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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe effect is so riveting, and the cameras so psychologically penetrating, you may be left breathless -- but satisfied.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatI love sex with strangers! Yeah, the film is cool too. But damn, do I love sex with strangers!
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film is graphic without being lurid, and the naked emotions onscreen are far more shocking than the naked bodies -- though there are plenty of those, in all shapes and sizes.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHere are people who do not allow the use of their last names, yet they cheerfully have sex in front of the camera -- and even willingly participate in scenes that make them look cruel, twisted, reckless and perhaps deranged.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDoesn't compare favorably with David Schisgall's similarly themed "The Lifestyle," released to arthouses last year.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesThe whole thing still reeks of voyeurism -- and not the fly-on-the-wall voyeurism of a vérité doc, but rather the dirty-old-man-in-the-peep-show-booth kind. Might as well just wait for it to hit late-night cable.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsYou never know what these people are going to say or do, but you're pretty sure it will be whatever they want to.
- 38New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanEven a hardened voyeur would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable, shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture.
- 25Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyRarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic.
- 20Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterChoppy, overlong documentary.