Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman Star in Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex, Which Fails to Reach a Satisfying (Heh) Climax

I Want Your Sex hits theaters on July 31. Given his last film was over a decade ago, it’s definitely gratifying to have a unique voice in cinema like Gregg Araki back with a new movie, even if the end result is entertaining but not a top tier new addition to his filmography. The indie director broke out in the 1990s with offbeat, edgy movies like The Doom Generation and Nowhere; he’s certainly never been shy about exploring sexuality in his work, which — as you might expect by the title — is front and center in his new release, I Want Your Sex. Araki has spoken about how a motivating factor for this story, co-written with Karley Sciortino, was the oft-repeated notion of Gen Z generally having less sex and being more prudish than the previous generation, an assertion he examines through the eyes of Gen Z protagonist Elliot (Cooper Hoffman). Elliot’s life gets thrown into disarray thanks to his new job as an assistant for Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), a popular modern artist known for her provocative imagery. The very bold and forthright Erika initiates a sexual relationship with Elliot, which gets very wild very quickly, and all while he begins to have some big problems sticking to he

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