Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- awkward
- bittersweet
- date night
- british film night
What critics said
Critics found the film attractive and intermittently nuanced, but uneven and slight despite its ensemble of sex-centered relationship stories.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Seven relationship-focused strands unfold among people meeting in Hampstead Heath, creating a mosaic of romantic and sexual encounters.
Hampstead Heath is the recurring meeting place for dates, conversations, chance encounters, and reunions.
The blind-date, late-life missed-connection, marital breakup, and gay-couple storylines mix warmth with cruelty and melancholy.
Billy debates casual sex and fatherhood, while the title's various couples revolve around sexual and romantic choices without much depicted sex.
Films like Scenes of a Sexual Nature, and why
Love Actually
ensemble relationship vignettes, british wit, and bittersweet romantic drama
Four Weddings and a Funeral
interwoven urban romances balancing comic awkwardness with emotional melancholy
Notting Hill
london-set relationship stories, sexual candor, and shifting comic-dramatic tones
Movie Details
- Director
- Ed Blum
- Release Date
- 2006-11-03
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (94)
Cast
- Holly Aird
- Eileen Atkins
- Hugh Bonneville
- Tom Hardy
- Douglas Hodge
- Adrian Lester
- Andrew Lincoln
- Ewan McGregor
- Gina McKee
- Elle Mckenzie
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Scenes of a Sexual Nature about?
- A wry ensemble portrait of Londoners whose dates, breakups, fantasies, and missed chances converge across Hampstead Heath.
- What is Scenes of a Sexual Nature like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Scenes of a Sexual Nature as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Scenes of a Sexual Nature violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Scenes of a Sexual Nature.
- What did critics think of Scenes of a Sexual Nature?
- Critics found the film attractive and intermittently nuanced, but uneven and slight despite its ensemble of sex-centered relationship stories.
- Which films are like Scenes of a Sexual Nature?
- Films with a similar feel include Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Notting Hill.
- How long is Scenes of a Sexual Nature?
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Scenes of a Sexual Nature?
- In United States, Scenes of a Sexual Nature streams on fuboTV, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel.
