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6.9Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
Released: 2012-05-0295 minDir: Ben LewinDrama, Romance, ComedyBudget: $1.0MBox office: $9.1M
Cast
- John Hawkes as Mark
- Helen Hunt as Cheryl
- William H. Macy as Father Brendan
- Moon Bloodgood as Vera
- Annika Marks as Amanda
- Adam Arkin as Josh
Themes
- virgin
- cat
- narration
- wheelchair
- affectation
- graduation
- based on true story
- sexual arousal
- judaism
- power outage
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- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 189922
- Official website
- www.thesessionsmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2013-01-17
- title
- The Sessions
- review score
- 79/100
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2010s sex comedy-drama films2012 American films2012 biographical drama films2012 comedy-drama films2012 English-language films2012 erotic films2012 films2012 independent filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsAmerican erotic romance filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican sex comedy-drama filmsBiographical films about writersComedy-drama films based on actual eventsEnglish-language biographical drama filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language sex comedy-drama filmsFilms about disability in the United StatesFilms about people with paraplegia or tetraplegiaFilms about virginityFilms based on newspaper and magazine articlesFilms directed by Ben LewinFilms scored by Marco BeltramiFilms set in 1988