Flatly stated, Irresistible should charm its viewers to no end.  Somewhere between Sex World and Time After Time, this very cute, very witty and undeniably sexy adult film is fine fare for both the experienced and novice viewers. Rarely does a film come along that has a bit of everything – something exciting for almost every taste.  That could cause problems for those who are looking for a plain old sex film. But the story here has so much vitality and life that the very good sex scenes may be overshadowed.

You see, as well as being very good in the bed scenes, Richard Pacheco has real screen presence.  Only John Leslie can match Pacheco’s feel for the absurd and combine that with a funny, believable performance.  His performance is top-notch, definitely the best male showing so far in 1983.

As the unique story goes, Walter Brooks (Pacheco) seems completely bored with his life. He’s a travel agent. He’s married.  His wife nags him. Their sex life is stale. So on and so forth. He fantasizes being with a sexy redheaded street-hanger (Dorothy Le May) gives him the best sex he’s had in ages.  “This is only a daydream, you know,” he assures her. She replies,” I know, but enjoy yourself.”

All Walter needs and lusts after is an exotic woman – something to spice up his sauce. Along comes Miracle Meyer (Misha Garr), an old Jewish businessman, tackily dressed (plaid shirt, polka dot tie, green jacket), strutting into Walter’s office.  He seems to know Walter’s problems and tells him of this miraculous time machine that will take him anywhere in history.  The machine looks like a giant sneaker and Walter knows that this borscht-belt comedian is certainly a crackpot. “For $10.00, I’ll give you a ride,” Meyer declares.

Undaunted by his new client’s cynicism, Meyer does send Walter back to meet Cleopatra, et, Starr Wood.  Well, she looks a little like Cleopatra.  Since Walter comes from Marin County, California, Cleo dubs him “Walter of Marin,” the title he takes with him on his future time travels.  After great sex, he explains, “Cleopatra, I’m from the future.”  She says, “I thought you were from Marin.” He tells her about Julius Cesar and how he is assassinated and how she will die from an asp.  In turn, she orders Walter executed, accused of “being from the future.”

Meyer must save him from death, and Walter returns a new, uplifted personality.  In fact, his wife asks, “What’s the matter, Walter? You look happy.”  The next day, his new mentor tells him, “Now, have I got a girl for you.  An Italian girl from Verona.”

“You mean, Juliet,” Walter replies.  “Doesn’t she have a boyfriend?”  Of course, he ends up in Juliet’s bed where the sex keeps getting hotter and hotter, both for our hero and for the viewer.  They even screw around with Shakespeare a bit.  In the middle of a soliloquy, she says, “Besides, Verona is dead.”

Romeo walks in on the new loving couple and Meyer accidentally brings Juliet back with Walter.  He stashes his beauty in a hotel where “All she wants to do is watch TV and screw.”  Juliet quickly becomes Americanized, aspiring to act in commercials.  She lands a job as an exotic San Francisco dancer and gets into group sex.  In fact, the orgy scene in Irresistible ranks among the best of its kind.

Meyer, who talks out loud to his absent boss (some sort of deity), does get Juliet back into history and Walter discovers that he truly loves his wife (Samantha Fox). How nice, you say?  Then, the story takes another twist with a surprise ending in the form of a dream.  It could be the first film noir sequence in adult film history.

As you can probably imagine by now, Irresistible loads the viewer with a pastiche of steamy sex, comic moments, some action and a fun time all around.  Misha Garr, as Meyer, is wonderfully funny and the performances of Dorothy LeMay and Gayle Sterling are superbly erotic.  As mentioned, Pacheco is great and Edwin Brown’s direction adequately sets the pace of this imaginative, satirical film.

Finally, the filmmakers can be recommended for just touching on the time-travel theme, without concentrating on it for a whole story.  Too many movies in that vein have come out way and something refreshing is certainly welcome. As one famous critic might say if he had seen this film, “Irresistible is irresistible.”

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