I found A Talent for Loving to be hilarious, but I'm not sure if it's for everyone. It's very silly, very tongue-in-cheek, and very raunchy. If you like the sex humor of the late 1960s, like Dirty Dingus Magee or Candy, then you'll probably be in the right mindset for this one.
In this Mexican-set western, Richard Widmark is a guest in Cesar Romero's home. It's a gorgeous estate with beautiful, scantily clad women attending them. At every opportunity, Cesar grabs their behinds, kisses them, and compliments their beauty. His daughter is also gorgeous, and Dick soon falls head-over-heels for her. With marriage at stake in a poker game, he and Cesar hash out the details. Cesar lets him in on a family secret: there's a generations-old curse that everyone becomes obsessed with sex after their first encounter. Dick had better be prepared for after their wedding night! "These beautiful women you see here are my concubines," Cesar confesses. "If I didn't have them, I'd go mad!"
I couldn't stop laughing during this raunchy comedy, but you'll probably be able to figure out whether it's your style or not during the first ten minutes or so. I found it hilarious to see these silver screen stars who became famous during the Hays Code getting to rattle off sex jokes with no more barriers. And, even better than the jokes were the attitudes behind them. Everyone seemed to have a blast making this movie. Richard Widmark looked like he was about to crack up after every line, and Cesar looked like he would have made the movie without taking a salary. Whip up a batch of cocktails and invite a group of your friends over for retro-movie-night. I'm sure you can think of a fun drinking game.
