How to Have Sex

How to Have Sex

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Stars: Anna Antoniades, Elliot Warren, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Eilidh Loan, Lara Peake, Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas, Laura Ambler, Enva Lewis
  • Director: Molly Manning Walker
 Comments
  • martimusross - 18 April 2024
    Quite A Mess
    How To Have Sex

    Rarely are we exposed to such selfish, self-obsessed people who are all about me, me and more me. Seemingly the director wanted us to like these girls, as they were in some sort of rights of passage, he failed in this task.

    Someone needed to explain to them about "self-objectification", even though this was their stated agenda, they wanted to score with as many meaningless guys as possible. Day two they confirmed in was an 18 - 30 package holiday where sexual exploration is at the heart of the activities, and mere attendance represents near consent.

    Tara was clearly looking for a holiday romance as she put the brakes on during one of the games, and appeared shocked as to what she had signed up for and as for the beach scene she gave consent, and because she didn't get the romantic interlude she wanted she then had buyers remorse.

    The director seemed to be making a distinction between consent and explicit consent but the movie was a mess, Tara could have said no at any point and that would have been respected all the way through.

    This was a teenage strop about nothing, at best this movie is a 3 outta 10, it just failed to draw all the lines or explore the issues in any meaningful way.
  • minij - 10 February 2024
    Brits abroad
    For a lot of Brits of my generation and the one that came after these sort of wild holidays with friends were a right of passage somewhat, so this felt familiar. As a straight male I had a very different experience to the three friends we find in this film, unfortunately its not all fun and games, especially for women. I felt anxious watching this as the first act is all fun, three mates having a great time and tasting the freedom of being away from home, drinking and on the pull. Although I didn't know much about the film going in, I was waiting for the traumatic event to happen. When it did it felt, as many in these reviews have said, very realistic. It wasn't a massive dramatic scene. It was something that I know most, if not all, women have experienced in their lives. A certain pressure, the knowledge that you could be physically overwhelmed a threat in itself. I had a friend who had a similar thing happen to her and she told me 'it just felt easier to let him do it'. The director got this really spot on. Aside from the obvious, the film had a lot to offer and showed the awkwardness of youth and those friendships you think will last forever, but when you dig deeper there is not a lot of substance to them. It's a very well made and affecting film. Well done to all involved.
  • drjacobgrayson - 16 January 2024
    Truly one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen
    Key takeaway: you may have a less than ideal sexual experience if you have drunken spring break sex with guys you don't know and won't see again. I hope that isn't a spoiler for readers, but if it is then you'll find this movie to be deep and insightful. Secondly, the title of this movie is misleading, as there is only about 1 minute of sex in the entire movie. What about the other 89 minutes you ask? Drinking, getting dressed up, dancing, smoking, more drinking, meaningless dialogue, passing out, hangover, repeat. You know, normal spring break stuff. The guy's mumble all their lines like they might actually be drunk, and the girls are shrill, loud and generally annoying. I paused the movie to recheck the reviews because I couldn't believe anyone would rate this higher than a 2.