The End of Sex

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The End of Sex
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Directed by Sean Garrity
Written by Jonas Chernick
Produced byJustin Rebelo
StarringJonas Chernick
Emily Hampshire
CinematographySasha Moric
Edited byJohn Gurdebeke
Music by Ari Posner
Production
company
Vortex Productions
Distributed byVortex Media
Release date
  • September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10)(TIFF)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$54,527 [1] [2]

The End of Sex is a 2022 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Sean Garrity. [3] The film stars Jonas Chernick and Emily Hampshire as Josh and Emma, a young married couple who are feeling pressured by the demands of parenthood, and ship their kids off to camp so that they can embark on a series of sexual adventures to reignite the passion in their relationship. [4]

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The cast also includes Gray Powell, Lily Gao, Melanie Scrofano, and Pedro Miguel Arce.

The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, in early 2022. [4]

The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022. [5] It also screened in the Borsos Competition at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival. [6]

Ari Posner received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [7]

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 59% of 27 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6/10.The website's consensus reads: "Generally amusing in spite of its predictable approach to marital doldrums, The End of Sex offers an earnest yet often awkward look at intimacy." [8] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [9]

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