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Better Than Sex
Samuel Goldwyn Films

Better Than Sex reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 47 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.4 out of 10
based on 15 reviews
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based on 9 votes
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring David Wenham, Susie Porter, Kris McQuade, Simon Bossell, and Catherine McClements

The story of a one-night stand that goes wrong for all the right reason. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Jonathan Teplitzky  
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Teplitzky  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: July 29, 2003 
Video: July 29, 2003 
Theatrical: October 26, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 81 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Australia 

What The Critics Said

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80
Variety David Stratton
Cheekily diverting, decidedly feel-good, tremendously sexy entertainment.
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70
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
This is a small, funny movie drawn from the radical notion that a love born of late-night lust can survive the glaring light of day.
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63
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Unpretentious fun.
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60
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
It's a good thing Better Than Sex, which is pretty raunchy and absolutely not for prudes, does have more than sex on its mind, because otherwise audiences might be tempted to dismiss it as a tease.
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60
Salon.com Charles Taylor
It could be funnier, sharper, more probing, but at its best it is sexy, and that's always something to celebrate.
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58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
Wenham and Porter make the film better than it should be.
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50
Village Voice Ed Park
Despite the wall-to-wall shagging in Cin's loft, -- this Three Days of the Condom is less Last Tango in Sydney than "When Harry Met Sally."
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50
Boston Globe Jay Carr
There are many things that Better Than Sex is better than, although sex is not among them. It is better than a root canal, an IRS audit, or a rained-out ballgame.
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50
New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf
Neither sensuously sizzling nor daftly off-beat, Better Than Sex occasionally rises to its own modest occasion by gently reversing our expectations.
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50
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Wenham and Porter are appealing actors, and Teplitzky's depiction of their coupling has an unflinching realism.
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The film's greatest assets are leads Susie Porter and David Wenham, whose considerable personal appeal make its trite observations about the war of the sexes seem charming, at least for a while.
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40
Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
Little more than a constant and occasionally pretty imaginative sex show.
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40
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
This predictable romantic comedy outing has occasional flickers of ingenuity.
38
New York Post V.A. Musetto
The movie's only redeeming qualities are its stars.
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30
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Imagine "Last Tango in Paris" remade as a wan, low-budget romantic comedy.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
Fresh. Real. Honest.

GM gave it a 9:
So entertaining.. the two main actors are so snug fit for the roles they played!

Jackie S. gave it a 10:
This is a real story about real life that is not often lived and less often told... The very best is not valued by the packaging... This is the best ever in plain brown paper wrap. Jackie ( Androgyne / TG / M2F )

[Anonymous] gave it an 8:
Really nice film!

Judgies gave it a 10:
Excellent - funny, sensual, moving... a fantastic movie

Erwin C. gave it a 10:
Just great.

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