
For some married couples, sex is an obsession that overwhelms their belief in strict monogamy. The ability to act out their sexual fantasies is more important than upholding any convention of love or marriage. Sex with Strangers paints an authentically intimate portrait of three such couples, from the euphoria of fantasies fulfilled to the desperation of splintering relationships, showing how their lives are profoundly affected by the lifestyle they lead. James and Theresa, a... (Full plot summary below)
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For some married couples, sex is an obsession that overwhelms their belief in strict monogamy. The ability to act out their sexual fantasies is more important than upholding any convention of love or marriage. Sex with Strangers paints an authentically intimate portrait of three such couples, from the euphoria of fantasies fulfilled to the desperation of splintering relationships, showing how their lives are profoundly affected by the lifestyle they lead. James and Theresa, a couple in their thirties, use their motor home as a pleasure palace travelling from club to club seducing couples wherever they go. Calvin and Sarah are thinking about getting married when they meet Julie, who doesn't swing, and isn't bisexual - until she falls for Calvin. Psychodrama almost displaces sex for Shannon and Gerard, who are passionate about swinging, even as they question whether the lifestyle is really for them. With unprecedented access to their lives, Sex with Strangers explores the reality of living out one's fantasies and offers an insightful story of open sexuality, communication, joy, jealousy and sometimes disappointment.
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| Dallas Morning NewsTom SimeIt'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. |
| Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderIt makes you sweat, laugh, squirm and self explore like few films -- fictional or documentary -- can. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomSex 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? |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonAs a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle, Sex with Strangers is a success. |
| Seattle TimesErik LundegaardCouples titillated by the possibility of swinging will probably leave the theater gripping each other's hands a little more tightly. |
| L.A. WeeklyJohn DentinoThe effect is so riveting, and the cameras so psychologically penetrating, you may be left breathless -- but satisfied. |
| New York TimesDave KehrIt's the element of condescension, as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch, that finally makes Sex With Strangers, which opens today in the New York metropolitan area, so distasteful. |
| San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerMore depressing than liberating, but it's never boring. |
| New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonAs it stands, there's some fine sex onscreen, and some tense arguing, but not a whole lot more. |
| The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe film is ostensibly about sex and swinging, but in depicting the complex boundaries of the sexual fringe, it ends up saying a lot about the joys and frustrations of maintaining any relationship. |