The Sessions
Dir: Ben Lewin
2012
*****
I thought The Sessions was a fantastic film and a very nice surprise. There are no tricks, no twists or any other nonsense, it is all about the characters. The two leads were brilliant, I'm fast becoming a big fan of John Hawkes and I thought Helen Hunt was extremely brave to take on this character and she did it brilliantly. Don't call it a come back. Director Ben Lewin seems to have found the essence of Mark O'Brien's "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" and has visualised it in perfect balance. It is both funny, sad and thought provoking. A great film that deserved much more praise than it received.