How to Have Sex

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How to Have Sex

Released Feb 2, 2024

1h 38m

Drama

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Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday -- drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

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Critics Consensus

A powerful debut for Molly Manning Walker, How to Have Sex authentically captures female adolescence and friendship with sobering effervescence.

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Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

It’s naturalistic, thoughtful, and deeply, deeply uncomfortable because there are familiar behaviours that almost anyone will remember from their own adolescence — and wish they could forget.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 10, 2024

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Geordie Gray

The Australian

This film marks Molly Manning Walker as a director to watch.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 24, 2024

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Walker realizes this is risky material but she avoids sensationalism in charting Tara’s treacherous journey, one that requires lead McKenna-Bryce to crawl into tough emotional spaces.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 15, 2024

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Jen Shieff

New Zealand Herald

The film is worth seeing for its insight into the party scene and for an interesting angle on giving consent.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 9, 2025

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Walker reminds that, though we all reach adulthood at the same time in terms of pure numbers, our internal paces and definitions vary infinitely.

Jan 3, 2025

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Abe Friedtanzer

Cinema Daily US

This film and its cast compellingly convey the importance of telling the truth and of looking at events through the proper lens, one that assigns blame to those who do wrong and not those without the ability to stop them.

Rated: B+

Jul 27, 2024

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Ghederick Eshmont

The film’s brilliance is evident in its nuance & what’s left unsaid by Tara. Molly Manning-Walker’s debut is exceptional.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Franciscus M

dont be put off by the title, a touching movie that grows on you

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Gabriel N

La peor pelicula que he visto en toda mi vida. Planos sin sentido, trama sin sentido, personajes vacios y actores que no dan la talla.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Juan Jose L

Es una película aburrida y muy lenta. No me gustó

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/12/25

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EVAN M

Al principio pensé que sería una película con más drama o que realmente mostraría un lado oscuro, pero mientras más avanzaba más aburrida se convertía, hay momentos rescatables pero en general peca de aburrida dependiendo de un título que genera morbo al espectador para que la vea

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Christian P

That's how British people have fun on holidays. Kinda sad.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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Synopsis

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday -- drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

Director: Molly Manning Walker
Producer: Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Emily Leo, Ivana Mackinnon
Screenwriter: Molly Manning Walker, Molly Manning Walker
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: British Film Institute, Heretic, Film4
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 2, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $177.4K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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