My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)

To win back his ex-girlfriend, a conservative accountant enlists the help of an exotic dancer to guide him on a quest for sexual experience, leading him into a world of strip clubs, sensual massage parlors, cross-dressing and S & M.

Director:

Sean Garrity

Writers:

Jonas Chernick, Marguerite Pigott (story editor)

Stars:

Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Sarah Manninen

4 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonas Chernick	...	Jordan Abrams
Emily Hampshire	...	Julia Bowe
Sarah Manninen	...	Rachel Stern
Vik Sahay	...	Dandak
Melissa Marie Elias	...	Reshma (as Melissa Elias)
Marina Stephenson Kerr	...	Ruth
Mike Bell	...	Naked Tom
Andrea del Campo	...	Sapphire
Onalee Ames	...	Gypsy the Stripper
Randy Apostle	...	Rabbi Finklestein
Dean Harder	...	Bank Manager
Tamara Gorski	...	Tanya
Sarah Constible	...	Kelly
Jessica Burleson	...	Melanie
Stephen Eric McIntyre	...	Spike the Bouncer

Storyline

Thirty-seven year old Winnipeg-based accountant Jordan Abrams, a proverbial doormat of a man, has pined after Rachel Stern since he was twelve. He finally got her to be his girlfriend last year after she being a peripheral or not so peripheral part of his life all these years. Now, in a relationship for a year, Jordan plans on asking her to marry him on a week-long romantic vacation they are taking to Niagara Falls. Rachel not only decides not to go on the trip, but dumps him when he, learning that she isn't going, asks her to marry him the day before the trip instead. The primary reason she dumps him?: he's lousy in bed, she not being able to envision bad, boring sex with him for the rest of her life. Rachel convinces him to take the vacation by himself, instead hanging out in Toronto with his college friend Dandak, his return from the vacation when they will talk about the break-up in more detail. Dandak, a sex machine, sees his role in his mending his friend's broken heart as ...

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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | pubic hair | strip club | exotic dancer | stripper | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

21 February 2013 (Ukraine)

Also Known As:

An Awkward Sexual Adventure

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Julijette,Banana-Moon Sky Films,Kosher Sexy Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first day of shooting was on a Sunday. The scenes in the 'rub and tug' were shot in a working 'massage parlor', and Sunday was the only day of the week that they were closed.

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Goofs

In some scenes Jordan's earpiece is visible

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Quotes

Gypsy the Stripper: [looking at sandwich Julia pilfered from vending machine] You're going to eat that?

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

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Soundtracks

They Like To Travel
Written by Richard Moody
Performed by Richard Moody

User Reviews

Awkwardly Fun

In addition to hot chicks, it gets a point for a double-entendre in the title. There are multiple awkward adventures and the main adventurer is truly awkward. Something along the lines of a romantic comedy involving a socially awkward, insecure man, or possibly even worse, socially retarded.

The version I saw probably needs a cut or 2 to get an R or NC17 rating for theaters, which should give you the correct impression that it's also a very sexual film. There's plenty of sexual, adventurous fun to help balance the awkwardness and to avoid this becoming a gross-out comedy.

It's mainly over-the-top comedy with a lot of role reversals to add surprises (the direction of the film becomes as obvious as where men entering a sex club are going). The writer/director also throws in enough loops to make you wonder.

Besides capturing discomfort on film, add this to the list of 2012 films (For a Good Time Call, Giant Mechanical Man) using a breakup to launch a distinct story with some innovative techniques that don't require massive FX or superstar actors.