"Love Sick" with David James Eilliott

I tuned into Lifetime last night to watch 'Love Sick: Secrets of a Sex Addict' last night. This was an excellent movie and I throughly enjoyed it. I'm sure some tuned-in hoping for some "long" and steamy sex scenes, but too bad - go watch some x-rated movie if that's what you wanted! I for one am quite glad they didn't turn the bedroom scenes into something more luring, they were steamy enough and done with a lot of dignity and class "more" was not necessary. I think it would've been too much if they did.

With all the hype about David James Elliott being in this movie, I was just slightly disapointed that there weren't more scenes with him and Sue (even if it wasn't in the bedroom), not even a flashback when Sue admitted to the phsycologist that she was still having sex with him. Sure, Sue follows him to the parking garage and arrives at his house (you bad girl, Sue, but, I can't blame you when you're looking at this actor portraying 'Rick'). I know DJE is a very good looking man and his wife is a very lucky lady, we've seen him in boxers in 'JAG', a few bedroom scenes in 'Degree of Guilt', but the bedroom scenes in 'Love Sick' - I only have one word... WHEW!! I think this took DJE's acting abilities to a whole new level and only shows the fabulous actor that he is.

I've never watched "Army Wives" and don't recall ever watching anything with Sally Pressman. I was actually impressed with her acting. Hell, she almost had me in tears with some heavy and powerful scenes, not to mention very emotional.

Despite the little disapointment, this movie was about Sue Silverman and her road to recovery. I had to feel sorry for DJE's character, "Rick", at the end attempting to contact Sue after she's released from the clinic. However, we see Sue struggling to answer the phone or not, her "test" of strong-will remembering how addicted she was to him for sex before going to the clinic. No, instead she calls her physcologist. Good for you Sue for not giving in!

This was a very powerful and emotional movie. I have to give a hell of a lot of credit to Sue Silverman for writing her book and allowing this portion of her life to be made into a movie and aired on TV. I hope that Lifetime will air the movie again and maybe one day release it on DVD.

Maria