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The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

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The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
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Release date: unknown at this point.

It won the Audience Award at Sundance.

100% (9 for 9) on RT so far, but most major critics haven't weighed in yet.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

Looks pretty crazy

But I like what I saw so far.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

It's wrong, but i had to laugh at this youtube comment

FAKE!
Not even a retard would fuck Helen Hunt.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

john hawkes? i'm in
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

Here is what the guys over at The High Definite said:

We also saw The Sessions at Sundance this year, under its original title The Surrogate. It was a big buzz hit at that festival, picking up the Audience Award and an acquisition from Fox Searchlight, who are holding it for the fall with an eye on Oscar recognition for both the picture and its terrific cast. The trailer doesn’t quite put across the film’s unique style, which keeps it from becoming what it could have so easily been: a maudlin flimflam about the power of positive thinking and human contact, or a teary examination of polio from a movie-of-the-week perspective. It’s a movie grounded by its candor and wit — and while some of that is on display here, trust us that the movie is better than it looks.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

Looks pretty solid.

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It's wrong, but i had to laugh at this youtube comment

FAKE!
Not even a retard would fuck Helen Hunt.
Spoken like someone who's never been laid.

I love me some Helen Hunt. Then again, my wife's been told more than once she looks like her so there may be other factors at play there.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

Saw this earlier today. Good movie, no doubt, and Hawkes gives a fantastic performance. Left the theatre feeling kind of down for the rest of the day though. 8.0/10
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

I'd fuck Helen Hunt and make her call me Paul Reiser the whole time.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

Saw this earlier today. I really enjoyed it.
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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

Spoken like someone who's never been laid.
So true LFMAO

Worth renting at Netflix.

Wish Helen did all this nudity during her Twister phase but not bad considering she is older now.

The interaction with William Macy as the priest were some of the funniest scenes in the movie.

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Re: The Sessions (2012, Ben Lewin) - John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

For me, this was the funniest movie of 2012 hands down.

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