Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO -- "Just Sex and Nothing Else", as you would sagely guess from the title, really means "sex and a whole lot else," which is what this Hungarian crowd-pleaser served up here at the Chicago International Film Festival. A smash hit in Hungary, this frothy contemporary comedy should titillate the same funny bones and stimulate the same emotional chords as "Sex and the City" and "Bridget Jones's Diary."
A savvy indie distributor could win some strong select-site boxoffice for this witty comedy as well as see strong video rentals.
In this serious farce, Dora (Judit Schell) has the same problems as Carrie Bradshaw: a ticking biological clock, man woes and an addiction to the modern scene. Her theater job, adapting classic plays to the modern era, engulfs her in the same frantic milieu. She's 32 and yearns for a child but has no serious prospects. Artificial insemination appalls her, so she sets out to find a no-strings-attached sex liaison to get pregnant. Naturally, such a request rouses entanglements, both emotional and romantic, which she doesn't perceive.
A perceptive roundelay, brimming with farcical hilarity, "Just Sex" is a brainy romp. It's laced with deliriously smart dialogue, compliments of writers Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller and Reka Divinyi.
Bolstering Schell's sympathetic turn as the maiden-on-a-mission, Sandor Csanyi is well cast as her vexing Mr. Big, a lethal mix of testosterone and sensitivity.
Throughout, "Just Sex" boasts plenty else. Goda, who also directs, strokes the comedy with deadpan funny visuals and robust pacing, a testament to the technical talents of cinematographer Buda Gulyas for the droll framings and editor Adam Csillag for the zesty gait.
JUST SEX AND NOTHING ELSE
Megafilm
Credits:
Director: Krisztina Goda
Screenwriters: Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller, Reka Divinyi
Producer: Gabor Kalomista
Director of photography: Buda Gulyas
Production designer: Gabor Valcz
Music: Gabor Madarasz
Editor: Adam Csillag
Cast:
Dora: Judit Schell
Zsofi: Kata Dobo
Tamas: Sandor Csanyi
Pasko: Karoly Gesztesi
Saci: Adel Jordan
Peter: Zoltan Seress.
Running time -- 101 minutes
No MPAA rating...
CHICAGO -- "Just Sex and Nothing Else", as you would sagely guess from the title, really means "sex and a whole lot else," which is what this Hungarian crowd-pleaser served up here at the Chicago International Film Festival. A smash hit in Hungary, this frothy contemporary comedy should titillate the same funny bones and stimulate the same emotional chords as "Sex and the City" and "Bridget Jones's Diary."
A savvy indie distributor could win some strong select-site boxoffice for this witty comedy as well as see strong video rentals.
In this serious farce, Dora (Judit Schell) has the same problems as Carrie Bradshaw: a ticking biological clock, man woes and an addiction to the modern scene. Her theater job, adapting classic plays to the modern era, engulfs her in the same frantic milieu. She's 32 and yearns for a child but has no serious prospects. Artificial insemination appalls her, so she sets out to find a no-strings-attached sex liaison to get pregnant. Naturally, such a request rouses entanglements, both emotional and romantic, which she doesn't perceive.
A perceptive roundelay, brimming with farcical hilarity, "Just Sex" is a brainy romp. It's laced with deliriously smart dialogue, compliments of writers Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller and Reka Divinyi.
Bolstering Schell's sympathetic turn as the maiden-on-a-mission, Sandor Csanyi is well cast as her vexing Mr. Big, a lethal mix of testosterone and sensitivity.
Throughout, "Just Sex" boasts plenty else. Goda, who also directs, strokes the comedy with deadpan funny visuals and robust pacing, a testament to the technical talents of cinematographer Buda Gulyas for the droll framings and editor Adam Csillag for the zesty gait.
JUST SEX AND NOTHING ELSE
Megafilm
Credits:
Director: Krisztina Goda
Screenwriters: Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller, Reka Divinyi
Producer: Gabor Kalomista
Director of photography: Buda Gulyas
Production designer: Gabor Valcz
Music: Gabor Madarasz
Editor: Adam Csillag
Cast:
Dora: Judit Schell
Zsofi: Kata Dobo
Tamas: Sandor Csanyi
Pasko: Karoly Gesztesi
Saci: Adel Jordan
Peter: Zoltan Seress.
Running time -- 101 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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