I Want Your Sex
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: July 31, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJan 24, 2026
In an indie landscape with an insatiable appetite for trauma and misery, it’s a breath of fresh air, a fun time that’s also a witty commentary on shifting sexual mores. Read full review
78
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJan 25, 2026
Consistently funny and erotic, if ultimately a bit too straightlaced for the incendiary subject matter at hand. Read full review
75
ObserverSiddhant AdlakhaJan 27, 2026
I Want Your Sex may not ultimately have much to say, but its livewire comic scenarios yield the kind of raucous, sexually charged entertainment seldom seen in Hollywood of late. Read full review
70
ColliderRoss BonaimeFeb 2, 2026
I Want Your Sex proves that every generation needs its own Araki film. Read full review
70
Next Best PictureCody DericksJan 25, 2026
Even with relatively minor quibbles, it’s hard not feel appreciation that a contemporary movie made in an uncompromised fashion about such a cinematically unpopular topic as sex exists at all. Hopefully, Araki doesn’t take another 12 years off and continues to probe into other areas of modern human interaction. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 24, 2026
Hoffman and Wilde’s commitment makes the film feel more important than it is. It’s better to think of this either as pure, irreverent escapism or a guiltless pleasure. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 24, 2026
This could all easily get tiresome quite quickly, but the director has a light touch thanks to his poppy, direct style — colorful close-ups, broad line deliveries, simple cuts. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJan 24, 2026
A Gregg Araki movie will never be boring, and this one is a good time even when it’s tripping over itself to complicate its story and disguise the fact that it’s trying to serve as a teachable moment. Read full review
67
The Film StageCaleb HammondJan 24, 2026
I Want Your Sex is not quite the comeback for Araki that’s been advertised, but it holds bright spots. Read full review
63
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiJan 24, 2026
It’s got something for everybody — toplessness, threesomes, dildos, ball gags, S&M and, of course, art-world satire. Read full review
58
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodJan 25, 2026
What’s fresh and compelling are Wilde and Hoffman. They are so stellar together that the film’s multiple endings work because they are front and center in them. In the end, almost despite Araki’s efforts, they make having “Sex” worth it Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMarshall ShafferJan 30, 2026
The film gets too caught up in concern trolling about the sexual timidity of today’s youth. Read full review
50
Screen RantGregory NussenJan 28, 2026
Candy-colored and ebullient, I Want Your Sex is not a bad film, but its hard to think of it positively when we know just how much more effective Araki has been behind the camera. The film is just never sure of what it is. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonJan 24, 2026
I Want Your Sex ends up being more fizzle than sizzle. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJan 24, 2026
It’s certainly a return to what many know him for – vibrant colours, unfettered sex, madcap plotting – but it’s also missing that same sense of infectiously boisterous energy. The parts are here but there’s nothing to truly animate them, just the vague hope that maybe nostalgia might be enough. Read full review
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