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School Ties

Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

Yes; more credible romantic encounters

In the discussion (2)
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  • The category response argues that the film is implausibly chaste for its boarding-school setting and proposes expanding the implied romantic encounters and awkwardness; detailed sexual suggestions about teenage characters are not reproduced.
  • A more substantial David–Sally encounter that Dillon discovers is proposed to intensify his jealousy, while the film’s restraint is judged unrealistic for either its setting or release period.