| Sexual Life | |
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| Directed by | Ken Kwapis |
| Produced by | Ken Aguado |
| Written by | Ken Kwapis |
| Starring | Azura Skye Carla Gallo Anne Heche Elizabeth Banks Tom Everett Scott Steven Weber |
| Music by | Cliff Eidelman |
| Distributed by | Showtime Independent Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sexual Life is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ken Kwapis,[1] who would go on to chronicle modern romantic life in the better-known He's Just Not That Into You in 2009. Produced by Ken Aguado and distributed by Showtime Independent Films. Cast members include Azura Skye, Carla Gallo, Anne Heche, Elizabeth Banks, Tom Everett Scott, Steven Weber, and Kerry Washington.
It is adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play La Ronde.
Premise
Like La Ronde, Sexual Life has an unconventional narrative structure—identified by Charles Ramírez Berg as the "daisy chain plot," in which there is not a single protagonist, but, instead, one central character links to another.[2]
Cast
- Azura Skye as Lorna
- Carla Gallo as Terri
- Anne Heche as Gwen
- Elizabeth Banks as Sarah
- Tom Everett Scott as Todd
- Steven Weber as David Wharton
- Kerry Washington as Rosalie
- Dulé Hill as Jerry
Reception and awards
Variety found its portrayal of the subject matter to be limited: "this semi-comedy of manners and hormones suffers from being much too neat and tidy, aesthetically and dramatically sweeping aside a lot of the messiness that comes with sex."[1]
The film won the Copper Wing Award for best director at Phoenix Film Festival.
References
- ^ a b Koehler, Robert (2004-07-08). "Sexual Life". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Berg, Charles Ramírez (2006). "A Taxonomy of Alternative Plots in Recent Films: Classifying the "Tarantino Effect"". Film Criticism. 31 (1/2 (Fall/Winter)): 5–61. OCLC 201594572.
External links
- Sexual Life at IMDb
- Sexual Life at Rotten Tomatoes
- Ritrosky-Winslow, Madelyn (2007-08-11). ""Sexual Life" an Interview with Ken Kwapis". The Entertainment Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-31.