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Amy's Orgasm

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Amy's Orgasm reviews
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7.1 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 15 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: Julie Davis

Directed by: Julie Davis

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 23, 2002
DVD: December 10, 2002

Running Time: 85 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Julie Davis, Nick Chinlund, Jeff Cesario, Mitchell Whitfield, Jennifer Bransford, Caroline Aaron, and Mark Brown

The comic story of how Amy (Davis), an Ivy League-educated self-help author, who espouses the virtues of celibacy and falls for a vulgar, womanizing DJ (Chinlund).

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Julie Davis' story is fresh and amusing.

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63

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Its bawdy honesty eventually gives way to convention, sentimentality and a frustratingly silly ending.

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60

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Davis has energy, but she doesn't bother to make her heroine's book sound convincing, the gender-war ideas original, or the comic scenes fly. Instead, the film is buttressed by song montages and jokey chapter titles.

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50

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

The orgasm, it turns out, is low on the list of Amy's issues. The title is faked.

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50

Film Threat Eric Campos

Will strike a chord with people having mid-life love crises. Maybe for them, this film will stand as a sign that love is out there and it will prevail. As any other type of audience goes, I don’t think they’ll find that this love works.

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50

The New York Times Dave Kehr

This movie is Ms. Davis's fourth film as a director, and she has a bright, chipper style that keeps things moving, while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race. Like someone who smiles too much, Amy's Orgasm seems rather sad at heart.

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40

TV Guide Ken Fox

Davis not only wrote and directed the film but edited it as well, all of which is no mean feat. Too bad she couldn't have lent some of her own gumption and self-assurance to her pathetic heroine.

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30

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

It's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah.

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25

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

There's definitely room for a female Woody Allen, an accolade garnered by a previous film. However, Amy's Orgasm is chirpy, shrill and coarse, more in the vein of one of Allen's more depressed periods.

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25

Boston Globe Erin Meister

Julie Davis, tries desperately to fill (Woody)Allen's Coke-bottle glasses, but it fails. Miserably.

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20

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

There's a bright spot in the form of Amy's publicist (screen veteran Aaron), a salty, whiskey-voiced lesbian; it's a pity the movie isn't about her.

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20

New Times (L.A.) Jean Oppenheimer

There is something distinctly self-satisfied about Amy's Orgasm that rubs the viewer the wrong way. The film should come with a warning label: Vanity project ahead!

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Sken D. gave it a10:
Hilarious, intelligent, full of wisdom!

Kevin H. gave it a10:
Sexy and smart, a real gem.

Tony b gave it a1:
Silly and senseless junk.

Julie S. gave it a 10:
Hysterical and original.

Jim S. gave it a 10:
A truly excellent movie.

Jessica L. gave it a 9:
So funny! And very realistic! I am looking for quotes about relationships and men and looking for them in this movie. The only thing that could've been changed was the length of the movie.. A little drawn out.

David S. gave it a 10:
I just saw this movie on the "small" screen. I loved it...but then, I am a romantic at heart. I hope Ms. Davis will keep writing and directing, but most importantly, staring in roles in which we can see her soon. Thanks!

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