Lover Boy (Italy, 1975) 95 min color DIR: “Franco Martinelli” (AKA- Marino Girolami). SCR: Marino Girolami, Romano Scandariato. STY: Marino Girolami. MUSIC: Enrico Simonetti. DOP: Salvatore Caruso. CAST: Edwige Fenech, Valerio Fioravanti, Enrico Simonetti, Gianfranco D’Angelo, Valeria Fabrizi. (CPM)
Other than the attribute of the delightful Edwige Fenech in very low-cut dresses (when wearing anything at all, that is), there’s not much to say about this bland sex comedy. When a businessman learns that his father’s new wife is flying in for a visit, he dismissively sends his dorky ten-year-old son to attend to her. Upon learning that grandpa’s new bride is the much younger, and scintillating, Ms. Fenech, the kid has suddenly forgotten about his tomboy girlfriend, and before long his mopey guitar-playing older brother, and their horny dad are also vying for her attention. This is a typical middle 70s racy Italian comedy, with cartoonish acting (no doubt aided by the dubbing) and questionable attempt to make adultery look like so much fun, indifferently directed hack work by Marino Girolami (best remembered for Zombie Holocaust, and for conceiving fellow filmmaker Enzo Castellari). Of some novelty value is the score by Enrico Simonetti, which belongs in a better movie. Edwige is lovely to look at, as always, but this affair (with endless shots of these goons ogling her cleavage) gets tiresome really fast. This was available on this side of the pond by Shoarma Digital.