How to Have Sex

How to Have Sex

Directed by Molly Manning Walker

Produced by Film4 Productions, mk2 Films

202391 min6.2 / 10

A coming-of-age drama that follows three teenage girls through a summer holiday in Crete, balancing youthful exuberance with the darker realities of consent, vulnerability, and sexual assault.

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

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  • Is How to Have Sex sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is How to Have Sex scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is How to Have Sex violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does How to Have Sex end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is How to Have Sex easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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33/ 100

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Rarity70

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Surprise11

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Love30

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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