Fresh
Lewin, who has fought his own lifelong polio battle, handles tricky material with a gentle, empathetic touch.
Guy Lodge, Time Out
The Sessions
The festival hit of the year!
2012 · 1h 35m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Ben Lewin
Overview
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Thanks to Lewin's light but assured touch, The Sessions never wears its theological preoccupations heavily, instead allowing transcendence to creep up on the audience quietly.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
A very different kind of love story, breaking taboos lightly, with sensitivity and humor.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Rotten
Achieves its sunny disposition by pulling punches.
Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic
Fresh
A funny, tender and mostly unsentimentalized movie about physical and emotional triumph.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
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