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Sex and Breakfast

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Sex and Breakfast (2007)

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Average Rating:3.5/10

Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: The provocative and thought-provoking SEX AND BREAKFAST intertwines the lives of two young couples that experiment with anonymous group sex as a way to revitalize their troubled relationships.... The provocative and thought-provoking SEX AND BREAKFAST intertwines the lives of two young couples that experiment with anonymous group sex as a way to revitalize their troubled relationships. Through the experience they are forced to rethink the rudiments of a successful relationship: sex, love, and communication.

Meet James (Macaulay Culkin) and Heather (Alexis Dziena). Their relationship isn’t working. A cold distance has grown between them and their intimate moments feel forced. Heather is a take-charge problem solver who sometimes gets too carried away for her own good. She’s determined to make her relationship with James work, even if it means being overbearing or making questionable decisions. James has recently started to discover that he’s easily manipulated. He can’t remember if this is the way he’s always been, but he’s going to do something about it in this relationship, that’s for damn sure.

Meet Ellis (Kuno Becker) and Renee (Eliza Dushku). Their relationship isn’t working. The spark of passion they once felt has started to fade and both are fearful that this could mark the beginning of the end. Renee is thoughtful and honest, but recently she’s found herself feeling slightly isolated and bored with Ellis. At times Ellis comes off as brash or thick with machismo, but he’s essentially a sensitive guy whose primary concern is ensuring that he and Renee remain loyal to each other through what seems to be a turbulent phase in their relationship.

Tension grows when Dr. Wellbridge (Joanna Miles) offers her experimental treatment to rekindle the cooling relationship. On the doctor’s orders, the couples embark on a partner swap that leaves some thrilled and others thwarted.

After a series of mishaps fueled by jealousy, confusion, and insecurities, they soon find that true love and lasting relationships are ultimately about more than sex and breakfast. --© Brandman
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Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Eliza Dushku, Kuno Becker, Alexis Dziena

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Eliza Dushku, Kuno Becker, Alexis Dziena, Joanna Miles, Jaime Ray Newman, Tracie Thoms

Director: Miles Brandman

Director: Miles Brandman
Screenwriter: Miles Brandman
Producer: Michael Brandman, Chip Diggins
Studio: Brandman

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Jenny Peters

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 01 2008 03:15 AM

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Karina Longworth

The only thing shameful about Sex and Breakfast is its unwillingness to get really shameful.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2008 07:30 AM

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Christopher Null

And lest you're curious about the title: There is actually more time given to breakfast in the film than to sex.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2008 02:27 PM

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Amy Nicholson

The four restless young bedfellows talk lots and communicate little in trite and stagy digressions; even when they strip off their shirts, they're still emotionally clothed.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 29 2008 04:07 PM

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Kam Williams

Don't be duped by the steamy-sounding premise, for this dud manages to turn the prospect of swinging into a dull and decidedly antiseptic affair.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 18 2008 09:01 AM

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Sam Sweet

Suffering from what could be called Garden State syndrome, Sex and Breakfast demands that we empathize with the anguish of straight, white, financially privileged young people and their significantly hot significant others.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 05 2007 01:50 PM

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Kevin Crust

Despite an attractive cast and a few nice moments, Sex and Breakfast is just not that exciting.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 30 2007 12:35 PM

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Bob Strauss

Along with his insights into love and tedium, writer-director Miles Brandman makes sure that a lot of mopey mumbling and guitar-strumming fills the soundtrack.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 30 2007 12:30 PM

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Tim Cogshell

What's interesting about the movie are its interests, which are the funny, insightful, curious preoccupations of the young, which is to say they're about sex and sexuality.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 30 2007 10:26 AM

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John Anderson

A tortured talkfest with a premise far less ripe than its title.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 30 2007 03:15 AM

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Stephen Farber

Turgid and pointless.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 22 2007 03:15 AM

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