Sex Is Comedy

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Sex Is Comedy
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Catherine Breillat
Written byCatherine Breillat
Produced byJean-François Lepetit
Starring
CinematographyLaurent Machuel
Edited byPascale Chavance
Production
companies
Distributed byRézo Films
Release dates
  • May 2002 (2002-05)(Cannes)
  • 5 June 2002 (2002-06-05)(France)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Portugal
Languages
  • French
  • Portuguese

Sex Is Comedy is a 2002 comedy-drama film written and directed by Catherine Breillat. [1] It revolves around a director (Anne Parillaud) and her troubles filming an intimate sex scene between two actors who cannot tolerate each other.

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Based on Breillat's experiences directing her 2001 film Fat Girl , the climax of the film features a recreation of a scene from that film, shot from the point of view of the crew, with Roxane Mesquida essentially reprising her role from the first film.[ citation needed ]

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 68% based on reviews from 47 critics, with an average rating of 6.3/10. [2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Nev Pierce of BBC praised the direction by Catherine Breillat, writing "[She] does effectively capture the 'hurry up and wait' atmosphere of a film set, and draws excellent performances from all involved". [4]

Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine called the film an "ego trip", [5] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said that the film is not sure "what it's really about, or how to get there". [6]

According to John Anderson of the Chicago Tribune "It may be impossible ever to watch a sex scene again after seeing Catherine Breillat's Sex Is Comedy. And that may precisely be the point". [7]

In a review for The A.V. Club , Scott Tobias wrote, "Sex Is Comedy triumphs mostly in laying out the specific mechanics of a love scene", [8] while Ruthe Stein of San Francisco Chronicle criticized the film for being "[a]nnoying, soporific and, despite its title, singularly humorless". [9]

References

  1. ↑ Scott, A. O. (20 October 2004). "On a Movie Set, Using Stand-Ins for Actors and Director". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sex Is Comedy (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sex Is Comedy (2004)". Metacritic . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Pierce, Nev (15 July 2003). "Sex is Comedy (2003)". BBC . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Gonzalez, Ed (15 June 2004). "Review: Sex Is Comedy". Slant Magazine .
  6. ↑ Ebert, Roger (2 December 2004). "Nothing funny about 'Sex Is Comedy'". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 13 August 2021– via RogerEbert.com.
  7. ↑ Anderson, John (3 December 2004). "'Sex is Comedy'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Tobias, Scott (18 October 2004). "Sex Is Comedy". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Stein, Ruthe (24 December 2004). "It's French, it's sexy, yet it's dull". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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