Sexual Life is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ken Kwapis, who would go on to chronicle modern romantic life in the better-known He's Just Not That Into You in 2009. Produced by Ken Aguado and distributed by Showtime Independent Films. Cast members include Azura Skye, Carla Gallo, Anne Heche, Elizabeth Banks, Tom Everett Scott and Kerry Washington.
It is adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play La Ronde.
Premise
Like La Ronde, Sexual Life has an unconventional narrative structure, identified by Charles Ramírez Berg as the "daisy chain plot", in which there is not a single protagonist, but instead one central character links to another.
Cast
Eion Bailey as David
Elizabeth Banks as Sarah
Carla Gallo as Terri
Dulé Hill as Jerry
James LeGros as Josh
Tom Everett Scott as Todd
Azura Skye as Lorna
Kerry Washington as Rosalie
Anne Heche as Gwen
Kevin Corrigan as Phil
Shirley Knight as Joanne
Steven Weber as David Wharton
Reception and awards
Variety found its portrayal of the subject matter to be limited, writing, "this semi-comedy of manners and hormones suffers from being much too neat and tidy, aesthetically and dramatically sweeping aside a lot of the messiness that comes with sex."
The film won the Copper Wing Award for best director at Phoenix Film Festival.