There is a distance from the material that results in her being easily outshone in her dramatic scenes by all of her co-stars, namely Chris Jordan who could steal scenes from anybody effortlessly and Jennifer Welles in what must be her best performance of the decade.
The film is believably real - but "unbelievable" just barely describes all of Meyer's discotheque discoveries! While walking the streets, the husband meets Brigette, they become friends, and return to her hotel room for sex.
Melody also snuggles in the nude with her cousin on occasion, but this never turns into anything more physical.