Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate
Kam & Ronson Enterprise Co | Release Date: September 26, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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The New York TimesWalter Goodman
Sympathetic account of a sort of human frailty that is not easy to talk about, much less make a movie about. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Salem Alaton
Dick will probably lighten a general audience of some of the narrower cliches about the sordidness of a bought sexual transaction. [31 Oct 1986]
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Though the idea of the therapy appears to be the demystification of sex, the filming, with its voyeuristic detachment and curious prudishness (no genitals are shown), serves only to perpetuate the familiar fetishistic mechanisms. Read full review
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Chicago TribuneRick Kogan
It was a very uneasy 80-some minutes. Watching John and Kipper express their fears and weaknesses and desires respresented a peek under covers that might best have been left unmussed. Read full review
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