Sex Is a Four Letter Word

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Sex is a Four Letter Word
Directed by Murray Fahey
Written byMurray Fahey
Produced byMurray Fahey
Starring Joy Smithers
Miranda Otto
Mark Lee
Tessa Humphries
Rhett Walton
Edited by Brian Kavanagh
Production
company
Coventry Films
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
90 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budgetless than A$1 million [1]

Sex is a Four Letter Word is a 1995 Australian film directed by Murray Fahey and starring Joy Smithers, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee, Tessa Humphries and Rhett Walton.

Contents

It has been described as an Australian version of The Big Chill (1983). [2]

Premise

A love columnist, Sylvia, invites six friends over to talk about love and sex. They include her partner Morris, and her best friend Tracy, who is having an affair with Morris. There is also fashion designer Viv who turns up with her boyfriend Tom, who has a history with John, and Dan, who knows Tracy.

Cast

Reception

Variety called it "a familiar but entertaining and well-acted comedy-drama... diverting, low-scale entertainment, thanks mainly to the excellent performances, with the women especially good. " [3]

References

  1. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, June 1995 p. 61
  2. Anne Marie Lopez, "Everyone Together Now: Low Budget Filmmaking in Australia", Cinema Papers July 1997 pp. 18–21
  3. Stratton, David (25 September 1995). "Sex Is a Four Letter Word". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2025.