The Sessions (2012)
Rating: 6.9/10
Duration: 95 min
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance,
Director(s): Ben Lewin,
Description:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
Cast
- W. Earl Brown as Rod
- John Hawkes as Mark
- William H. Macy as Father Brendan
- Helen Hunt as Cheryl
- Adam Arkin as Josh
- Jennifer Kumiyama as Carmen
- Robin Weigert as Susan
- Rusty Schwimmer as Joan
- Rhea Perlman as Mikvah Lady
- Ming Lo as Clerk
- Moon Bloodgood as Vera
- Blake Lindsley as Dr. Laura White
- Annika Marks as Amanda
- Tobias Forrest as Greg
- Jarrod Bailey as Tony