Sex
Strand Releasing | Release Date: June 13, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VarietyGuy LodgeFeb 24, 2025
Sex certainly comes up early and often in this playful, intricately nuanced character study, but in consistently surprising, stereotype-averse ways. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney
This superbly acted drama’s refusal to serve up tidy epiphanies might leave you wanting more. But the inchoate nature of the central characters’ self-reflection is partly the point in a smart movie with a lot on its mind. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAllan Hunter
In the end, Sex is a compelling exploration of ordinary men trying to figure out who they are permitted to be, how they are evolving and what their lives are all about. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 12, 2025
It’s a knowing smile of a drama that leaves you eager to follow Haugerud through his other two new films about the life of the mind, the last and best of which (“Dreams”) recently won top prize at the Berlinale. Read full review
75
The Film StageNirris NagendrarajahJun 10, 2025
Sex, which Haugerud has said is more about love––and that Love is about sex––is a film teeming with ideas in which “sex,” both as an act and identity, is eruditely investigated in search of an unnameable essence. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJun 13, 2025
Dialogue does most of the heavy-lifting here, just like in “Love”, the first and most recently released entry of Haugerud’s thematically related series. Haugerud’s knack for visual storytelling also makes a difference, specifically in how he presents the city of Oslo and its features as an enriching backdrop. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJun 8, 2025
The film’s microcosm of dysfunction is convincing for how it depicts an ongoing, even never-ending, struggle to define oneself. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 20, 2025
Sex is earnest, but cerebral and challenging. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesJun 16, 2025
When the movie stays more on subject, it can be engaging, and it helps that cinematographer Cecilie Semec has a talent for mining the mundane act of people talking to each other for visual interest. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 12, 2025
Sex is a curious movie, with a mix of moods and intentions that are, by turns, inviting and seriously off-putting. Read full review
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