From the Blue Room Feature 'A Look at Andrew Blake'

Love it or leave it, Girlfriends is firmly in Blake's "high-gloss erotica" mode—magnificent statuesque nude women, writhing around in slow motion, fondling themselves and—with minimal sexual contact—other magnificent nude women. As in Exhibitionists, you'll find nary a penis in this production. Labeled a "leg fetish" fantasy, Girlfriends celebrates long legs, silken thighs, creamy calves, demure feet, and flawless butts.

The film stars Blake faves Justine, Aria Biovanni, and Sierra, as well as Monica Mendez, Hannah Harper, and April. All are fantastically stunning, and for the most part, they're really into feet and legs. In one key scene, we see a woman inserting her stocking-covered toe into another's vagina, while her other foot massages a breast. This film is a high-class foot-fetishist's dream. A few of the scenes, in fact, focus on only one girl, as with Justine's powerful solo, in which she's all alone onscreen, mostly lounging around on the floor of an undecorated house, moving her legs and touching herself in slow motion. That description might sound boring and exasperating, but there's an undeniable steaminess escaping the screen as you watch her display her long, beautiful legs.

Andrew Blake is asking a lot of his audience—an audience that might not have the patience to step back from the frenzied humping and semen-jettisoning of most porn to just lose themselves in the simple beauty of a nude woman. Is he asking too much? I believe that many, many porn viewers would think so. Consider that only a couple scenes of "penetration" actually take place in Girlfriends, and they comes almost an hour into the film, for perhaps a minute. They involve half-inserted toys. Then, we're back to sucking feet. And look at the lipstick-lesbian scene that follows: One woman is spread-eagled on a counter while another bends toward the waiting, slathered vagina. We would expect and hope for a mind-blowing cunnilingus scene as only Blake can film—but the woman merely plants demure lipstick marks on the seated woman's inner thighs. You're left staring at that slick, waiting maw, feeling for the woman who's writhing in frustration, surely thinking, For Christ's sake, touch it! Lick it! I admit to feeling that frustration vicariously. Has Andrew Blake become merely a tease? My grade: B-

Girlfriends, like Exhibitionists, is presented in a wonderful 1.85:1 anamorphic-widescreen transfer. Detail is top-notch, and colors are warm and accurate. Grain appears plentiful, but I think it's intended. The digital 5.1 audio track is aggressive, but be warned that Blake has now completely eliminated the vocal talent of his models. On the plus side, the Raoul Valve music is terrific, far above usual porn fare.

For supplements, Girlfriends offers three Featurettes that add up to 37 minutes. The first, April's Perfect Legs, is a terrific one-woman show. The second, Justine and Hannah, is a great lesbian scene that involves some toy penetration, and some damn fine women. The third is simply the Girlfriends trailer.