Kate Welles (Famke Janssen) is a writer at Monique magazine whose editor assigns her an article on the perfect relationship. She is supposed to draw on personal experience, but Kate is so unlucky in love that she refers to herself as a "relationship leper." As she sifts through the emotional debris of her past, however, flashbacks reveal that she did once meet a great guy--Adam Levy (Jon Favreau), a painter who swept Kate off her feet and fell in love with her in return. Their relationship ended because Adam didn't feel experienced enough for Kate; now he dates bimbos or, if they're intelligent, "bimbo savants." This romantic comedy about neurotic people pays homage to the Woody Allen and Nora Ephron films that paved its way, but director Valerie Breiman makes the story new with an honest, even blunt, script that speaks to a different generation of dating singles. Janssen is beautiful, bright, and vulnerable at the same time, while Favreau reprises the ironic hipster he played so convincingly in SWINGERS.
Theatrical release: August 25, 2000
The film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
Director Valerie Breiman claims that she wrote the screenplay in just three weeks, drawing heavily on personal experience.
The artwork used in the film was created by Paul Rafferty, Mario Nunez, and Aaron Donovan.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Director of Photography
Adam Kane: Director Of Photography
Production Designer
Sarah Sprawls: LOVE & SEX
Review 1:
"...Janssen sparkles serenely,...single-handedly raising LOVE & SEX to see level..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.53 09/01/2000
Review 2:
"...Funny and realistic....Breiman's observations of the dating game are both clever and accurate..."
Source: Box Office
p.226 04/01/2000
Review 3:
"...It has substance and emotional depth....Both Janssen and Favreau make strong impressions....It shows its stars to advantage and marks a solid start in features for Breiman..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C8 08/25/2000
Review 4:
"...Ms. Janssen and Mr. Favreau provide enjoyably consoling company for those still dating their way through life."
Source: New York Times
p.E18 08/25/2000
Review 5:
"...There are plenty of laughs to be had in this satisfying smart [film]..."
Source: Total Film
p.89 10/01/2000
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