The Sessions – Wenn Worte berühren (2012)

The Sessions – Wenn Worte berühren: Directed by Ben Lewin. With John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood. A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

“The Sessions brings to the screen the last years in the life of Marc Ou0026#39;Brien, a polio patient who decides to lose his virginity at age 38. To do that, he gets the approval from his priest, and hires a sex surrogate who will guide him in the ways of love. So far, a little unusual maybe but nothing that would make you go u0026quot;why should I watch this?u0026quot;. You should for two reasons: the first one is the acting, starting with the criminally underrated performance of John Hawkes, who gives tremendous emotional depth to his character, a man prostrated for the rest of his life who manages to charm everyone around him, including the audience. Everyone else involved give very low-key, realistic and heartfelt performances: Helen Hunt and William H. Macy especially, but also the rest of the supporting cast. The acting is so good that at one point I forgot I was watching a movie and felt like I was listening to real people going through their experiences.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe second reason is the story itself. I did some research on line about the life of the real Marc Ou0026#39;Brien and the film is pretty accurate and consistent with the facts; Marcu0026#39;s life is nothing short of extraordinary, especially if you consider that the film is based on an article of his that he had to type with a pen in his mouth. The people he met, the relationships he formed and how he formed them, all that is part of a very uplifting story which truly happened and is not adorned to make it more Hollywood-esque.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll of the above elements make for a very satisfying movie-going experience which I canu0026#39;t recommend highly enough. Everyone I know whou0026#39;s seen the movie has shared my feelings and itu0026#39;s exactly what Iu0026#39;m trying to convey to you: go see it and you wonu0026#39;t regret it.”