1/23/2024 0 Comments Vimeo naked and funny![]() It just needs to be a film where the action and the comedy is driven at least in part by a character’s (or characters’!) desire for sex. The rules of what makes a sex comedy a sex comedy are pretty loose. The success of both films brings hope that after a long absence of sex comedies - or heck, comedies in general - they’re coming back to theaters with a bang… pun very much intended. Closing out August comes the theatrical release of South by Southwest premiere “Bottoms,” directed by “Shiva Baby” filmmaker Emma Seligman and starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as two horny, unpopular lesbian teenagers who start a “female self-defense program” (read: fight club) in a bid to impress their cheerleader crushes.īoth films have been well-received by critics and audiences alike “No Hard Feelings” made a healthy amount of money with $86.7 million at the global box office, and although it’s too soon to tell how “Bottoms” will do in theaters, it’s been acclaimed as a queerer, more diverse update on the teen sex comedy formula. ![]() “No Hard Feelings,” starring Jennifer Lawrence as a woman who reluctantly accepts a Craigslist job to “date” the son of a rich couple in exchange for a car, arrived in June. The 2023 Summer film season has been bookended by two comedies about women desperate for sex, albeit for very different reasons. It’s been a long, sexless decade or two for American cinema, but this summer, we’re finally getting films about laughs and lust again.
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