1972
R
United Artists
1 h 28 m

1972
R
United Artists
1 h 28 m

Summary Seven segments related to one another only in that they all purport to be based on sections of the book by David Reuben. The segments range from "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?" in which a court jester gives an aphrodisiac to the Queen and is, in the end, beheaded to "What Happens During Ejaculation?" in which we watch 'control central' during a ...

Comedy

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: David Reuben, Woody Allen

1972
R
United Artists
1 h 28 m

1972
R
United Artists
1 h 28 m

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask

Name: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1972-08-06
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Rating: 66
Cast: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings

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Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: David Reuben, Woody Allen

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Time Out London

Seven sketches parodying a sex manual, in which Allen strung together "every funny idea I've ever had about sex, including several that led to my own divorce."

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Empire

It may not consistently stay the distance, but the sublimely funny moments make up for an awful lot of misfires.

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Time

Anthology inspired by Dr. David Reuben’s book of the same title. Allen’s version is far less educational than Reuben’s; it takes the form of several unrelated sketches, each of which purports to answer a question posed in Reuben’s book. The funniest bits are the first and last.

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TV Guide Magazine

Seven segments make up this melange--some of them work; some of them are dreadful. It was Allen's sixth screenplay, his third directorial assignment, and one of his weakest efforts.

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Variety

Allen's gift is in the depiction of a contemporary intellectual shlump who cannot seem to make it with the chicks always tantalizingly out of reach. That persona could well have served him once more as the focus for a good bit of caustic comedy on today's sexual mores.

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Production Company Brodsky-Gould Productions, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, Rollins-Joffe Productions

Release Date Aug 6, 1972

Duration 1 h 28 m

Rating R

Genres

Comedy

Tagline If you want to know how this man made a movie out of this book... "Everything you always wanted to know about sex* - *But Were Afraid to Ask" you'll have to see the movie!

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask

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Victor, Fabrizio, The Fool

Gene Wilder

Doctor Ross

Louise Lasser

Gina

John Carradine

Doctor Bernardo

Lou Jacobi

Sam

Anthony Quayle

The King

Tony Randall

The Operator

Lynn Redgrave

The Queen

Burt Reynolds

Switchboard

Jack Barry

Jack Barry

Erin Fleming

The Girl

Elaine Giftos

Mrs. Ross

Toni Holt Kramer

Toni Holt

Robert Q. Lewis

Robert Q. Lewis

Heather MacRae

Helen Lacey

Pamela Mason

Pamela Mason

Sidney Miller

George

Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin

Titos Vandis

Milos

Stanley Adams

Stomach Operator

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