Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Woody Allen turns a sexology book into a mischievous seven-part parade of sexual absurdity, genre spoof, and deliberately tasteless comic invention.
Overview
A humorous exploration of the most intimate questions about human sexuality, presented with a quirky twist.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- absurd
- adult comedy night
- retro movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film uneven but praise its sharpest parodies, memorable lines, and especially its inventive ejaculation sequence.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The seven segments spoof historical farce, science fiction, film melodrama, television panel games, and sexological explanation.
The segments adapt questions about aphrodisiacs, orgasm, ejaculation, perversity, homosexuality, and other sexual subjects into comic scenarios.
Seven largely independent segments claim to derive from sections of David Reuben's sexology book.
The film shifts among castle farce, period spectacle, cinematic parody, television satire, and science-fiction imagery.
Films like Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask, and why
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
shares an irreverent anthology structure, sexual satire, broad parody, and absurd comic tone
Kentucky Fried Movie
shares episodic sketch construction, taboo humor, and surreal sexual comedy
The Groove Tube
shares early-1970s sexual satire, comic provocation, and ensemble sketch format
Bananas
shares director-led absurdism, intellectual parody, and nervy adult comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Release Date
- 1972-08-06
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (1024)
Cast
- Woody Allen
- John Carradine
- Lou Jacobi
- Louise Lasser
- Anthony Quayle
- Tony Randall
- Lynn Redgrave
- Burt Reynolds
- Gene Wilder
- Jack Barry
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask about?
- Woody Allen turns a sexology book into a mischievous seven-part parade of sexual absurdity, genre spoof, and deliberately tasteless comic invention.
- What is Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as mild.
- What did critics think of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask?
- Critics broadly find the film uneven but praise its sharpest parodies, memorable lines, and especially its inventive ejaculation sequence.
- Which films are like Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask?
- Films with a similar feel include Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Kentucky Fried Movie, The Groove Tube, and Bananas.
- How long is Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask?
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask?
- In United States, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
