Easier with Practice
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2009
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Davy is a 28-year-old writer on a road trip to promote his unpublished collection of short stories. A random phone call in Davy's motel room from a mysterious, sexy woman named Nicole leads to a series of phone sex sessions that surprisingly over time become emotionally and sexually satisfying for the shy writer. Later, when he meets a former girlfriend, he must try to choose between them - but only if he can arrange a meeting with his reclusive phone mate.
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Rated:
NC-17
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
12 Jun 2009
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
An unexpectedly stirring first feature by Kyle Patrick Alvarez about the challenges of making human connections in the weird and wired 21st century.
– Michael Rechtshaffen,
Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar 2010
fresh:
Amusingly predicated on the romantic possibilities of phone sex, Easier With Practice pushes past its titillating premise to become a quietly provocative love story about emotionally stunted manhood and the risks some guys will take to connect.
– Justin Chang,
Variety,
11 Mar 2010
rotten:
Geraghty relies too heavily on facial expressions and mannerisms, but those who appreciate visible effort may be seduced.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb 2010
fresh:
Easier With Practice reveals the sense of loneliness and isolation that permeates modern life and the lure of fantasy in filling its emptiness.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb 2010
fresh:
Geraghty's wounded-pup appeal keeps the movie alive even as it heads for a dreary, even-more-implausible-than-the-setup third act. Writer-director Kyle Patrick Alvarez, though, usually finds the right tone and appears to have a promising future.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
26 Feb 2010