Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?
No
In the discussion (5)
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- The sexual intensity is considered essential: broken glass, repeated encounters, exhausted ice, soreness and a sweaty two-hour wait make Ned’s obsession believable.
- A reportedly racier unreleased cut is intriguing, but the existing sexual scenes are praised for brief, well-paced editing rather than prolonged conventional intercourse.
- The film delays a recognizable intercourse depiction through several meetings and instead often shows the moments before or after sex.
- Before-and-after sexual glimpses establish the affair as an everyday rhythm; the actors’ ease with nudity makes the relationship feel unstaged.
- The formal answer is no better sex scene was needed; the existing scenes are also classified as aged best.