A decade ago, Sean Garrity, Emily Hampshire and Jonas Chernick premiered My Awkward Sexual Adventure at TIFF — a film about an uptight accountant who learns how to be more sexually adventurous with the help of an exotic dancer. The three Canadians return to the festival with another sexually charged film that is heartfelt and funny in all the right places.
This time, Hampshire and Chernick play husband and wife, Josh and Emma, a couple who met as kids at sleepaway camp many years ago. After sending their daughters off to the same week-long camp, Josh and Emma kick off their week alone with a rather unremarkable romp in the sack. Acknowledging that they've let their sex life fall to the wayside, the two take advantage of having no kids in the house to spice up the bedroom by going on some new awkward sexual adventures.
The comfort level between Hampshire and Chernick is unsurprising given their history working together, but it's nevertheless endearing and affecting. They riff off one another well and gracefully go head-to-head comedically and dramatically. Chernick, once again pulls double duty as co-lead and writer, and he delivers a solid script with some punchy jokes and dry Canadian humour.
The End of Sex explores the struggles of long-term relationships, particularly questioning just how important sex is to their partnership when there is so much more holding them together. At its heart, the film is a love letter to the beauty of marriage's warts with some great laughs throughout the journey.
(Vortex Media)This time, Hampshire and Chernick play husband and wife, Josh and Emma, a couple who met as kids at sleepaway camp many years ago. After sending their daughters off to the same week-long camp, Josh and Emma kick off their week alone with a rather unremarkable romp in the sack. Acknowledging that they've let their sex life fall to the wayside, the two take advantage of having no kids in the house to spice up the bedroom by going on some new awkward sexual adventures.
The comfort level between Hampshire and Chernick is unsurprising given their history working together, but it's nevertheless endearing and affecting. They riff off one another well and gracefully go head-to-head comedically and dramatically. Chernick, once again pulls double duty as co-lead and writer, and he delivers a solid script with some punchy jokes and dry Canadian humour.
The End of Sex explores the struggles of long-term relationships, particularly questioning just how important sex is to their partnership when there is so much more holding them together. At its heart, the film is a love letter to the beauty of marriage's warts with some great laughs throughout the journey.
