The Sessions

*ing : John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy
Director : Ben Lewin

Tagline : THE FESTIVAL HIT OF THE YEAR!

The Sessions tells the true story of Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes), a poet/journalist who has an iron lung and is paralyzed from the neck down due to polio. At age 36 he decides he wants to finally lose his virginity and with the support of his friend/priest hires a sex surrogate played by Helen Hunt
The film doesn't shy away from much. The sex "therapy" sessions are depicted as realistically as possible and are both funny and touching (no pun intended). Direction is simple yet it manages to adequately depict O'Brien's world without sensationalizing it. It's an all round simple tale that is well told. This is an adult drama that will make you laugh, cry and look more positively at your own life.
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