Other Titles • Casual Sex? • Gar kein Sex mehr? (1988)
Synopses for Casual Sex? (1988)
1.
A comedy about the trials and tribulations of being single and female in the late 1980s. Stacy and Melissa are two unattached young women who take a vacation at an island fitness spa in hopes of meeting men. As they fend off a succession of not-so-desirable males, Stacy and Melissa talk candidly -- and graphically -- about mating from the woman's perspective. They lament the lost days of casual, carefree sex while still yearning for more fulfilling relationships.
(20 votes)
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A lighter look at what happens in the dark.
Who says sex in the 80s isn't a laughing matter? Certainly not the ready for anything Stacy (Lea Thompson) or her straight laced friend Melissa (Victoria Jackson). They're two very contemporary women suddenly forced to confront today's ever changing social and sexual attitudes. Determined to develop a deep and meaningful relationship with a man not afraid to make a commitment, Stacy and Melissa take a vacation at a plush health resort where they hope romance will bloom. Unfortunately, they are continually approached by men who wilt at the thought of anything but casual sex. With songs by Buster Poindexter, Dan Hartman and Gladys Knight, the all to true comedy may not offer any solutions to the problems of being single in the '80s, but it does offer a lighter look at what happens in the dark.
(19 votes)
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Never have the 1980s felt so painfully time-warped. This 1988 movie, which was directed by Geneviève Roberts and adapted by Wendy Goldman and Judy Toll from their stage play, is proof as to why we've rarely heard their names again. Casual Sex? is an oxymoron of a title that chronicles the plight of two best-friends-since-childhood who are suffering from celibacy in the AIDS-addled '80s. One, Stacy (Lea Thompson), misses the easy promiscuity of the past though she longs for a guy who is a true friend. Melissa (Victoria Jackson from Saturday Night Live) has only had sex with two men--the second of whom was her fiancé, and she longs for her first orgasm. When they decide to take a holiday to the Oasis Spa in order to find some nice guys, they have little notion that they're about to find the wrong Mr. Right(s). Combine the tired premise with some asides to the screen (that probably worked better on stage) and a couple of role-playing fantasies, and Casual Sex? is proof that a movie on this topic might be written by women, but it still might not have anything new or groundbreaking to reveal. Casual Sex? ultimately pairs one of its protagonists with comic Andrew Dice Clay, who plays a Jersey thug named "The Vin Man," and it's embarrassing to watch him mug his way through the film. With such lines as "You and I have more in common now that we're both afraid of sex" and "Not being attracted to anybody scares me more than AIDS," viewers will wonder if these two have a brain in their heads at all. They ultimately come across as less than enlightened about sex and love and seem--along with the movie itself--more than a little desperate. --Paula Nechak
(18 votes)
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Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change. They discover that they can't find the perfect man, and this forces them to reconsider thei attitudes to men in general.
(18 votes)
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