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The Sessions
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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. Wishing to lose his virginity, Mark contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. Wishing to lose his virginity, Mark contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
Actors:
James Martinez,
Jonathan Hanrahan,
Paul MacLean,
B.J. Clinkscales,
Jarrod Bailey,
Ming Lo,
W. Earl Brown
James Martinez
Jonathan Hanrahan
Paul MacLean
B.J. Clinkscales
Jarrod Bailey
5 June 1996, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Ming Lo
W. Earl Brown
7 September 1963, Murray, Kentucky, USA
Director:
Ben Lewin
Ben Lewin
1946, Poland
Country:
United States
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June 30, 2013
It's difficult not to be impressed with director and screenwriter Ben Lewin's ability to bring this distinctive and surprisingly emotional story to the big screen.
Philadelphia Weekly
May 03, 2015
It's all so plodding and beige, yet giving this movie a bad review is like kicking a kitten.
November 23, 2012
Achieves its sunny disposition by pulling punches.
November 08, 2012
A funny, tender and mostly unsentimentalized movie about physical and emotional triumph.
October 04, 2015
The Sessions is an unflinching, moving and often funny story about dignity and sexuality.
January 15, 2013
Lewin, who has fought his own lifelong polio battle, handles tricky material with a gentle, empathetic touch.
November 25, 2013
The Sessions is a tender, well-intentioned examination of a disabled man exploring his sexual identity, but sometimes a film needs more than just good intentions.
November 02, 2012
An absolute delight.
July 21, 2013
May sound like shameless Oscar-bait, but in truth the film is simpler than that, more small-scale, with a light and unpretentious sense of humor.
January 04, 2013
A very different kind of love story, breaking taboos lightly, with sensitivity and humor.
April 17, 2016
"The Sessions" is a skillfully layered look at the similarities and differences between people of all walks of life.