At face value, the movie seems to favor sexual freedoms, but is anything but. At every stage, it seems to speak against sexual freedoms. First, it implies (and later directly states) that sexual freedom is only caused by head trauma, and equates it to sexual addiction. It also clearly links sexuality with infidelity (although, I grant, non-sexual people aren't likely to practice infidelity). In the same few scenes, the leader of the sex addicts is shown as being the devil. The viewer is then shown a sample of the strange "perversions". Though some may not seem all that strange, they're all giving a bad light... During the film, an infantile grabs a real baby, a defecater unloads in an unsuspecting woman's purse (causing her death), a saliroist is shown licking a tire and eating strangers' cigarette butts, etc.; it's virtually guaranteed that even the most open minded person will be grossed out by at least one thing. After the perverts are failed to be saved in metaphoric church and tempted back by the devil (and more head trauma), they all run around raiding "normal" people's homes, and sexually assaulting strangers, simultaneously conjuring up zombie movies and literal "assault on families". At the climax of the movie (pun intended), it's revealed that the ultimate sex act is bashing your head in. After all this, the only thing that could have saved the movie was if it was funny. Maybe it is the self-contradictions in the movie that are supposed to funny, but sadly, the only thing good I can say about the movie is squirrel.
Review of A Dirty Shame
