When a young English minister (Hugh Grant) takes an Australian parish, his first assignment is to dissuade a local painter from showing a provocative painting. He and his wife (Tara Fitzgerald) visit the artist's home only to be smitten by three ravishing models posing, ironically, as the mythological sirens who lured men to their doom. On the artist's bohemian estate, the minister and his wife are shown a guilt-free Eden-like world where they find their own sexuality awakening.
A liberal Australian artist, Norman Lindsay (Sam Neill) angers an Anglican bishop and Sydney's religious establishment when he paints an erotic portrait that finds its way into an major exhibition. When Anthony Campion (Hugh Grant), a young British minister, and his wife, Estella (Tara Fitzgerald), take an Australian parish, they are asked to stop at the Bohemian artist's estate to try and dissuade him from taking part in the exhibition. Upon their arrival at the bacchanalian studios the young couple become drawn into the seductive world of the Lindsay family and their provocative models who are, ironically, posing for a portrait of the mythological Greek sirens who lured men to their doom. The sensuous models Sheela (Elle Macpherson), Giddy (Portia De Rossi), and Pru (Kate Fischer) captivate the very proper Estella and lead her on a journey of sexual awakening amidst the erotically charged, guilt-free environment. Estella struggles to make her husband comprehend her newfound sexuality as they become profoundly affected by the free-spririted artist and his followers.
SIRENS was shown at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.
The film was shot on location at Springwood: Norman Lindsay's home and studio, New South Wales, Australia.
SIRENS marks the film debut of model Elle Macpherson and actress Portia de Rossi (from the ALLY MCBEAL television series).
DVD Features:
Region 1
Widescreen - 1.85
Distributor Notes: Sirens
Sexy and spirited, this endearingly funny comedy has captivated moviegoers everywhere! The charming Hugh Grant (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) plays an idealistic young minister on a mission. He must tame the wicked ways of a notorious artist (Sam Neill -- JURASSIC PARK), whose nude paintings of his beautiful models (including sexy supermodel Elle MacPherson) scandalize the nation! Intent on delivering salvation, the repressed reverend and his wife instead are led into temptation by their playfully seductive hosts and sensuous new surroundings! Enchantingly sexy fun from beginning to end -- you too will find the allure of SIRENS irresistible!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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Review 1:
"...A soft-core, high-minded daydream....An archly intelligent performance from [Grant]..."
Source: New York Times
p.C16 03/04/1994
Review 2:
"...A good-hearted, whimsical movie which makes no apologies for the beauty of the human body..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.38 03/11/1994
Review 3:
"...A deliciously sexy and hedonistic comedy of morals and manners, filmed amid some of Australia's most spectacular scenery..."
Source: Variety
01/24/1994
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