Recco of the Week: Threesome

SILLY MISTAKE: Threesome is a romantic comedy about 3 roommates who are mistakenly assigned to the same dorm.

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Can you think of a film that you're embarrassed to admit you really enjoyed? I think we can all think of a few such films. That's exactly the kind of film I'm going to recommend today for your weekend entertainment.

It's one of those films you watch in your teenage years, the kind of film you watch with your friends over beer and a good laugh. Here's presenting Threesome, a romantic comedy about three roommates — two guys and a girl — who are mistakenly assigned to the same two-room dormitory on campus. After the initial problems adjusting to these awkward living arrangments, the three of them become fast friends, but eventually they're left to deal with each other's sexual feelings.

Now before you dismiss it as another American Pie kinda film, let me tell you there's more to it than just sex jokes. It's really a film about friendship and love and about a relationship that's so complex you don't know how to define it.

Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles playing Stuart and Eddy respectively, aren't quite sure how to react when Lara Flynn Boyle — playing the beautiful Alex — moves in with them. Stuart the campus stud tries to seduce her, only to learn that she's attracted to introspective Eddy, who in turn is hiding a secret of his own.

What I like best about Threesome is the fact that it's an extremely sincere film — I know that's a word that's rarely used to describe a teenage film. But it's true, there's a rare honesty to this film and its characters which you don't find in most of these young college films.

Of course it's bold and it treads on very tricky ground, but that's just why it's so watchable even after all these years. And the reason I'm embarrassed to admit I enjoyed it so much is because you'd think you'd outgrow such films once you're out of college, but Threesome is really one of those guilty pleasures that you're happy to revisit after all these years. It took me months to find a copy of the film on DVD, but see if you can locate it sooner than I did. It's raunchy, it's brazen, and it's worth a watch.