My Year Without Sex
This touching film about the everyday life of a suburban Australian family is far from the expectations conjured by it’s bold title. The story of a typical, middle class family of Ross (Matt Day), Emily (Sascha Horler) and their two children Louis and Ruby, is both honest and revealing.
The film starts with Emily suffering a life threatening brain aneurism. To aid her recovery, Emily is banned from several things, including sex. In dealing with her somewhat impaired life, the journey takes you through both funny and heart-felt moments of one year of their life, that keep you engaged at all times.
I found the interaction between the characters to be sincere and touching. The story is ordinary and spectacular at the same time. There is just the right amount of light and shade to make it a real depiction of life’s struggles and celebrations.
The inability to have sex is only a minor facet of the movie and although the title is somewhat misleading, the rest of the story is a candid observation of how the simple middle class family deals with the issues of the every Australian life, including children, job insecurity, religion, birthdays, holidays, housework, Christmas and much more.
I found My Year Without Sex to be most endearing and highly recommend it.
