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Sex With Strangers (2002)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:12

Rotten:19

Average Rating:5.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: SEX WITH STRANGERS focuses on swinging--or couples engaging openly in sex with other, often multiple, partners. Filmed on digital video over a year by filmmakers Joe and Harry Gantz (HBO's Taxicab... SEX WITH STRANGERS focuses on swinging--or couples engaging openly in sex with other, often multiple, partners. Filmed on digital video over a year by filmmakers Joe and Harry Gantz (HBO's Taxicab Confessions), the film observes two couples and and a trio who partake in what is known by insiders as "The Lifestyle." Twentysomethings Calvin and Sarah opened up their relationship to Julie and include her as a permanent fixture to their practices. Married thirtysomething medical professionals James and Theresa spend their free time cruising bars and clubs in their R.V. looking for potential lovers, then discussing their experiences the day after. Southerners Shannon and Gerard met when he was 32 and she was 17, married, then tried swinging when it was suggested by a marriage counselor. Though what is presented is fairly explicit, a minimal amount of sex is actually shown in Gantz's film. Instead, SEX WITH STRANGERS chooses to examine the manner in which swinging affects an otherwise committed relationship--and the result appears to be determined by the emotional constitution of the participants. Calvin's emotional distance appears to be the undoing of sensitive Sarah, while James and Theresa could be an advertisement for The Lifestyle. Problems between Shannon and Gerard, however, appear to be beyond anything that any amount of additional partners could ever repair. [More]

Director: Joe Gantz, Harry Gantz

Director: Joe Gantz, Harry Gantz
Producer: Joe Gantz, Harry Gantz

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Dec 9, 2003

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If you want to see a train wreck that you can’t look away from, then look no further, because here it is.

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10/12/02
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It's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good.

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10/11/02
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Sex With Strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness. But what is missing from it all is a moral. What is the filmmakers’ point? Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery?

Full Review Source: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) | comment Comment
10/07/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The Gantzes' interviews tend to let the guys off the hook.

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09/27/02
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

As a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle, Sex with Strangers is a success.

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09/20/02
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Couples titillated by the possibility of swinging will probably leave the theater gripping each other's hands a little more tightly.

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09/13/02
Erik Lundegaard
Erik Lundegaard
Seattle Times

Finally, a movie for people who just can't get enough Jerry Springer.

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08/31/02
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Swinging, the film makes it seem, is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit. Or intelligent.

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08/30/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

I didn't find much fascination in the swinging. What they're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games, of no erotic or sensuous charge. But that they are doing it is thought-provoking.

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08/16/02
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A film that forces you to bring along and confront your own sexual mores, whether you like it or not.

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08/15/02
Robert K. Elder
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