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Relax... It's Just Sex

1998 · 110 min

A warm, talky ensemble piece that balances easy banter with sudden jolts of pain, like a long dinner with friends where old wounds surface.

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
With friends like these, who needs family?
Overview
A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumstances conspire to tear them apart.

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Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • identity
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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