Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)

Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it, and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, this movie investigates the minutiae of seven couples. What makes us tick?

Director:

Ed Blum

Writer:

Aschlin Ditta

Stars:

Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Holly Aird	...	Molly
Eileen Atkins	...	Iris
Hugh Bonneville	...	Gerry
Tom Hardy	...	Noel
Douglas Hodge	...	Brian
Adrian Lester	...	Pete
Andrew Lincoln	...	Jamie
Ewan McGregor	...	Billy
Gina McKee	...	Julia
Elle Mckenzie	...	Eve (as Elle McKenzie)
Sophie Okonedo	...	Anna
Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle	...	Sophie (as Eglantine Rembauville)
Nicholas Sidi	...	Ludo (as Nick Sidi)
Mark Strong	...	Louis
Catherine Tate	...	Sara

Storyline

Various Londeners meet people in Hampstead Heath park. Financial adviser Billy (Ewan McGregor), a successful casual sex seeker, discusses the pros, cons, and how of his child-wish. Cheeky Noel's (Tom Hardy's) innocent pick-up lines lead only to cruelty from girls, once even abandoned jeans on ankles. Gerry's (Hugh Bonneville's) promising blind date picnic ends as abruptly when his business partner turns up, who just agreed to a Barbados holiday with his steady girl. Eddie (Benjamin Whitrow) discovers through a date mix-up that Iris (Dame Eileen Atkins), his ripe age, who come to the same park weekly too, but a day earlier, was his prospective mate until they each met their now late partners several decades ago. Pete (Adrian Lester) comes to settle the end of a marriage that shouldn't have happened except for his daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

male rear nudity | white panties | girl | one afternoon | blind date | 

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Taglines:

When life is complicated and desires unfulfilled, there's only one cure.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

To promote the film, the producers attempted to organize the world's biggest blind date on the opening night.

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Quotes

Jamie: Multiple orgasms. Really! We make do with one at a time. Do you see us complaining?
Molly: No.
Jamie: There you go.
Molly: That's because you're asleep.

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Crazy Credits

Two scenes, at the beginning of the credits, of Tom Hardy and the bull terrier.

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Connections

References Good Neighbors (1975)

User Reviews

Dull. More like a sketch from the middle of a TV show than a movie

There is nothing mean spirited or evil about this movie. It's just terribly dull. Dull is the photography--- the film stock appears old and faded and washed-out. Maybe it was even 16mm blown up to 35mm, dunno. Dull is the script, which is tedious and 'Jules Pfeiffer'-ish. That is, kind of 1960s bossa-nova cocktail party cool. Like our beatnik grandparents might have spoken if they were trying to appear really straight. The 'slice-of-life' characters were mostly annoying. True, they were real to life, but hey, if I wanted to see truly ordinary people doing really mundane and ordinary things, I'd just watch myself. I wouldn't trapse all the way down to a cinema and blow five quid, and an evening, watching someone else do it.

I expected a funny, bright rom-com. What I got was more like what two intelligent and moderately talented 19 or 20 year-olds might have produced on their first day with a new video camera.

I gave this a 4 out 10, because it appears that someone tried, at least.

Details

Official Sites:

Tin Pan Films [UK]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP260,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$429,931

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tin Pan Films, The Mob Film Company, 5 London Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1