Bridgette is an aspiring actress who teaches aerobics at a local gym that's run by the womanizing Adam. After a tryst with Adam, Bridgette scores a role in a big play, but then learns that a former boyfriend is dying of AIDS. While preparing to get tested, Bridgette suspects Adam of cheating on her, and must face the HIV tests alone, which shockingly come back positive. Building a support network, including a penitent Adam, Bridgette faces her own mortality.
Acting
Amanda Peet's committed spiral from aerobics queen to mortality reckoning.
Production
Gym-set erotica that ages like a ThighMaster infomercial.
Director
H. Gordon Boos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greg Louganis, who plays David, was one of the first major athletes to come out as HIV-positive in 1995, making his casting either deeply meaningful or slightly exploitative.
This film sits awkwardly between the erotic thriller boom (Basic Instinct, Body of Evidence) and the emerging 'AIDS cinema' of the late '90s, doing neither genre particularly well.
US
