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User Rating:
5.1/10   1,463 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Mike Binder (written by)
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Release Date:
15 May 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A comedy that answers the question "What would happen if your wife said yes to a menage-a-trois... and loved it!" more
Plot:
Marty Barnes gets more than he wishes for when he asks his wife to join him in a menage-a-trois. She loves it and he has created a Sex Monster. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Witty satire of gender roles and sexuality more (39 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mariel Hemingway ... Laura Barnes

Mike Binder ... Marty Barnes

Renée Humphrey ... Didi

Taylor Nichols ... Billy

Missy Crider ... Diva

Christopher Lawford ... Dave Pembroke
Joanna Heimbold ... Evie Pembroke

Kevin Pollak ... Dr. Jerry Berman

Stephen Baldwin ... Murphy

Anita Barone ... Carol
Kara Zediker ... Ellen

Marisol Nichols ... Lucia

Holland Taylor ... Muriel
Melissa Denton ... Salon Customer
Noah Stone ... Danny
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue and for language.
Runtime:
97 min
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The first time Marty pours himself a cup of coffee and spills it, the spilled coffee disappears and his cup moves about between shots. more
Quotes:
Marty Barnes: Listen to me, you're taking the whole thing way too far. You're tying women up and you're gagging them now! That's too far! What's next? I'm gonna come home one day and you're gonna be performing surgery on some girl? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Creating 'The Upside of Anger' (2005) (V) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Witty satire of gender roles and sexuality, 14 September 2000
8/10
Author: Kate O'Neill from Nashville, TN

When you're not expecting much, it doesn't take a masterpiece to impress you. I watched The Sex Monster knowing that it had a bisexual-relevant theme, but uncertain of whether it would be a positive or negative portrayal of bisexuality and sexual experimentation in general. I was not disappointed.

Mike Binder somehow managed to take all of the tired stereotypes about gender and sexuality, weave them into exaggerated characters, put the characters in awkward situations, and make it all uproariously hilarious. Some viewers, no doubt, will interpret the caricatured portrayals as perpetuating outmoded stereotypes and perhaps even contributing to those stereotypes. But Binder's wit is both subtle and blatant: the dialogue makes use of every cliche imaginable, yet is still fresh and funny.

If you're cheek is prepared to accommodate your tongue, definitely see this movie (rent it! and then buy it to show all your friends). Be warned, though, that what you assume about people may be forever changed.

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