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81
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54
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45
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42
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35
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28
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22
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Better Than Sex
Samuel Goldwyn Films
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
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Jonathan Teplitzky
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jonathan Teplitzky
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 29, 2003
Video: July 29, 2003
Theatrical: October 26, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
81 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Australia |

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...
80
Variety
David Stratton
Cheekily diverting, decidedly feel-good, tremendously sexy entertainment.

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.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Unpretentious fun.

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.

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.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Wenham and Porter make the film better than it should be.

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."

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.

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.

50
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Wenham and Porter are appealing actors, and Teplitzky's depiction of their coupling has an unflinching realism.

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.

40
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Little more than a constant and occasionally pretty imaginative sex show.

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.

30
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Imagine "Last Tango in Paris" remade as a wan, low-budget romantic comedy.


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