Sexmission
Two revived scientists become reluctant celebrities and political liabilities in a bizarre underground civilization where women are believed to have outlived men.
Overview
A post-apocalyptic comedy that explores the absurdity of gender dynamics in a world turned upside down.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- campy
- satirical
- cult movie night
- science fiction marathon
What critics said
Critics and audiences recognize an inventive, highly popular Polish science fiction comedy whose satirical energy and cultural impact coexist with controversial anti-feminist and totalitarian themes.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The two surviving men awaken in a women-only society whose institutions regulate masculinity and reproduction.
The Council of Women controls the underground civilization and decides what will happen to the male survivors.
Albert and Max emerge from hibernation after decades and must interpret an unfamiliar female-dominated civilization.
The surviving population lives in an enclosed subterranean world presented as orderly, strange, and increasingly oppressive.
Films like Sexmission, and why
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shared post-apocalyptic science fiction comedy, gender-role satire, and irreverent dystopian world-building.
Brazil
Shared speculative comedy, authoritarian social systems, and protagonists navigating an absurd future society.
The Stepford Wives
Shared science fiction satire, fish-out-of-water humor, and comic critique of social conformity.
Idiocracy
Shared dystopian comedy, satirical gender politics, and escape from an oppressive bureaucratic order.
Movie Details
- Director
- Juliusz Machulski
- Release Date
- 1984-05-13
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (344)
Cast
- Olgierd Łukaszewicz
- Jerzy Stuhr
- Bożena Stryjkówna
- Bogusława Pawelec
- Hanna Stankówna
- Beata Tyszkiewicz
- Ryszarda Hanin
- Barbara Ludwiżanka
- Mirosława Marcheluk
- Hanna Mikuć
Common questions
- What is Sexmission about?
- Two revived scientists become reluctant celebrities and political liabilities in a bizarre underground civilization where women are believed to have outlived men.
- What is Sexmission like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sexmission as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Sexmission violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Sexmission as mild.
- What did critics think of Sexmission?
- Critics and audiences recognize an inventive, highly popular Polish science fiction comedy whose satirical energy and cultural impact coexist with controversial anti-feminist and totalitarian themes.
- Which films are like Sexmission?
- Films with a similar feel include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brazil, The Stepford Wives, and Idiocracy.
- How long is Sexmission?
- Sexmission runs 117 minutes.
