The Shower

The Shower

82 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1992

A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having adjourned to an afternoon football game), the off-screen mother-to-be goes into premature labour, leaving the bored invitees to sip spiked punch and discuss the dearth of available men until the drunken boys return home, thus setting the stage for male/female confrontations, confessions and clumsy acts of copulation-notably while standing under a shower. An exploration of the contemporary trappings of male/female sexual politics.

The Shower

82 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1992

The Shower
A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having adjourned to an afternoon football game), the off-screen mother-to-be goes into premature labour, leaving the bored invitees to sip spiked punch and discuss the dearth of available men until the drunken boys return home, thus setting the stage for male/female confrontations, confessions and clumsy acts of copulation-notably while standing under a shower. An exploration of the contemporary trappings of male/female sexual politics.
Producers
Original title The Shower
Directors Mimi Wolch, Gail Harvey
Writers Walter Donohue, Gail Harvey, Richard Beattie

Cast

Kate Lynch

as Sheila

Brent Carver

as Kevin

Janet-Laine Green

as Louise

Kay Tremblay

as Pearl

Joyce Campion

as Anne

Krista Bridges

as Kate

Sean Hewitt

as Uncle Maury

Chas Lawther

as Wayne

Jed Dixon

as Justin

Shirley Douglas

as Marie

Diana Rowland

as Kate's mother

Erin Combs

as Robin

Jeremy Andrew Pearl

as Robin's baby

Barbara Blum

as Shower Guest / Mourner

Rejane Wilson

as Shower Guest / Mourner

Andrzej HaliƄski

as Minister