Whipped (2000 film)

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Whipped
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter M. Cohen
Written byPeter M. Cohen
Produced byPeter M. Cohen
Matthew Cane
Starring
CinematographyPeter B. Kowalski
Edited by Tom McArdle
Music by Michael Montes
Distributed by Destination Films
Release date
  • September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$4.8 million [1]

Whipped is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Peter M. Cohen and starring Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt, Jonathan Abrahams, Zorie Barber, and Judah Domke.

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Premise

Three single men gather at a local restaurant every Sunday, so they can discuss each other's sex lives; however, when each one of them falls in love with a beautiful girl named Mia (Amanda Peet), their weekly ritual becomes something of a trial, and their once strong friendships are put at risk.

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Reception

Whipped has an overall approval rating of 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 68 reviews, with a weighted average of 3.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "The sex jokes in Whipped are tiresomely vulgar and unfunny. Critics also condemn the movie as cynical and mean-spirited, with no likeable characters." [3] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 10 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". [4] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale. [5]

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