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Better Than Sex
EMAILPRINTSamuel Goldwyn Films

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
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Based on 10 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by: Jonathan Teplitzky
Directed by: Jonathan Teplitzky
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 26, 2001
DVD: July 29, 2003
Running Time: 81 minutes, Color
Origin: Australia
Summary
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)
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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...
Variety David Stratton
Cheekily diverting, decidedly feel-good, tremendously sexy entertainment.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
Wenham and Porter make the film better than it should be.
Read Full Review >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."
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Wenham and Porter are appealing actors, and Teplitzky's depiction of their coupling has an unflinching realism.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
Little more than a constant and occasionally pretty imaginative sex show.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
This predictable romantic comedy outing has occasional flickers of ingenuity.
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Imagine "Last Tango in Paris" remade as a wan, low-budget romantic comedy.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 10 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.
