Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. The film is a comedic and erotically charged look at what makes us tick, and it seems that what makes us tick is complex, dark and ludicrously funny.
Scenes of a Sexual Nature A gentle, episodic amble through several relationships, boasting a big-name cast and a more jaundiced outlook than your average British romantic comedy
Despite its provocative title and the fact that it's set entirely around Hampstead Heath, don't imagine this will be a writhing circus of steamy loins. Okay, so Ewan McGregor does hang around in his Speedos, winking at muscular chaps he's taken a shine to, but this is balanced out by Dame Eileen Atkins reminiscing on a park bench with an old gent in a Panama hat.
It's easy to see how Aschlin Ditta's script attracted so much name talent to this low-budget project, with the entire cast given the opportunity to take turns...
Incisive, witty and worthwhile..
This was not at all what I expected, it is a witty, often laugh out loud, often cringeworthy film, that has some parts (if not all) that we can see in many of our own relationships and friends. I can see some reviewers were dissapointed by it not having 'sex' scenes or being artsy, it does not need the sex, and is close to real life rather than being in an way artsy. I didn't feel it to be at all like that. It was a charming fun poke at the vagaries of 'normal' relationships, and what it did, it did extremely well. It is one of those if you miss at the cinema, it is ideal to rent. I would put it on your rental list and give it a go.
