1997·Drama·1h 43m
7.0
★
On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, compulsive, obsessive" woman he thinks he knows. And when Joseph discovers she is hiding troubling secrets, it sends them both on a sexual odyssey that will either destroy or redeem their relationship.
Directed by Lance Young
depression
dancing
child abuse
bondage
abusive father
frigidity
psychology
marriage
bride
childhood trauma
betrayal
hospital
doctor
wedding
incest
therapy
commitment
intimacy
repression
adoration
sex therapist
IMDB
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Where to Watch
Cast
Craig Sheffer
Joseph
Sheryl Lee
Maria
Terence Stamp
Baltazar
Casey Siemaszko
Tanner
Spalding Gray
Alfred
Lois Chiles
Eva
Blu Mankuma
Nick
Pamela Perry
Dottie
Leigh Taylor-Young
Redhead
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Hank
Eli Gabay
Carlos
Molly Parker
Connie
Crew
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Original Music Composer
Tobias A. Schliessler
Additional Photography
Krzesimir Dębski
Additional Music
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
kenna
10.0★ · 04/29/26
definitely a film everyone needs to watch at least once and that’s not ridiculous to say at all
definitely a film everyone needs to watch at least once and that’s not ridiculous to say at all
Quinn Arganbright
6.0★ · 02/22/26
This was actually kind of good ?? 😭😭
This was actually kind of good ?? 😭😭
laurel
7.5★ · 07/01/25
Spent today listening to Terence Stamp’s memoir, The Ocean Fell into the Drop, and very logically ended up here.
It’s interesting that he’s playing a character who’s a tantric sex guru (Stamp’s book talks about his own experience with precisely this and his journey through understanding yoga, meditation, breath, voice, spirituality, sexuality, etc.)
Anyways, what to make of Bliss…kind of a cheap title and cover for a movie that has a lot more purpose and substance than it lets on, but maybe that’s actually a clever move to bait someone looking for a cheap run of the mill erotic thriller into learning something meaningful.
To me it felt like a film that had something honest to say about transcending sex and integrating love and intimacy…healing, learning, forgiving, revealing. It has a serious tone, with some oddball moments. Just had to laugh when Baltazar started name dropping his other clients and reading their files to Jospeh. Like ok!! Confidentiality, be damned!
It’s interesting that he’s playing a character who’s a tantric sex guru (Stamp’s book talks about his own experience with precisely this and his journey through understanding yoga, meditation, breath, voice, spirituality, sexuality, etc.)
Anyways, what to make of Bliss…kind of a cheap title and cover for a movie that has a lot more purpose and substance than it lets on, but maybe that’s actually a clever move to bait someone looking for a cheap run of the mill erotic thriller into learning something meaningful.
To me it felt like a film that had something honest to say about transcending sex and integrating love and intimacy…healing, learning, forgiving, revealing. It has a serious tone, with some oddball moments. Just had to laugh when Baltazar started name dropping his other clients and reading their files to Jospeh. Like ok!! Confidentiality, be damned!
Spent today listening to Terence Stamp’s memoir, The Ocean Fell into the Drop, and very logically ended up here.
It’s interesting that he’s playing a character who’s a tantric sex guru (Stamp’s book talks about his own experience with precisely this and his journey through understanding yoga, meditation, breath, voice, spirituality, sexuality, etc.)
Anyways, what to make of Bliss…kind of a cheap title and cover for a movie that has a lot more purpose and substance than it lets on, but maybe that’s actually a clever move to bait someone looking for a cheap run of the mill erotic thriller into learning something meaningful.
To me it felt like a film that had something honest to say about transcending sex and integrating love and intimacy…healing, learning, forgiving, revealing. It has a serious tone, with some oddball moments. Just had to laugh when Baltazar started name dropping his other clients and reading their files to Jospeh. Like ok!! Confidentiality, be damned!
It’s interesting that he’s playing a character who’s a tantric sex guru (Stamp’s book talks about his own experience with precisely this and his journey through understanding yoga, meditation, breath, voice, spirituality, sexuality, etc.)
Anyways, what to make of Bliss…kind of a cheap title and cover for a movie that has a lot more purpose and substance than it lets on, but maybe that’s actually a clever move to bait someone looking for a cheap run of the mill erotic thriller into learning something meaningful.
To me it felt like a film that had something honest to say about transcending sex and integrating love and intimacy…healing, learning, forgiving, revealing. It has a serious tone, with some oddball moments. Just had to laugh when Baltazar started name dropping his other clients and reading their files to Jospeh. Like ok!! Confidentiality, be damned!
Caitlyn Nguyen
8.0★ · 02/19/26
alice
6.0★ · 01/11/26