Better Than Sex (2001)

Overrated and overhyped

Absolutely Fantastic

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I think that every boys/mans and women in the world should watch this film...because it 's quite true...and you will learn a lot about the opposite sex;) it's also quite original in the way it is filmed, the interviews...you have a lot of different point of views which are quite representative ...I'm speaking about women's point of view, of course...and i wonder if it's the same for boys. it may be not famous but it's worse to see it, believe me! Watch it either in couple or with friends...it doesn't matter as u can speak about it together! I've seen it with a friend, we had a lot of fun...than I saw it with my boyfriend, it was interesting...

You don't even have to be the type to sleep around to relate to this movie. We have all played the head games, we've doubted ourselves after making a move, we wonder if they really mean to call you, etc. I found myself laughing at the "confessionals" with the characters thinking out loud, I was nodding my head and saying "been there, done that!" many times through the movie. The getting ready to go out part was a bit tedious, but recognizable none the less. There is A LOT OF SEX in this movie, but if you can get past all of the moaning and groaning, it is quite charming.***SPOILER***I had to laugh at Josh telling Cin that she'd be good with a snorkel. I guess this is a reference to Wenham's character of Diver Dan on Aussie TV.***END SPOILER***

This film is simple in plot line---the growth from a one-night stand of a relationship that is expected to end as one party has to leave in a few days---but manages to build the characters with a mixture of soliloquy, quick comment from friends, reaction to fast sexual progression, and so on. It gives the feeling that it was once a stage play, but does not suffer for this. It has a few amusing weird bits, like the taxi driver. It is no blockbuster, but it is well-acted, well photographed, well scripted, has an interesting ending, and is generally warming, while succeeding admirably in making you see the characters without seeing their appearance.

From memory, an American critic commented that "while there may be some things that are better than sex, this movie is not one of them". He was too kind by half: this is a truly terrible film. Watching it, I began to suspect that I had walked into a first-year film school class, and not the cream of the crop, either. Time slowed to a crawl, a creeping numbness overtook me. I understood the true meaning of ennui. I would have walked out after 30 minutes, but as the car keys were in my wife's handbag that would have meant taking the bus home. After an hour I wished I had. A filmic turkey, to be avoided at all costs.