"Amusing but somewhat melancholy look at life"
Sisters Sara and Coralee Halprin mourn the death of their
mother, but inheriting a fortune makes it easier to deal
with the pain. However, the ache intensifies when they
learn that their mother's will stipulates that for the two
siblings to come into the wealth, they must go into
business together. They brainstorm until they observe the treatment of Kobe
cattle that the two Halprins feel are treated better than
women are. They open up a spa that caters to pampering
women to include a fee for a young stud. The business
succeeds and soon Coralee falls in love, marries, and wants
to end the sibling partnership to enter a new one with her
husband. However, the bottom falls out when Coralee learns
she has cancer and the vice squad takes a close look at the
erotic aspects of the spa. SLOW HANDS is an amusing but somewhat melancholy look at
life from the viewpoint of neither an optimist nor a
pessimist. Instead, the sisters seem more like someone who
sliced off the top of the partially filled glass so that it
is now full. The story line is filled with depth and
though the spa offers sexual pleasures, the plot never
turns erotic. Instead fans receive an astute intriguing
tale that will turn off some sensitive readers who do not
want females compared unfavorably to cows or run businesses
with a sexual twist. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted May 10, 2003
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