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Sex Is Comedy(Sex is Comedy)

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France, Portugal · 2002
Rated R · 1h 34m
Director Catherine Breillat
Starring Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger
Genre Comedy, Drama

A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise.

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60

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Enjoyable if light, until it becomes apparent that Breillat is not simply waxing narcissistic but fashioning a simultaneous critique, explication, and demystification of the lengthy, near-single-take defloration that is Fat Girl's centerpiece.

63

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

The film's central flaw is that the characters are haphazardly developed, and don't come across as more interesting than the props.

60

Film Threat by Rich Cline

It captures both the exhilaration and tedium of the filmmaking process--and of looking for and finding passion wherever it might be.

80

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

When she (Breillat) succeeds, as she does in "Fat Girl" and in the final minutes of Sex Is Comedy, the impact can be overwhelming for filmmaker and audience alike.

70

Salon by Stephanie Zacharek

Parillaud's performance is sharp on its surface and soft at its core. And if Jeanne truly is Breillat's alter ego, she is a pitiless self-portrait.

80

Chicago Reader by Ted Shen

So perversely enjoyable it gives the lie to her (Breillat's) image as a serious, politically incorrect purveyor of pornographic instincts.

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