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Sex Appeal

Sex Appeal

Comedy · Romance · 2022

Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.

Movie details

Sex Appeal

“The only science she doesn't get is chemistry.”

2022 Comedy · Romance 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Talia Osteen

Written by

Tate Hanyok

Mika Abdalla

Mika Abdalla

Avery Hansen-White

Jake Short

Jake Short

Larson

Paris Jackson

Paris Jackson

Danica McCollum

Fortune Feimster

Fortune Feimster

Mama Suze

Rebecca Henderson

Rebecca Henderson

Kim

Mason Versaw

Mason Versaw

Casper

Artemis Pebdani

Artemis Pebdani

Ms. Carlson

Court is in session

Put Sex Appeal on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.