Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 08/23/2002(USA
Release Date: 04/01/2005
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Showtime Entertainment
A woman who gives advice on relationships for a living is trying to make sense of her own problems with the opposite sex in this independent romantic comedy. Amy (
Julie Davis) is a single woman in her mid-twenties who has recently published a self-help book called
Why Love Doesn't Work, in which she discusses why a woman doesn't need a husband or a boyfriend to feel fulfilled. But Amy isn't so sure she believes her own advice, and after four years without a steady relationship, she wants a man in her life. Feeling conflicted, Amy isn't sure where to turn or with whom she can discuss her relationship issues; she ends up sharing her problems with a priest (
Jeff Cesario) who mans the confessional at a nearby Catholic church, even though Amy is Jewish. As Amy's book hits the stores, Janet (
Caroline Aaron), a friend who works as a publicist for her publisher, snags Amy an appearance on a radio show hosted by Matthew Starr (
Nick Chinlund), a popular but foul-mouthed "shock jock." Matthew is exactly the sort of man Amy warns her readers to stay away from, so she isn't sure why she finds herself attracted to him -- or why he seems to be interested in her.
Amy's Orgasm was written and directed by
Julie Davis, who also stars as Amy; the film was enthusiastically received in its screening at the 2001
Santa Barbara Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
