"Where It's At" is a movie that really confuses me. It was filmed at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas...and yet instead of glamorizing the town and the resort, it makes it come off as tawdry and gross. And, I also was confused that David Janssen would make the film as he was a pretty big star in 1969 and the script was a mess. In fact, the movie is rather unpleasant and the only reasons I could see to watch it are to see what old Vegas used to look like or to get a glimpse at the era...a time where movies were moving from the squeaky clean Post-Code era to the era of rated R and X films. While this one is only R, there's a decent amount of nudity and plenty of adult language for the era.
A.C. (Janssen) runs Caesar's Palace and so he's a very important man. However, as a father he's pretty crappy and much of his son's life he wasn't there. So, when Andy (Robert Drivas) comes for a visit, A.C. pushes him to stick around and learn the family business. But this is a very bumpy road, as the father and so are so different. A.C. is worldly and completely amoral and the son is rather horrified by this and the life his father leads. And, when Andy doesn't sleep around with all the beautiful showgirls, A.C. assumes he must be gay and sets out to 'cure him'. What's next? See the film yourself...or not.
Pretty much everyone in the film is ugly down deep and because of this there's no one to root for or care about at all. A.C. is awful, the women around him are essentially prostituting themselves and Andy, it turns out, is pretty terrible once you see the real man down inside. All in all, a glum and sad film to watch...one that gets harder and shabbier the longer you watch....some of which is because of the deliberately sloppy edits.
I think my wife summed this one up best when she said "I feel like I wanna take a bath after watching this!".
A.C. (Janssen) runs Caesar's Palace and so he's a very important man. However, as a father he's pretty crappy and much of his son's life he wasn't there. So, when Andy (Robert Drivas) comes for a visit, A.C. pushes him to stick around and learn the family business. But this is a very bumpy road, as the father and so are so different. A.C. is worldly and completely amoral and the son is rather horrified by this and the life his father leads. And, when Andy doesn't sleep around with all the beautiful showgirls, A.C. assumes he must be gay and sets out to 'cure him'. What's next? See the film yourself...or not.
Pretty much everyone in the film is ugly down deep and because of this there's no one to root for or care about at all. A.C. is awful, the women around him are essentially prostituting themselves and Andy, it turns out, is pretty terrible once you see the real man down inside. All in all, a glum and sad film to watch...one that gets harder and shabbier the longer you watch....some of which is because of the deliberately sloppy edits.
I think my wife summed this one up best when she said "I feel like I wanna take a bath after watching this!".