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Comedy, Drama, Romance - 2012
The Sessions
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7.2
91%
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Though 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.
Director:
,
Ben Lewin
Cast:
,
William H. Macy
,
W. Earl Brown
,
Helen Hunt
,
John Hawkes
,
Moon Bloodgood
,
Annika Marks

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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
2 May 2012
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$9,138,338
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 64 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Lewin, who has fought his own lifelong polio battle, handles tricky material with a gentle, empathetic touch.
– Guy Lodge,
Time Out,
15 Jan 2013
fresh:
Thanks to Lewin's light but assured touch, The Sessions never wears its theological preoccupations heavily, instead allowing transcendence to creep up on the audience quietly.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
8 Jan 2013
fresh:
A very different kind of love story, breaking taboos lightly, with sensitivity and humor.
– Tom Charity,
CNN.com,
4 Jan 2013
rotten:
Achieves its sunny disposition by pulling punches.
– Ian Buckwalter,
The Atlantic,
23 Nov 2012
fresh:
A funny, tender and mostly unsentimentalized movie about physical and emotional triumph.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
8 Nov 2012
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