Below Her Mouth isn't the best movie ever written, it's not original or well-thought out, but it has a lot of good points. Firstly, though neither of the main actresses Natalie Krill (Jasmine) and Erika Linder (Dallas) are amazingly talented, their chemistry is fantastic. Although the relationship between the characters develops at an incredibly fast pace, the electric chemistry between Natalie and Erika sells it and makes it believable. The sex scenes were a lot more explicit than I expected (I didn't watch the trailer or know anything about the movie before watching, so went in blind and was a little surprised) but incredibly erotic and sensual. For those reviewers saying the sex scenes were awkward or boring, they must have been watching something different to me. I could feel the attraction and connection between the two characters through the sex scenes. It definitely wasn't porn in the traditional sense because none of it felt mechanical, it was as though I was genuinely watching two people having raw, intimate and vulnerable sex. The movie is guilty of playing into some over-used stereotypes by writing Dallas as the butch, mean and dominant lesbian and Jasmine the meek, confused femme lesbian that cheats on her fiance. Generally, there also wasn't much development for the characters or as much insight into them as people as there could've been. However, I do think the romance between the two women made sense. You could feel the loneliness of Dallas and Jasmine at the beginning and that there was something missing in their lives. They had a magnetic pull and in each other found that spark that had been missing. Dallas found someone she wanted to open up to and be vulnerable with and Dallas allowed Jasmine to finally feel all the emotions she'd been suppressing since she was a child and release all that pent up tension and unhappiness that came from denying her sexuality for so long. Admittedly, there wasn't much plot and the sex and romance is really all there is, but if people dig a little deeper with this move there are actually some very important messages contained within it. It shows how difficult it can be to be who we truly are and be honest with ourselves about what/who we want, and that sometimes it's not always easy to label ourselves one way or another. Dallas said she knew she was attracted to women from a young age, it was a simple choice for her, but Jasmine didn't have that same clarity. In that respect, it shows some of the struggles people can come up against in discovering who they are or the inner turmoil people can go through when they're confused about their sexuality. Overall, Below Her Mouth isn't a great movie, but it's not terrible either. It would have benefited from more character development and plot and perhaps a little less sex, but was still a reasonably engaging movie.

Okay so this film upholds structures that perpetuate rape-culture and misogyny, the "lesbian predator" and "chronic bisexual cheater" tropes are incredibly problematic and furthermore have been worn out since 2004, the overall lack of depth to the characters and dialogue topped off with the fact that nothing, and I mean NOTHING of actual genuine interest happens during the 94 minutes of this just sums up this really lousy film

Those who watch this film for a bit of "soft porn" miss the point. The nude scenes of lovemaking are amazingly well done, moving, and strikingly realistic. They capture the kind of "madly, badly" in love passion that those fortunate enough to have experience in life will appreciate. Likewise, anyone seeing this as a "Lesbian" film, also misses the point, though that is an important part of the story line--with Natalie Krill's character coming out and cautiously and painfully discovering her sexuality. But more than sex, or lesbianism, or any other social commentary this is a film about how two people can fall madly and suddenly in love for reasons the heart and body only know. I think this is one of the finest films covering these complex and difficult themes I have ever seen. The photography is stunning.

This movie, pretty much across the board, is categorized as flat, boring, shallowly and pretentiously acted soft porn. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The two lead female roles (And supporting roles) in this movie really seem to be being themselves in their parts rather than" scripted acting". This lends a very real but deliberately understated feel to the movie. Contrary to what many reviews concluded, this isn't just some sort of unrealistic lesbian fantasy involving graphic sex scenes. I did find the sex scenes to be relatively unrestrained but I also found them to be very true to life, deeply touching and realistic -dealistic and honest regarding intimacy and true feelings rather than prurient. I believe what facilitated this to be true is that all the sex scenes were real. I feel the director and all the actors should get the many accolades they deserve for such a subtly but very profoundly written, acted and directed story that left me feeling a mixture of sad, mesmerized, absorbed, convinced and in the end, very uplifted. If you like watching "acted" movies then go to 95% of the movies produced and directed in Hollywood today. If you like unknowns depicting life the way it really unfolds in relationships then this is the movie to see no matter what you think about the graphic sex scenes which are really full of true and honest emotion. If you see it as merely glorified pornography with a hollow plot line to fill the space then you couldn't be more wrong.