A pair of couples is having problems in their relationships so they decide to try group sex therapy. Yeah you heard that one right. Maybe it’s just me but I think that couples in trouble shouldn’t exactly be banging other people to fix their relationships.
James (Macaulay Culkin) and Heather (Alexis Dziena) is a couple having sexual problems. She can’t have an orgasm and it’s playing on their relationship. Heather’s parents are a couple of old hippies so Heather is into alternative therapies and suggest that the two try some.
Ellis (Kuno Becker) and Renee (Eliza Dushku) are feeling bored in their relationship and looking for new thrills. Both couples approach Dr. Wellbridge (Joanna Miles) who runs a group that believes in couples should engage in group sex to work out their problems. So our two couples eventually end up swapping partners with each other on doctor’s orders and let the psychotherapy begin.
I can’t imagine that this kind of therapy can actually help such situations as I can see the massive problems that this could cause. Don’t couples usually break up because their partner is bonking somebody else? However, this is a comedy so this kind of lunacy is exactly the kind of behavior that our characters engage in and the results are indeed funny.
Ellis is obsessed with making sure that Renee doesn’t engage in a lesbian relationship when she spills the beans that its something that she wants to try. James is trying to make the relationship with Heather work and really doesn’t want to try the therapy since they tried something similar on their own and it didn’t work out. Since this was the case it really doesn’t seem like that Heather’s idea of going with Dr. Wellbridge is going to work out.
A series of misadventures before the big “Saturday at 5” that they’re supposed to meet the other couple that they’ll be in therapy with acts as several comic interludes for both sets of partners. Those that expect that it’s going to be a wall-to-wall screwfest as the cover and subject matter suggest will walk away disappointed. There’s really not too much nudity and the R-rating is mostly for the sex talk and some pictures that the doc uses during her lecture I would imagine.
I’d say that the film is more of a drama-dy since there are really some heady issues that are going on besides some of the wacky interludes. The cast is really good, but I’d suggest a more traditional form of therapy for couples having the same problem as our couples in the film.
Sex and Breakfast is presented in anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) and is enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Special features include trailers for other First Look Studios DVDs.
The film is well made, but I didn’t think that the couples seemed real serious in solving their problems and the film only showed that their problems lay elsewhere from where they thought they were.
Sex and Breakfast is now available at Amazon . As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.
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