Shortbus

The Sunday Age

Sunday March 11, 2007

Iain McKay

1/5

Shortbus

(R18+, 101 mins) Hopscotch

There's action for the whole family here. Boys on boys, girls on girls, boys on girls, girls on boys. Threesomes, foursomes, all for one and one for all. But in case you think this is just an excuse for some crude exhibitionism, rest assured that all this feverish activity has a serious purpose behind it - namely a woman's search for her elusive orgasm, and a gay man's fear of monogamy. So relax. You can feel confident that you're not simply watching porn couched in self-conscious twaddle, but an important, post-modern study of sexual anxiety in New York. At least I did, and that's why after watching this hollow, self-indulgent weenie shrinker, I wanted to either hit the internet or join a monastery.

Extras: doco on shooting the sex scenes, deleted scenes.