A silly latter-day entry in the Alvin Purple school of Aussie sex comedies.<BR>&nbsp;

A silly latter-day entry in the Alvin Purple school of Aussie sex comedies.

Six years ago, when it first went into production as The Venus Factory, this film was a drama about a porn actor who tries to go straight. As the excellent documentary, Making Venus shows, a great many calamities befell producing cousins Julian Saggers and Jason Gordon. After five years production involving the efforts of two directors, various name changes, reshoots and cuts; the film was finally finished. The end result is an amazingly coy comedy about a \'serious\' actor who becomes a porn star. The script is very light on humour, and the pacing is monotonous. Worst of all, the film seems aimed at no particular audience; it lacks the sexiness and wholesome raunch of the Alvin Purple films of 30 years ago. No director is credited, which really isn\'t surprising.