Synopsis
Marc Huestis edits interviews with 15 men, including himself, around a set of topics starting with "what is sex?" The men are gay, living in or near San Francisco. They talk about their first sexual experiences, the gay scene in San Francisco in the late 1970s, the pall cast by AIDS, the safe-sex movement, getting into serious relationships, the illness and death of partners, pornography, S/M and pain, race and stereotypes, personal fantasies, and bliss. Huestis has a thesis, that sex is going to be with us, so how best do we embrace it? His 15 subjects, archival footage, clips from porn films, and close-up looks at men loving men flesh out various answers.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
0.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
15.7%
Critic Consensus
87.5% Fresh • 24 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 24 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thought-provoking, emotional, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
thought-provokingemotionalvisually strikingstylizedrealisticlightheartedromanticcharacter-driven
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| Jan Gunnar Røise | 1993 | $5,000 | $11,000 | (est) |
| Thorbjørn Harr | 1993 | $3,000 | $7,000 | (est) |
| Siri Forberg | 1993 | $2,000 | $5,000 | (est) |
| Birgitte Larsen | 1993 | $2,000 | $4,000 | (est) |
| Theo Dahl | 1993 | $2,000 | $3,000 | (est) |
| Nasrin Khusrawi | 1993 | $1,000 | $3,000 | (est) |
| Anne Marie Ottersen | 1993 | $1,000 | $3,000 | (est) |
| Vetle Bergan | 1993 | $1,000 | $3,000 | (est) |
| Iver Innset | 1993 | $1,000 | $2,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count24
Rotten Tomatoes audience scoreN/A
RT audience rating count25
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes123
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1993 | $530,833 | $1,152,404 |
| International | 1993 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1993 | $530,833 | $1,152,404 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1993 | $265,416 | $576,202 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1993 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1993 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1993 | $3,911,000 | $8,490,524 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1993 | $3,143,000 | $6,823,246 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1993 | $212,333 | $460,961 |
| Total Revenues | 1993 | $7,531,750 | $16,350,933 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1993 | $315,000 (est) | $683,844 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1993 | $330,000 (est) | $716,408 (est) |
| Participations | 1993 | $301,000 | $653,451 |
| Residuals ? | 1993 | $523,000 | $1,135,399 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1993 | $63,000 | $136,769 |
| Total Expenses | 1993 | $1,532,000 | $3,325,871 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1993 | $5,999,750 | $13,025,062 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $3,143,000, DVD $0, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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