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Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday -- drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
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A powerful debut for Molly Manning Walker, How to Have Sex authentically captures female adolescence and friendship with sobering effervescence.

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Wenlei Ma The Nightly (AU) 03/10/2024
3.5/5
It’s naturalistic, thoughtful, and deeply, deeply uncomfortable because there are familiar behaviours that almost anyone will remember from their own adolescence — and wish they could forget. Go to Full Review Geordie Gray The Australian 02/24/2024
3.5/5
This film marks Molly Manning Walker as a director to watch. Go to Full Review Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 02/15/2024
3.5/4
Walker realizes this is risky material but she avoids sensationalism in charting Tara’s treacherous journey, one that requires lead McKenna-Bryce to crawl into tough emotional spaces. Go to Full Review Maxance Vincent Movies We Texted About Jan 6
4.5/5
[Mia McKenna Bruce's] performance slowly devastates you until the final scene at an airport, which releases the tension meticulously built in an incredibly cathartic way. Go to Full Review Rohan Naahar The Indian Express Jul 28
A disturbing companion piece to Netflix's Adolescence; director Molly Manning Walker's coming-of-age film will be particularly satisfying to anybody who felt that the show was neglectful of the victim's experience. Go to Full Review Samantha Schuster Cinéfilo Serial Jul 25
4/5
With a great performance by McKenna-Bruce and an interesting perspective from its director, as well as the atmosphere she manages to create, How to Have Sex is an intense, surprising, and necessary coming-of-age story. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ghederick Eshmont 02/04/2024 The film’s brilliance is evident in its nuance & what’s left unsaid by Tara. Molly Manning-Walker’s debut is exceptional. See more Fleur V @Fleurtjuh02 May 1 It was unfortunatly so real and even though i felt uncomfortable i also Felt like it is something we all go through as teens and feels so retable. The acting was phenomanal. See more Sharang L @Scribe187 Apr 18 You realise you are watching something deeper than what you had expected. The lead actress is phenomenal. It's a teen drama but certainly not frivolous. See more The O @RT59845278 Nov 15 Yeah this is just straight porn without any substance See more Jack T @RT19599803 Sep 11 Brilliant, clever, thoughtful...and sex! Really enjoyed See more florencia L @Florencel Jul 5 It is a concerning movie. Through the eyes of the characters, it's a journey where binge drinking is desired, glorified and normalised. The reflection of the human quality and their lost meaning is reflected in the trashed, vomited and peed on landscape. Empty relationships and objectified sexual intimacy, this is not a rite of passage movie, but a worrying portrait of confused and damaged youth. See more Read all reviews
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Molly Manning Walker

Director

Mia McKenna-Bruce

Tara

Samuel Bottomley

Paddy

Lara Peake

Skye

Shaun Thomas

Badger

Eilidh Loan

Fi

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Movie Info

Synopsis Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday -- drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
Director
Molly Manning Walker
Producer
Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Emily Leo, Ivana Mackinnon
Screenwriter
Molly Manning Walker, Molly Manning Walker
Distributor
MUBI
Production Co
British Film Institute, Heretic, Film4
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 2, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$177.4K
Runtime
1h 38m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)