The Sessions - Wenn Worte berühren

The Sessions - Wenn Worte berühren basiert auf dem Buch "The Intimate Life" von Cheryl T. Cohen-Greene und Lorna Garman. Was stellen Sie sich unter dem Slogan über die Beichte einer Sexualtherapeutin vor, die mit ihrem eigenen Körper statt mit Worten heilt? Wahrscheinlich fällt den wenigsten von Ihnen "einer der faszinierendsten Filme des Jahres" ein. Aber die Kombination aus unaufdringlicher Regie, einer angenehm kurzen Spielzeit und einem guten Casting macht aus The Sessions einen angenehmen Film über ein mit einem Tabu belegtes Thema, das Ihnen aber beim Ansehen völlig natürlich und normal erscheint. Und wenn Sie dann schon mal so weit sind, dann machen Sie ruhig weiter mit dem Buch, in dem viel mehr steht als nur diese eine Filmgeschichte. Sex ist keine Krankheit, Sex ist Freude. (04.09.2015)

Even though this wasn't my first time seeing the film, I let myself be surprised once again. When Americans make a movie about the disabled, I usually brace myself for relentless melodrama and a thinly veiled call to collective sympathy. Both tend to grate on my nerves, making me clench my teeth. But that wasn't the case here. Instead of a tearjerker that would have me scratching out my eyes, the creators delivered a refreshingly civil film filled with subtle humor. Despite its essentially serious subject matter, it left me in a good mood. / Lesson learned: It's never too late. Until it is. (28.04.2022)

Good, given the circumstances. Which doesn’t change the fact that the idea of a paralysed John Hawkes trying to lose his virginity with Helen Hunt is not particularly attractive. Fortunately, everything remains within the boundaries of “vulgar” and “slick award catcher”, but I can’t picture who the target audience is. For the older conservative viewers who like films about handicapped people, The Sessions is probably too sexually forward, and for the fans of how-to-lose-virginity comedies, there is way too much naked John Hawkes and Helen Hunt… (01.02.2013)

I know that the movie is about a forty-year-old quadriplegic losing his virginity with a woman who is almost fifty and it's evident on her face. Helen Hunt has never been one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, she has sharp features on her face, but that doesn't change the fact that she is a great actress and her Oscar for the film "The Sessions" is well-deserved. Actually, the movie "The Sessions" is very similar to her only Oscar-winning masterpiece. She was nominated for an Oscar for both films and in both, she was paired with a man with whom not everyone could live. In the case of the movie "The Sessions", it was a mentally unstable person, this time it is a person paralyzed from the chin down. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/the-sessions-2012-85.html (15.03.2013)