Movie Review: Olivia Wilde rules playful BDSM comedy ‘I Want Your Sex’
- The Associated Press review says Olivia Wilde stands out as Erika Tracy, a provocative executive at the center of Gregg Araki’s film “I Want Your Sex.”
- The movie is described as a playful, sexually explicit comedy about sex and generational differences, with a focus on Generation Z’s lack of intimacy.
- The story involves a sex-only dom-sub relationship between Erika and her younger employee Elliot, played by Cooper Hoffman, who insists to detectives that the arrangement was consensual.
- The film opens in theaters on Friday and also features Chase Sui Wonders, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville and Margaret Cho.
- The review says the movie uses a noir-like mystery frame, including the image of Erika floating unconscious in a pool, but treats the mystery as secondary to its broader themes.
The AP review says Olivia Wilde gives the film its most convincing presence as Erika Tracy, a sharp-tongued executive whose authority and timing anchor the movie. The reviewer argues that the character could easily have become a cartoon, but instead feels vivid enough to hold the film together.
Directed by Gregg Araki and co-written with Karley Sciortino, “I Want Your Sex” is presented as a sexually explicit comedy about sex, power and Gen Z intimacy. The film centers on Erika’s relationship with Elliot, her younger employee, and frames the arrangement through a detective interview structure after Erika is found floating unconscious in her pool.
The review says the noir-like mystery is secondary to the film’s broader interest in generational unease and sexual frankness. It also notes that the cast includes Cooper Hoffman, Chase Sui Wonders, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville and Margaret Cho, and that the movie opens in theaters Friday.
影评：奥利维亚·王尔德在轻松的BDSM喜剧《I Want Your Sex》中表现出色
美联社影评认为，奥利维亚·王尔德饰演的 Erika Tracy 为影片提供了最有说服力的存在感。评论写道，这名言辞犀利、气场强大的高管本来很容易被演成夸张的漫画式人物，但王尔德让这个角色足够鲜活，撑起了整部电影。
《I Want Your Sex》由格雷格·阿拉基执导，与 Karley Sciortino 共同编剧，被描述为一部涉及性、权力与 Z 世代亲密关系问题的直白喜剧。影片围绕 Erika 与年轻员工 Elliot 的关系展开，并通过警探调查的框架推进情节，起点是 Erika 被发现漂浮在泳池中、失去意识。
影评指出，影片借用的黑色电影式悬疑结构并非重点，真正的关注点在于代际焦虑和对性话题的直接处理。文中还提到，库珀·霍夫曼、Chase Sui Wonders、Charli xcx、Johnny Knoxville 和 Margaret Cho 也参与演出，影片于周五在影院上映。