Bar Girls

REVIEW
The mating rites and the accompanying mind games of L.A. lesbians are uncovered in this knowing romantic comedy. Lauran Hoffman's script (based on her autobiographical play) centers most of the action at the West Hollywood Girl Bar where "love" comes easy and often. Loretta (Wolfe), a writer and one of the bar's bed-hopping regulars, meets and all-too-quickly falls for the self-assured Rachel (D'Agonstino), a bewitching aspiring actress. Their union is threatened, however, when J.R. (Griggs), an attractively butch cop, enters the scene. The sex-induced theatrics of these and other characters are detailed in both a humorous and dramatic fashion and, unlike the buoyantly chipper Go Fish, the women in Bar Girls are not entirely likable. While the acting is unremarkable and the production values minimal, the film nevertheless is endowed with spunky charm.