Let's Talk About Sex (film) explained

Let's Talk About Sex
Director:Troy Beyer
Producer:Deborah Ridpath
Starring:Troy Beyer
Paget Brewster
Randi Ingerman
Michaline Babich
Tina Nguyen
Music:Jon Carpenter
Cinematography:Kelly Evans
Editing:William Henry
A. Michael Page
Distributor:Fine Line Features
Runtime:82 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Let's Talk About Sex is a 1998 American dramatic film written, directed by, and starring Troy Beyer.[1] The film received generally negative reviews from critics.

Plot

Jazz (Troy Beyer) works as a newspaper advice columnist located in Miami, Florida. The movie takes place over the span of a long weekend in which she interviews many women about sex, to edit into a pilot episode for a show called "Girl Talk".[2]

MPAA controversy

The film was originally rated NC-17 by the MPAA, but was edited for an R-rating. According to Beyer, among other items the MPAA would have required to give the film a lower rating, Beyer was asked to remove a scene where a fully dressed woman licks a peach in demonstration of cunnilingus. Beyer says that the scene was "heartfelt... It wasn't vulgar or demeaning to anyone." Regarding her experience with the MPAA, Beyer said, "I felt violated. I felt raped artistically."

The film has aired numerous times uncut on French television.

Reception

Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com gave the film a one-star negative review, criticising its portrayal of men. Stephen Holden of The New York Times called the film an "entertaining hodgepodge of quasi-documentary, soft-core porn, sex farce and psychobabbling soap opera", but criticised its lack of focus.[3] Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Chicago Reader said the movie could be "phony" during big emotional scenes.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why Ratings Suck! . E! Online . August 15, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060819085938/http://msn.eonline.com/Features/Specials/Ratings/One/index2.html . August 19, 2006 . August 19, 2006 . dead.
  2. Web site: Ebert . Roger . Let's Talk About Sex . RogerEbert.com . August 15, 2024 . September 11, 1998 . October 2, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241002133543/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lets-talk-about-sex-1998 . live .
  3. Web site: Holden . Stephen . 'Let's Talk About Sex': What's All the Talk About? (Hint: It's Not the Weather) . The New York Times . August 15, 2024 . September 11, 1998 . August 15, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240815130059/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/091198sex-film-review.html . live .
  4. Web site: Rosenbaum . Jonathan . Let’s Talk About Sex . Chicago Reader . August 15, 2024 . August 31, 1998 . August 15, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240815130102/https://chicagoreader.com/film/lets-talk-about-sex/ . live .