Young People Fucking
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| Young People Fucking | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Martin Gero |
| Produced by | Martin Gero, Aaron Abrams |
| Written by | Martin Gero, Aaron Abrams |
| Starring | Aaron Abrams Diora Baird Sonja Bennett Callum Blue Kristin Booth Josh Cooke Josh Dean Enis Esmer Natalie Lisinska Peter Oldring Carly Pope |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Cooper |
| Editing by | Mike Banas |
| Distributed by | Maple Pictures (Canada) Revolver Entertainment (UK) THINKFilm (USA) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.4 million CDN[1] |
Young People Fucking, also called Y.P.F., is a 2007 romantic comedy directed, written and produced by Martin Gero and Aaron Abrams. It debuted at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. "Our generation makes an effort to separate love and sex," says Gero. "They're all trying to do this thing, and they're all failing miserably ... we're saying, 'Listen, people our age. This is really hard to do without being emotionally involved.'"[2]
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[edit] Plot
The film intertwines the story of four different couples and one threesome over the course of one sexual encounter, with specific chapters for each one: prelude, foreplay, sex, interlude, orgasm and afterglow. Each couple represents a specific archetype:
- The Best Friends - Matt and Kristen decide to become friends with benefits, but discover romantic feelings for each other exist.
- The Couple - Long time Couple Andrew and Abby are having trouble trying to put spice back into their lovelife and try something..."new".
- The Exes - Mia and Eric meet up for a one-off after having broken up some time back.
- The First Date - Jamie brings her womanizing date Ken back to her apartment.
- The Roommates - Two current roommates but former friends (Gord and Dave) come to blows when one wants the other to sleep with his girlfriend Inez.
[edit] Cast
- Aaron Abrams - Matt
- Carly Pope - Kristen
- Kristin Booth - Abby
- Josh Dean - Andrew
- Sonja Bennett - Mia
- Josh Cooke - Eric
- Diora Baird - Jamie
- Callum Blue - Ken
- Enis Esmer - Gord
- Peter Oldring - Dave
- Natalie Lisinska - Inez
[edit] Reception
The movie garnered critical acclaim in Canada after headlining the Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to be one of the highest grossing English Language Canadian Films of all time, staying in theatres for over 14 weeks. The total box office receipts after 4 weeks of release was $420,206.[3]
In addition to its commercial success, the movie has been nominated for several Canadian film awards. Kristin Booth won a Genie as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Abby. Recently, Y.P.F. earned eight nominations at the Canadian Comedy Awards which will be announced on October 2, 2009.[4].
In the States, the movie has garnered more mixed critical reviews, Roger Ebert giving it three stars saying that it was "not a great movie, but fun, and the title makes it sound cheaper than it is."[5]. The film had a theatrical release in LA and NY.
[edit] Controversy
The film was at the center of a Canadian political controversy in 2006. The Canadian federal government enacted Bill C-10, allowing the government to retroactively strip tax credits from films deemed "offensive or not in the public interest" by the Heritage Minister.[6] A special screening was held in Ottawa, which was well-attended by opposition Members of Parliament, although no MPs from the governing Conservative Party attended. One staffer for Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear was fired for reserving a ticket in his name without permission.[citation needed] Reviews were generally positive, with Liberal Heritage critic Denis Coderre awarding the film three stars and describing it as a "social reality check."[citation needed] New Democratic Party Heritage critic Bill Siksay said, "I had a good time, I laughed a lot. There was some serious exploration of relationships, but it was fun. [...] What I would find offensive is that anybody would try and enforce their own sense of personal taste to prohibit a movie like that from being made." Martin Gero said that, "I think we're an easy target — we've got a swear in the title. And also no one's seen it. So it's easy for the pro-C-10 people, whoever they are, I've only met one, to say ... this is obviously pornography, we want to shut it down."[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Robert Benzie (2008-06-12). "Premier supports tax aid for racy film". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/article/441731. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ Stone, Jay. Controversial film showcased to feds: censorship debate boosts film's profile. Canwest News Service, 31 May 2008.
- ^ "Canadian Box Office results". tribute.ca. http://www.tribute.ca/movies/BoxOffice.asp?id=16313. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ CBC (2009-07-07). "Young People F---ing leads comedy nominations". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2009/07/06/comedy-awards.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ Roger Ebert (2008-06-12). "OK, here's the f***ing review". Chicago Sun-Times. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/06/ok_heres_the_fing_review.html. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ Worboy, Martha. No censorship threat in Bill C-10: Verner. Canwest News Service, 4 March 2008.
- ^ CBC Radio - The House: Saturday, May 31, 2008 (mp3 podcast download) Time: 18:30 - 22:45
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