakers’ boldness. (03/17/2024)