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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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Swinging, the film makes it seem, is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit. Or intelligent.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
08/30/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
08/31/02
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
01/21/03
AV Club

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.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/11/02
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
10/12/02
Boston Phoenix

An empty, purposeless exercise.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/03/02
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Boxoffice Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/15/02
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

You emerge dazed, confused as to whether you've seen pornography or documentary.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
02/28/02
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

It's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue, only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary, pasty lumpen.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
06/06/02
Tom Sime
Tom Sime
Dallas Morning News

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

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
09/20/02
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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The cold shower of swinger documentaries.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
05/03/02
E! Online

Sex With Strangers is fascinating ...

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
05/13/02
Richard Roeper
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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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If you've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies, what Sex With Strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
05/25/02
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

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

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Eric Campos
Eric Campos
Film Threat
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07/21/05
Houston Chronicle

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)

While we see a lot of clammy groping and creepy parties, we also witness the couples going through their inevitable emotional traumas even as they struggle to sublimate their spiritual needs into sex.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
06/01/02
John Dentino
John Dentino
L.A. Weekly
 
 
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