# Sexual Life > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sexual_Life > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sexual_Life.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Life > Source revision: 1340463957 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2004 film by Ken Kwapis Sexual Life Film poster Directed by Ken Kwapis Written by Ken Kwapis Produced by Ken Aguado Starring Eion Bailey Elizabeth Banks Carla Gallo Dulé Hill James LeGros Tom Everett Scott Azura Skye Kerry Washington Anne Heche Cinematography Edward J. Pei Edited by Kathryn Himoff Music by Cliff Eidelman Distributed by Showtime Independent Films Release date June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19) (Los Angeles Film Festival) Running time 96 minutes Country United States Language English ***Sexual Life*** is a 2004 American [comedy-drama](/source/Comedy-drama) film written and directed by [Ken Kwapis](/source/Ken_Kwapis),[1] produced by Ken Aguado, and distributed by Showtime Independent Films. The ensemble cast includes [Azura Skye](/source/Azura_Skye), [Carla Gallo](/source/Carla_Gallo), [Anne Heche](/source/Anne_Heche), [Elizabeth Banks](/source/Elizabeth_Banks), [Tom Everett Scott](/source/Tom_Everett_Scott), and [Kerry Washington](/source/Kerry_Washington). It is adapted from [Arthur Schnitzler](/source/Arthur_Schnitzler)'s 1897 play *[La Ronde](/source/La_Ronde_(play))*. ## Premise Like *La Ronde*, *Sexual Life* has an unconventional narrative structure, identified by Charles Ramírez Berg as the "daisy chain plot", in which there is not a single protagonist, but instead one central character links to another.[2] ## Cast - [Eion Bailey](/source/Eion_Bailey) as David - [Elizabeth Banks](/source/Elizabeth_Banks) as Sarah - [Carla Gallo](/source/Carla_Gallo) as Terri - [Dulé Hill](/source/Dul%C3%A9_Hill) as Jerry - [James LeGros](/source/James_LeGros) as Josh - [Tom Everett Scott](/source/Tom_Everett_Scott) as Todd - [Azura Skye](/source/Azura_Skye) as Lorna - [Kerry Washington](/source/Kerry_Washington) as Rosalie - [Anne Heche](/source/Anne_Heche) as Gwen - [Kevin Corrigan](/source/Kevin_Corrigan) as Phil - [Shirley Knight](/source/Shirley_Knight) as Joanne - [Steven Weber](/source/Steven_Weber) as David Wharton ## Reception and awards *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))* found its portrayal of the subject matter to be limited, writing, "this semi-comedy of manners and hormones suffers from being much too neat and tidy, aesthetically and dramatically sweeping aside a lot of the messiness that comes with sex."[1] The film won the Copper Wing Award for best director at [Phoenix Film Festival](/source/Phoenix_Film_Festival). ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Variety_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Variety_1-1) Koehler, Robert (July 8, 2004). ["Sexual Life"](https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/sexual-life-1200532423/). *Variety*. Retrieved May 31, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Berg_2006_pp._5–61_2-0)** Berg, Charles Ramírez (2006). "A Taxonomy of Alternative Plots in Recent Films: Classifying the "Tarantino Effect"". *Film Criticism*. **31** (1/2 (Fall/Winter)): 5–61. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [201594572](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/201594572). ## External links - [*Sexual Life*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376874/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Sexual Life*](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sexual_life) at [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) - Ritrosky-Winslow, Madelyn (August 11, 2007). [""Sexual Life" an Interview with Ken Kwapis"](https://www.emol.org/film/archives/sisterhoodofthetravelingpants/index.html). *The Entertainment Magazine*. Retrieved May 31, 2019. v t e Films directed by Ken Kwapis The Beniker Gang (1984) Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985) Vibes (1988) He Said, She Said (1991) Dunston Checks In (1996) The Beautician and the Beast (1997) Noah (1998) Sexual Life (2004) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) License to Wed (2007) He's Just Not That into You (2009) Big Miracle (2012) A Walk in the Woods (2015) v t e Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde (1897) Film The Merry-Go-Round (1920) La Ronde (1950) Circle of Love (1964) Choose Me (1984) Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997) Sexual Life (2005) 360 (2011) Stage Hello Again (1994 musical) The Blue Room (1998 play) Seduction (2004 play) Fucking Men (2009 play) This article about a 2000s comedy-drama film is a stub. 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