S#x Acts
Tribeca Film | Release Date: December 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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The PlaylistGabe ToroDec 5, 2013
With its broad, ambiguous title, S#x Acts reminds us, with heartbreaking power, that sometimes vigilance just isn't enough, and all it takes is an "act" or two to change a life forever. Read full review
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NPRElla TaylorDec 6, 2013
Tautly written by Rona Segal and expertly observed by Jonathan Gurfinkel, a documentarian and TV producer who worked on the hilarious Israeli satire Eretz Nehederet, S#x Acts operates almost exclusively at the behavioral level. Suspended between titillation and despair, the movie firmly implicates us in its voyeurism. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comDan CallahanDec 6, 2013
Probably a lot of people who see this film will get fed up with Gili's passivity, but some people in life are passive in a way that feels like a defiantly inactive reaction to ill treatment. These boys don't view her as a person with feelings, but Gurfinkel's film does. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 5, 2013
The movie’s observations of the wolf pack mentality of privileged teenage boys who view every conquest as proof of their prowess is casually devastating. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerDec 1, 2013
In its refusal to bring an easy understanding to its main character's behavior, it comes dangerously close to presenting her as a willing perpetrator in her own victimhood. Read full review
60
Village VoiceInkoo KangDec 3, 2013
S#x Acts works as a crash course in sexual ethics, but it also fails to transcend its genre trappings as a morality tale about the dangers of low self-esteem. Read full review
50
The DissolveSam AdamsDec 5, 2013
Perhaps Gurfinkel means to suggest a society off-course, but the game feels rigged, his conception of male and female roles so limited that the characters have little choice but to fall in line. Read full review
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