Love Matters is really two movies about two couples. One movie is about a couple whose husband cheats on the wife with a young executive. This first movie within a movie is just plain old softcore porn, featuring Gina Gershon of
Bound and
Showgirls fame and the bad guy from
Ghost. They have sex all of the place and many times. Not a lot of substance there. Honestly, the sex scenes get boring after a while. The second movie within a movie deals with real marital issues with compellingly realistic conversations and arguments. The fire has gone out of this marriage, and the couple has to figure out how to deal with the tensions without giving up. Sure, the movie has a pat ending that doesn't do justice to the conflicts within the film, but at least one or two scenes are unique and worth watching, especially for a married couple.
--A.Y.