Full Frontal (2000)

The Blu-Ray, which is already available at Best Buy, includes a 111 min cut of the film that's a bit different from the 101 min theatrical cut.

I think it's just a mistake, as it feels like an unfinished version. The difference in running time is more down to additional shots and portions of scenes than whole new scenes. (I ran the DVD and Blu-Ray at the same time to compare).

As this is a bargain Blu-Ray coming out with no fuss, I don't think it's an officially recut version by Soderbergh.

Because the film has a different running time and different content, the audio commentary from the DVD has been dropped, as nothing would match up in the new cut.

People with the DVD considering this Blu-Ray should know about these differences and know they should hang onto their DVD, even if they buy the Blu-Ray.

I am not one to criticize a movie because it doesn't fit the mold, in fact I find the quieter, more character driven movies more interesting than others (see Lost in Translation). However, as an experimental piece and ensemble movie, I just never got into it. I didn't care about any of the characters and while I applaud Soderbergh for trying something new and different, it didn't translate very well even if the cast was probably have a good time going outside their zone of comfort.

The Blu-ray at least has a fair amount of features including the original cut (the main one is an extended version for some reason) with the Soderbergh/Hough commentary (the only way to view the movie is with the commentary, however) along with cast interviews (the actors in character), 17-minutes worth of deleted footage and a standard interview with Soderbergh.

*/***** for the movie

**/**** for the Blu-ray as a whole

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