Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

hall895 Boring and pretentious is not a good combination for a film. Unfortunately that is the combination we get with Sex Is Comedy. It is a film in which nothing ever happens. Seriously, nothing. A bunch of talk (about nothing), then more talk (still about nothing) as the film slogs along, boring you to tears. The whole time director Catherine Breillat, who is essentially making a movie about herself making another movie, beats you over the head with how powerful the subject matter is. Except it is not powerful at all. It's a movie about a director struggling to film a sex scene. This is not nearly as grave a matter as Breillat would have you believe. It's a "look at me" effort from the director, trying to impress upon you just how important she is. She's not as important as she thinks. And she has ended up making a rather terrible movie. Movies which take a look at the making of movies are usually pretty interesting, especially for serious film fanatics. This film has a few telling behind the scenes moments but overall it does not work. There is just not enough interesting stuff going on here to hold your attention.The movie is barely over 90 minutes long but it seems interminable, dragging painfully all the way through. It is a film which never sparks to life. The central character, the director, is passionate about making her film but we never truly feel that passion. In playing the role Anne Parillaud, who is essentially playing Breillat herself, leaves you cold. Meanwhile Grégoire Colin, playing the film within the film's stubborn actor, is quite terrible. Only Roxane Mesquida, playing the actress, comes away with any credit at all but honestly she has very little to do. The whole film is Parillaud and Colin, the director and actor, talking and talking and talking and never actually accomplishing anything. These two are constantly bickering back and forth about the big sex scene which is treated as if it is the most important endeavor in human history. When your boring film is building up to nothing more than the filming of a sex scene you're in trouble. There's no chance the ending will redeem all the drivel which preceded it. Sex Is Comedy is a very limp effort from a director who is not nearly as big a deal as she thinks she is.

dr_wolfi_d 1 hour and 40 minutes of talking--boring talking, and more talking and then some. It is hard for me to grasp how an actress like Anne Parillaud, who shone superbly in Femme Fatale, would sign up for such a piece of crap! Unbelievable. If you need a nightcap, this movie might help, although I would prefer some nice classical music. unfortunately, i just found out that i have to write 10 lines for my comment to appear--that's almost as unbelievable! so, short and succinct one or two sentence commentaries expressing one's core take on a movie is not enough. geez, people. i made my point and don't to waste your time with more, unnecessary words--as this movie does. Wolfgang

FilmCriticLalitRao According to Catherine Breillat many people believe that by watching "making of" they can understand the intricacies of the actual shooting process. She opines that this is not quite the case and the real process of filming a feature film is unfortunately very complex,hard to follow and difficult to understand. She goes on to add that rather than simplifying the creative process these programs end up confusing the viewers. Keeping this particular idea in mind, she has filmed a unique,trend setting film which relies heavily on the whims and fancies of its principal characters. One can have a first hand experience of how difficult things are on a set when a film is being shot. Compared to other films by Catherine Breillat,sex is comedy is devoid of controversial elements. As a film director in this film Anne Parillaud looks a bit similar to Catherine Breillat.Gregoire Colin is fine too as the moody actor. As a final comment, I would like to remark that this film is very serene and an inattentive viewer might not know how quickly the film is getting over.

tedg All of us, and certainly most filmmakers are trapped in small worlds. But it must be hell to be trapped in one that society recognizes as such. Breillat makes sometimes sensitive movies, all from within this tight shell, all with the same screams.But this one is different, a whole new tone. This time she follows a French model for films that are essays: she makes a film about a film that is an essay on sex. It works because such things are talk about movies and the portrayal of life in movies.It works because we don't have to relate to the poor girl in question, instead the filmmaker who is struggling with the representation.Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.