Relax... It's Just Sex

Relax... It's Just Sex

With friends like these, who needs family?

Directed by P.J. Castellaneta

Produced by Sneak Preview Entertainment

1998110 min5.9 / 10

A comedic ensemble drama about a diverse friend group navigating love, sex, and loyalty in 1990s Los Angeles, balancing humor with serious themes of infidelity, trauma, and identity.

A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumstances conspire to tear them apart.

Questions people ask

  • Is Relax... It's Just Sex easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Relax... It's Just Sex sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Relax... It's Just Sex violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Relax... It's Just Sex end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Relax... It's Just Sex scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

25/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity56

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Relax... It's Just Sex

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Same Mood as Relax... It's Just Sex

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Relax... It's Just Sex, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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