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My Year Without Sex
Rating: 6/10
Cast: Sacha Horler, Matt Day, Jonathan Segat, Portia Bradley
Director: Sarah Watt
An Aussie dramedy about Natalie (Sacha Horler) and Ross (Matt Day), your average family with two kids and general day to day concerns.
Their lives are forever changed when Natalie suffers an aneurysm.
After her life-changing near death moment, the family as a whole unit has to deal with the fall out - and how the simplest things are not quite as easy as they used to be.
It's a film about faith in many ways - be it faith in the church
as the mother tries to find some kind of spiritual bent after the
brush with death, faith in those around you who support you through
troubled times and faith in the future.
The film's divided up into monthly set pieces with each one titled
something to do with sex - ie missionary, foreplay - and this
framing doesn't work as well as it could do (I appreciate it's
supposed to be about how everything's become sexual) as it has
little to do with what's going on onscreen.
It's a shame because that side of it doesn't do the film any
favours; while it's clearly a narrative device to get through the
year, it's a bit out of kilter with events in front of you.
My Year Without Sex is anchored by two strong performances
from Sacha Horler and Matt Day. The warmth generated by their
interaction and realistic performances, along with some tender
moments and humour ground the film and stop it from veering too far
into melancholy.
Their lives are very real - and many in the audience will associate
with the problems thrown at them.
Coupled with some unexpected laughs here and there - My Year
Without Sex is a gently wry piece which has a sly humour and
warmth. It may also find you leaving the cinema with questions
about what your own life has amounted to.
