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A Little Sex

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Although Michael (Tim Matheson) is an unrepentant sex addict who has cheated on his girlfriend, Katherine (Kate Capshaw), repeatedly throughout their relationship, she's so convinced he'll change once they're married that he also begins to believe it. But, despite the advice of his psychologist brother, Tommy (Edward Herrmann), Michael begins to feel the urge to stray when he meets classical musician Philomena (Wendie Malick), and soon his young marriage is in crisis.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Everything happens a split-second after we expect it to. People don't think, talk or react quite fast enough. The movie drags. Rated: 2/4 May 8, 2019 Full Review Bob Thomas Associated Press The script by Robert DeLaurentis sometimes loses focus, but first time director Bruce Paltrow has staged it with handsome backdrops and attractive players. Nov 12, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The only thing other than Temple of Doom I've seen Kate Capshaw. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The characters were interesting, and well portrayed by the actors, but the story is the same old romance movie plot we've seen a million times. This movie would have been good with more drama. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member There's nothing harder to take that a romantic comedy centering around two very unlikable characters, and because of that, "A Little Sex" is one film that is pretty hard to take. You have Kate Capshaw on one hand, very appealing in her film debut. But on the other hand, her philandering husband played by Tim Matheson only considers sleeping around on her cheating after they tie the knot. He's a completely unsympathetic character, and you dislike her just because she comes off as a weak and helpless female. These people clearly should not be together and that's kind of the opposite of what you want in a film like this. The script is very weak, and plays out like a made-for-television movie with enough juicy sex and bad language to earn an "R" rating. But those expecting a raunchy "Porky's"-style comedy will be just as disappointed as the rest of the audience. This is a lackluster picture in that department as well. The only voice of reasoning worth listening to in the film comes in the form of Edward Herrman as Matheson's wise older brother. I'm not sure why all of his words of wisdom are dispensed at a zoo, but his performance gives the movie some much-needed weight. It would have been nice to see some sort of spark or chemistry between the two stars to give "A Little Sex" a little credibility. It's impossible to see what they see in each other, and that has all of the makings of a seriously dysfunctional romantic comedy. There's little reason to see this glorified Lifetime movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A Little Sex (1982) -- [4.5] -- If there were no other movies made about infidelity, this movie would be all right. But it wallows in all-too-familiar subject matter without adding any new spin. I didn't like that the wife had meaningless sex to understand why the husband did. It felt like a writer's desperate attempt to forge a happy ending. I did like the videotape monologue at the end -- it was Matheson's only moment of real acting in the movie. Even though the movie was blah, it was fun to see Tim Matheson, Kate Capshaw, Edward Herrmann and John Glover in their younger days. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Watch this in big screen. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member i would recomend this movie for adults only, but very comedy romantic movie Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Although Michael (Tim Matheson) is an unrepentant sex addict who has cheated on his girlfriend, Katherine (Kate Capshaw), repeatedly throughout their relationship, she's so convinced he'll change once they're married that he also begins to believe it. But, despite the advice of his psychologist brother, Tommy (Edward Herrmann), Michael begins to feel the urge to stray when he meets classical musician Philomena (Wendie Malick), and soon his young marriage is in crisis.
Director
Bruce Paltrow
Producer
Bruce Paltrow
Screenwriter
Robert DeLaurentiis, Robert DeLaurentiis
Production Co
Company Four, MTM Enterprises
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 2, 1982, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2016
Runtime
1h 35m
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