Jeanne is a director struggling with a difficult sex scene between two actors who can't stand each other. Aided by her loyal assistant Leo, Jeanne is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise. Inspired by Breillat's own experiences (particularly those in "Fat Girl"), "Sex is Comedy" explores the comedy of social manipulations, sex and power that takes place within the confines of a film set.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jeanne is a director struggling with a difficult sex scene between two actors who can't stand each other. Aided by her loyal assistant Leo, Jeanne is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise. Inspired by Breillat's own experiences (particularly those in "Fat Girl"), "Sex is Comedy" explores the comedy of social manipulations, sex and power that takes place within the confines of a film set.
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| F5 (Wichita, KS)Jake EukerTakes an absurdist approach to a sophomoric subject and wrings real laughs from it; a terrific comedy about lust, filmmaking, and the human psyche at its most clandestine. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealAn eyes-rolling, forehead-smacking glimpse through the eyes of an artist in her farcical struggle |
| Los Angeles CityBeatLuke Y. ThompsonMovies about movie-making can be unbearably insular, but I can't recall one that deals so specifically with the difficulties of love scenes without being exploitative. |
| Denver PostLisa KennedyReminds us what a vulnerable undertaking acting can be, and what an intimate, manipulative, caring and torturous act directing is. |
| Hot ButtonDavid PolandBreillat herself manages to jerk off for 92 long minutes and never comes... she actually seems to fake herself into thinking she's had an artistic orgasm. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisThere are insightful moments about the delicate relationships between a director and her cast, and about the mind games that go on both behind the camera and in front of it. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereIf you sometimes have the feeling French films are made by the most spoiled and self-involved upper-middle-class twits imaginable, it might be because of such films as Sex Is Comedy. |
| BBC.comNev Pierce[Breillat] does effectively capture the 'hurry up and wait' atmosphere of a film set, and draws excellent performances from all involved. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Cliffordan off-putting egocentrism...permeates [Breillat's] otherwise intriguing discourse on the relationship between directors and actors |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghIn Jeanne's world, and Breillat's, filmed sex is no ordinary eye candy. For their characters, it's an admission of a dark, complicated interior life that only the bravest of actors, finally, can expose on screen. |
