Autoerotic (2011 film)
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| Produced by | Joe Swanberg |
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| Edited by | Adam Wingard |
| Music by | Lane Hughes |
Production company | Swanberry |
| Distributed by | IFC Midnight |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Autoerotic is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Joe Swanberg and Adam Wingard, written by Swanberg, Wingard, and Simon Barrett, and starring Kate Lyn Sheil, Amy Seimetz, Lane Hughes, Kris Swanberg, Ti West, and Frank V. Ross. IFC Midnight released it to video on demand on July 22, 2011.
Premise
Four couples in Chicago attempt to deal with their relationship troubles by resorting to masturbation, frequently.
Cast
- Amy Seimetz
- Kate Lyn Sheil
- Joe Swanberg
- Lane Hughes
- Frank V. Ross
- Kris Swanberg
- Josephine Decker
- Rosemary Plain
- Adam Wingard
- Megan Mercier
- Ti West
- Brendan Kelly
The characters are all unnamed.
Release
IFC Midnight released the film on July 22, 2011.[1]
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 30% of 10 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.71/10.[2] Metacritic rated it 48/100 based on five reviews.[3] Peter Debruge of Variety called it "vaguely titillating" but of questionable interest to audiences.[4] A. O. Scott of The New York Times likened it to R-rated O. Henry stories and said it is more disciplined than Swanberg's previous films.[5] Mark Holcomb of The Village Voice wrote that it "is only sporadically a good sex comedy".[6] Diego Costa of Slant Magazine rated it 2/4 stars and wrote that mumblecore filmmakers' search for authenticity has led their films to become artificial.[7] Jason Bailey of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and called it "little more than a series of sniggering, mediocre dirty jokes".[8]
References
- ^ Smith, Nigel M. (July 12, 2011). "iW EXCLUSIVE: The NSFW Trailer for Joe Swanberg & Adam Wingard's "Autoerotic"". Indiewire. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ "Autoerotic (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ^ "Autoerotic". Metacritic. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (July 21, 2011). "Review: 'Autoerotic'". Variety. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (July 21, 2011). "When Sex Is Loneliness Multiplied". The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ Holcomb, Mark (July 20, 2011). "Sex Is Comedy, Kind of, in Autoerotic". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ Costa, Diego (July 21, 2011). "Autoerotic". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ Bailey, Jason (July 22, 2011). "Autoerotic". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
External links
- Autoerotic at IMDb