The Sessions
Taste attributes: comedydramaromanceanimalsbiographyslowfresh & originalwholesomerealisticlinearemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshiplove conquers all
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Boxlist takeA grounded, stirring romantic comedy: original and slow-paced. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
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 Green to lose his virginity.
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Taste Attributes
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- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Rhino Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
