"Brad" (Craig Stepp) and his wife "Geena" (Monique Parent) are best friends with another married couple by the names of "Joe" (Elliott David) and "Lindsey" (Jennifer Burton). When they decide to go to Palm Springs for a vacation both Geena and Lindsey begin to share sexual secrets which eventually leads to a game of voyeurism with each other. One thing leads to another and soon Joe is invited to watch them. Unfortunately, when Brad finds out things take a definite turn for the worse. Now, those who are expecting a soft-core porn movie will not be disappointed as this particular film has plenty of sex and nudity throughout. However, those who might want more of an in-depth plot or even a basic script might as well stop right here as you won't find it. Of course, this movie isn't supposed to be Shakespeare and I am certain that nobody will mistake it for such. Admittedly, it had a couple of good erotic scenes and I thought that Jennifer Burton was definitely attractive. On the other hand, there were also some pretty silly scenes here and there as well. In short, I have definitely seen better. That said, while I am probably in the minority, I personally found it to be a bit too simple and repetitive and would have preferred a little more substance. I have rated it accordingly.

"Playtime" ranks right up there with "Dinosaur Island" as a classic low-budget soft-core film. This movie, however, was done in the same vein as the Shannon Whirry/Shannon Tweed movies of the time....soft, hot, and a cookie-cutter plot.Jennifer Burton and Monique Parent are two wives who do the stereotypical housewifey things while their husbands are away making mountains of money at their jobs. Monique, however, has a secret pleasure.....when her hubby isn't around to give her the lovin' she needs, she does it herself. This interests Jennifer, and during a day of topless sunbathing, they decide to head inside and try it. What follows is a scene that made my jaw drop.Monique, who is now on the couch, begins to masturbate....right there, in blatant view of the camera. Jennifer joins her on the couch and they stare at each other while getting themselves off. You never really see the "details" since their hands are down their bikini bottoms (and I've heard that Monique masturbated for real in that scene, but I'm not completely sure), but it was shocking.The rest of the movie falls in line--the husbands come back to find their wives even more sexually liberated, but what they don't know is that they've been spending their free time watching each other play with themselves.Both Jenny and Monique are as flat as aluminum siding, but Monique's penchant for making the masturbation scenes seem like she's REALLY doing it--and enjoying it--raise this film's "Sex" grade on her performance alone. Monique makes up for what she doesn't have up top with an overall performance rivaling that of any that I've seen in this genre. In fact, in just about every film I've seen Monique Parent in, there's at least one scene where she masturbates. She's that good at it. Jennifer Burton wasn't so bad herself.Unlike other soft-core films, this is usually accepted to be a "couples" movie--a film a person could actually watch with a significant other. I'm not that fond of the "extremely soft"-core film (which "Playtime" definitely is) but this movie is quite good nonetheless.Women: B- (Monique and Jennifer are okay, and it's hard to have a movie of this nature with only two principal females)Sex: A (a plethora of solo scenes and Monique's "acting", plus a few of the regular variety that aren't too bad)Story: C+ (I really didn't understand what the plotline was supposed to accomplish, other than give Jenny and Monique excuses to play with themselves)On my 40-40-20 scale, the movie should get a B+, but Monique's intangibles give "Playtime" the benefit of the doubt.

This might very well be the best softie film of the 90's and on par with the fabulous Emmanuelle. The movie involves two young women who are probably part of a DINK couple (Double Income, No Kids). One of them indulges the other in her sexual fantasies, and slowly but surely, everyone else in their inner circle gets involved, meaning fun for the viewer is in the offing.Jennifer Burton and Monique Parent steam the screen with raw sensuality, whether the "philosophical discussion" is man/woman, woman/woman, or threesome and more. These two natural beauties deliver knockout performances without talking (both of them are good actors, sadly, I saw the film dubbed in French but I have to get the DVD). While Parent is one hell of a looker, she can't compare with Burton, who looked like she was at her best throughout the filming. She blew me away throughout the whole film with her stunning beauty, passion and aura. I can't recall how many scenes where she portrayed the ultimate in what a woman should look like. Oh, if all women could look like her...All I can say is that this movie is a must-see and that during the filming of Play Time, the most beautiful woman in the world at that time was Jennifer Leigh Burton. Check it out!

Since for the most part this film features different examples of people pleasuring themselves whilst watching others it will clearly appeal to the solo viewer. It certainly appealed to me. The ladies are a little flat chested and, naturally, the scenes aren't hard enough, but it's not bad. Join in the fun, they really want you to you know!