Love Mussel

Love Mussel is a 2001 New Zealand television film. It is a mockumentary where Kevin Smith, playing himself, investigates a town who are harvesting an aphrodisiac species of geoduck (pronounced as gooey duck). First commissioned for a Sunday drama series, it was originally intended to star Sam Neil.

Kevin Smith is creating a documentary in the town of Ureroa where they have the Gooey Duck, a shellfish with Viagra-like properties. Focussing on locals, Bob and Noeline, who harvest the shellfish, Smith tries one himself with disastrous consequences.

• Kevin Smith as Kevin Smith
• Geoff Snell as Bob Fife
• Vicky Haughton as Noeline Fife
• Jacqueline van Beek as Fiona Mathieson
• Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Doctor
• Peter Feeney as Rod Umber
• Greg Johnson as Donald Strack
• Michael Hurst as Stephen Jessop
• Pinky Agnew as Jenny Shipley
• John Campbell as John Campbell

Jane Bowron in The Evening Post said it was "Made along the lines of Frontline, the gentle Australian satire about the shenanigans of a TV channel" and wrote "Of course it was supposed to be terribly funny that a chap of Smith's obvious sexual charms (he always looks like he might strip at any moment) would develop an erotic appetite for the MP for Ashburton." *The Listener'*s Diana Wichtel said "as a comedian [Kevin Smith] put his Me Tarzan good looks to even better use. Thanks to him, a lively script and deft directing, Love Mussel was a good, honest laugh."

• Love Mussel at IMDb
• Love Mussel at NZ On Screen