Strictly Sexual (2008)

I love this movie so much

You won't be disappointed!

Fantastic!

Absolutely Fantastic

Not sure why I rated this 7 when I first watched it, about 6 or 5 years ago. This is now the first movie I'm rating according to this brand new movie rating scale I just made precisely because I wanted to properly rate this flick - and it's a definite IMDb 10 for me, even while not perfect.I think the ending was a bit (spoilers) and there was this (spoilers) near the ending, which could have been better stitched. Other than that, all I know about the movie is what I read in the one review quoted below and here are my many kudos to Stevie Long! Really a piece of art. :smile:

I watched this on a whim one night with a friend. We saw it in our Recommendations and decided, "eh, what the hell, why not?" Barely 5 minutes into the movie and him and I are cracking jokes at the movie's expense because of it's horrible acting and writing. Neither of these relationships seemed even vaguely real to me, and when one of the two (I forget their names) break up, I felt no emotion other than joy, because I hated the both of them. I get the feeling that was not the expected emotion. That really sums up my thoughts on it, really. Whatever the movie wanted me to feel, I felt the opposite. It was a waste of my time. The fact that this is the most watched movie on Hulu, next to classics like Clerks, Good Will Hunting, and Reservoir Dogs is what really astounds me. I'm aware my opinion is in the sever vocal minority, but I frankly hated this movie.

Just finishing watching this on Hulu so I figured I would do my best to tell the world what a wonderful film it is.This movie left me speechless and almost in tears. A perfect example of a diamond in the rough. It's nothing like your typical Hollywood romantic comedy. The story, plot and characters were touching and real. The movie grabs you right from the start with a fun and silly plot, but the characters are so developed and the acting so dead on that it doesn't seem like acting anymore. Doesn't matter what genre you might prefer, you'll love this one. Personally, I can't wait to tell everyone about this so I can watch it again. A must watch for anyone with a heart...yea, that means you. Great movie!When a movie blows you away so much that it leaves you feeling compelled to share it's greatest, well, then it deserves a 10.

Thanks again to the IMDb community, since this film came to me via a fellow reviewer in the US – currently on this site it has no UK release date so I suspect I may never have seen it otherwise. However this is not thanks for the quality of the film – only of the gesture. Strictly Sexual has a provocative title and a plot that matches it. It starts with a rather abrupt "future" scene before flashing back to the origins of the story. At this point it has a fun fizz to it that carries you along despite the sheer unlikeliness of the narrative – the gloss and the rather contained nature of it makes it quite engaging.The problems with it come once this early fizz has settled down a little bit. At stage the film starts to become more of a dramatic affair with the playing out of the drama that inherently comes with any "casual" relationship. In itself this is engaging enough but it never totally rings true and I always felt like I was watching a film with actors in it – it never sucked me into these relationships or gave me things that I could see were real. I have to put this at the door of the script because it is here where this problem comes from. Ultimately it comes down to being a romantic drama but when it is doing the "drama" part, it distracts but never moves.I don't put this on the cast though because they do as well as they can with the material. The women are the stronger but this may be because they have the dominant characters. Benson does a good job with her character, allowing her to be difficult to understand and a bit conflicted in her signals but yet also keeps her open to the viewer. Kerr has to carry the romance side of the drama and she does this with beauty, lightness and a delicate performance that isn't brilliant but is just what the film needs. I found Long a little heavy in the role and I confess that I though he would have been better handing off to someone else and stick as writer. He is OK though and he works well with Urb, who is a bit too much of a pretty boy but works well with Kerr. The film contains the action really well and the tight focus on these 4 in a handful of locations gives the film a really good feel of watching an intimate play – shame that the material doesn't get as impacting or meaningful as this proximity deserves.Strictly Sexual is an OK film but it is not as amazing as some here would suggest. The intimate delivery and sexual fizz of the material doesn't transition well when it gets more serious and, when it should suck the viewer in, it only really retains the superficial air that it started with. This is a shame because, while the film feels like it should be better, it ultimately doesn't have the reality and substance that I found myself wanting.