Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

tomgillespie2002 Few anticipated the success of Dr. David Reuben's book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask upon its publication in 1969. Nevertheless, it skyrocketed to the top of the book charts, arriving at a time when the sexual revolution was in full swing for the younger generation, and older couples were starting to feel more comfortable discussing the joys of sex and all the kinks that come with it. It seemed like a truly 'unadaptable' book, or at least one that never flirted with the idea of making it to the big screen. But that didn't stop Woody Allen, the young comedy writer and director still very much in his sillier, more slapstick stage of his career, who was fresh off the success of satirical spoof Bananas. Structuring the film as a series of vignettes, each receiving its own opening title taken from the book's chapter headings, Allen gave himself free reign to toy with a variety of ideas and tones that were no doubt swimming around in his massive brain. As is the case with almost all portmanteau movies, some sections are great, others are forgettable, and the odd one is outright terrible. The final result is one staunchly defended by Allen die-hards, but for some of us this is one the comedy giant's weakest early movies. It opens promisingly enough with "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?", a sex farce set in medieval times with Allen as a court jester trying in earnest to get into the knickers of Lynn Redgrave's Queen. Fearing both the wrath of the King (Anthony Quayle) and having his advances spurned, he employs a potion that will make the Queen desire the first man she sees. Not all the jokes land, but it's amusing enough, highlighting Allen's unique talent for playing the motor-mouthed neurotic and firing off double entendres. Other highlights include Gene Wilder as a doctor who falls in love a sheep belonging to an Albanian farmer, and a Fellini-inspired section in which Allen's character becomes obsessed with pleasing his wife. The worst involves John Carradine as a wacky researcher conducting a variety of outrageous sexual experiments, before he accidentally unleashes a giant milk-squirting breast into the countryside. The main problem, 45 years after its release, lies within the title. It could be down to the lasting effects of the sexual revolution or the abundance of hardcore porn now available to stream at any time, but people are no longer afraid to ask. Many of the topics covered in Everything You Always Wanted to Know... are now openly discussed on daytime TV, so the film feels more like a time capsule of a more innocent time than the boundary-pushing experiment it once was.

SnoopyStyle This is seven segments of weird stories about sex. They are basically extended skits and with varying degrees of success.1.Do Aphrodisiacs Work? Woody Allen is a court jester and Lynn Redgrave is the Queen with a chastity belt. I like this one for Woody and Lynn. They have some fun together.2.What Is Sodomy? Gene Wilder and a sheep is a one joke skit. It runs out of steam and don't go anywhere truly surprising.3.Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching an Orgasm? The Italian is funny for about 5 seconds. Then it becomes style over substance. Other than a malfunctioning dildo, I don't think any of it is particularly funny.4.Are Transvestites Homosexuals? Sam Musgrave (Lou Jacobi) is a middle-aged married man trying out women's clothes. It's dated and it's also missing Woody. I can only imagine Woody trying to hide his cross dressing.5.What Are Sex Perverts? It's a black and white parody of the TV game show What's My Line? It's a bit weird as if in a surreal alternate universe.6.Are the Findings of Doctors and Clinics Who Do Sexual Research and Experiments Accurate? Researcher Victor (Woody Allen) and reporter Helen Lacey (Heather MacRae) are going to Dr. Bernardo (John Carradine), a former colleague of Masters and Johnson. He's got an assistant named Igor. It's classic Woody dealing with a madman. Carradine is hilarious as a Frankenstein-like character.7.What Happens During Ejaculation? This takes a look at a man's body like a NASA operation with many characters controlling him. This is the best segment and has the iconic sperm-Woody. This is by far the funniest. Woody left the best for last.

Christopher Culver In the late 1960s one Dr David Reuben released a book entitled EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX *BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK. Woody Allen's 1972 "movie adaptation" uses the questions of Dr Reuben's question-and-answer format as the titles for 7 comedic sketches all on sexual themes. This was Allen's third conventional film, and his growing importance in Hollywood is evident from the film's all-star cast.The opening "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?", set in medieval times, has Woody Allen as a court jester who seeks to seduce the queen. Most of the humour here consists of anachronism: the jester's jokes are too bad for even a borscht belt comedian, and the dialogue consists of Elizabethian stylings mixed with sexual terminology and crude slang from the present.The following sketch, "What is Sodomy?", is for many viewers the very best. A New York City general practitioner (Gene Wilder) is visited by an Armenian shepherd who begs the doctor to restore the magic to his relationship with a cherished sheep. What ensues, with the doctor descending ever deeper into madness, is made hilarious by Wilder's committed performance and the dialogue is immensely quotable. Another high point of the film is "Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching an Orgasm?". Shot in black and white and with an Italian dialogue, the segment is Allen's homage to the cool ambiance of Antonioni and Fellini. Allen plays a suave, sunglasses-wearing film director who cannot manage to satisfy his wife, played by Louise Lasser, until they begin having risky sex in public places. The fun comes not only in the challenges the man must face in making his wife happy, but also in Allen's ridiculous accent while speaking Italian.In "Are Transvestites Homosexuals?", Lou Jacobi plays a man who sneaks upstairs while at a dinner party in order to wear his hostess' clothes, and subsequently gets himself deeper and deeper in trouble. It's humorous enough, but one wonders if this segment were stronger when the film was first released. Judging from its high frequency in big Hollywood films of the 1960s and early 1970s, cross-dressing must have once been a much funnier concept in that era. The following "What Are Sex Perverts?" is a parody of the game show What's My Line? where a panel of minor celebrities try to guess the perversion of a contestant, who wins $5 for every wrong guess. This is quite funny, but far too brief, as the concept could have been stretched out a bit more."Are the Findings of Doctors and Clinics Who Do Sexual Research and Experiments Accurate?" is a Frankenstein parody where Allen and Heather MacRae play recently acquainted sex researchers who meet a great sexologist (John Carradine), only to discover that he's a diabolical madman. The first half of this segment is pretty funny, as Allen and MacRae make their way through the doctor's castle of horrors. But the second half, when the pair seeks to defeat a giant breast ravaging the countryside, is some of the lamest humour I've seen in some time.The characters of the last segment, "What Happens During Ejaculation?", are personifications of the organs as a man goes on a date with a woman. The brain is depicted as a NASA mission control, with Tony Randall and Burt Reynolds struggling to coordinate bodily functions. They call down to the stomach (men carting off a newly-arrived load of fettucini), and the genitals (blue-collar joes working an enormous pump), as well as other places. Much here will make you chuckle, such as the captured "saboteur" of the man's sexual ambitions, his conscience, depicted as a priest in a Roman collar, and Allen's performance as a sperm cell terrified of making the leap into the unknown. All in all, however, I find this quite dated as well.While my overall impressions is that EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX is quite dated, it's funny enough, and the portions with Allen as an Italian lover and Wilder as a befuddled doctor make it worth seeing at least once.

Red-Barracuda Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask is a sketch-based sex comedy from Woody Allen's so-called 'funny period'. Unlike the films he would subsequently make, this one is an adaption of a book, a very loose adaption of the, then famous, sexual reference book of the same name. It's actually quite a good joke in itself; I mean who would ever think it obvious or logical to make a movie based around the content of a sex manual? It's divided into seven segments based around questions or erotic enquiries if you prefer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some parts work better than others but like anthologies in general the lesser moments don't hang around long enough to cause a problem and a funny moment is never too far away. At this point in his career Allen was notable for mixing clever and stupid humour together. This film is certainly a showcase for this.Do Aphrodisiacs Work? – In this one, Allen plays a court jester in the middle ages. What makes it funny is that he plays this character as a medieval stand-up comedian and his utterly inappropriate New York accent simply adds another level of absurdity and humour. In it he tries to woo the Queen by use of a love potion and inadvertently gets caught in her chastity belt, which is armour plated.What is Sodomy? – This segment benefits from starring one of the all-time greatest comedy actors, Gene Wilder. It's a short story about a doctor who falls in love with a sheep. Bestiality has never been the most common topic of comedy but it's handled here in a very amusing manner.Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching Orgasm? – This one is a parody of Italian art movies, the likes of Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni were making throughout the 60's. It's about a playboy who discovers his frigid wife can only achieve orgasm in public places. While it's bizarre to see Allen deliver a performance in Italian and it is quite an accurate homage, it suffers in terms of content. I reckon Allen just wanted to pay tribute to those stylish Italian films he loved so much and wrote a rudimentary gag into proceedings. While not entirely successful, it's strange enough to ensure it's interesting.Are Transvestites Homosexuals? – This segment has a middle aged man inadvertently exposing his love of wearing women's clothing in a very public manner. This feels closest to a British sit-com and it goes for the approach of a farce. It's kind of negligible and only half thought out to be honest.What Are Sex Researchers Actually Accomplishing? – The most notable aspect of this episode is the veteran horror actor John Carradine playing a spoof of himself. In it he is a mad scientist who conducts insane and immoral experiments into human sexuality. Carradine gets to spout a lot of utterly incongruous sexually oriented lines of dialogue that are funny mainly because he is the one who is uttering them. He is very good in a rare comedy role. This sketch has the most atmosphere and is the most comically surreal or the film. And it basically boils down to Allen battling with a huge rampant tit.What Are Sexual Perversions? – This segment is based around a fictional TV game-show called 'What's My Perversion?' where a panel of celebrities are tasked with trying to guess the erotic secret of a guest. What makes it so funny is that it is played so deadpan and truly resembles an actual show. The humour is quite risqué here with the panellists asking the guest if he is (a) a rapist or (b) a child molester! The inappropriateness of this just makes it funnier still.What Happens During Ejaculation? - This final sketch takes places solely within the body of a man as he tries to seduce a woman. His various body parts are peopled by staff who work tirelessly to try and achieve sex. It's possibly most famous for featuring Allen as a nervous sperm, played like a parachutist about to be dropped into a war zone. This whole sketch is the most complete and perfectly successful of the entire movie. It pulls off the trick of being very clever and utterly absurd at the same time. It remains one of Allen's best executed ideas in his whole filmography.In summary, while this is uneven, it's mainly a lot of fun. It's bursting with ideas and showcases the early funny style of Allen very well.