Netflix is finally adding ‘incredible’ British film you can’t afford to miss
The award-winning film has been praised for its realism.
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Previous Page Next PageA Bafta-nominated movie with a score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes is finally coming to Netflix—and it’s one you need to watch.
How to Have Sex was released in 2023, marking the directorial debut of Molly Manning Walker and starring Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, and Samuel Bottomley.
The cast also includes Shaun Thomas, and Laura Ambler, with the movie getting its first showing at the Cannes Film Festival.
Its plot follows the three actors playing British teens seeking a summer of thrill and adventure on a holiday of self-discovery.
The daunting prospect of their futures looming as they teeter on the cusp of adulthood, they strive to lose all inhibitions via drinking, clubbing, and hooking up.
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However, this drama and coming-of-age flick soon becomes a very real and honest portrayal of consent, as Tara (McKenna-Bruce) grapples with peer pressure to lose her virginity and the emotions that follow.
How to Have Sex is finally coming to Netflix (Picture: AP)McKenna-Bruce, who first found fame as a child in Tracy Beaker Returns, was especially praised for her ‘transfixing’ performance conveying the reality of how UK drinking and sex culture affects teens.
How to Have Sex also hit audiences hard thanks to its sobering depiction of female adolescence and first-time sexual experiences for a post-#MeToo generation.
Taking to Rotten Tomatoes, Carla Monfort of Espinof wrote that the movie ‘provides a fresh and at the same time forceful perspective on a subject that we have already seen many times in the cinema.’
‘A clever and fundamentally empathetic story of people getting their first taste of freedom and becoming frightened by what that taste suggests about the future,’ added Calum Cooper of Cinerama Film.
The film has been praised since its release for portraying British drinking and sex culture so refreshingly and honestly (Picture: AP)‘It can be a difficult watch at times, but in its short runtime of just 91 minutes, it manages to confront its audience with important questions about sexual consent in a very real way,’ said Stefan Pape of Common Sense media.
How to Have Sex was made on a budget of $1.2million (£954k), with filming taking place on location in Malia, Crete, over two months from September 2021.
Comment nowHave you watched How to Have Sex?Comment NowDescribed by its director as loosely autobiographical, the film received multiple award nominations following its release.
Wins included several director gongs for Manning Walker and accolades such as a best lead performance gong for McKenna-Bruce at the British Independent Film Awards.
How to Have Sex star Mia McKenna-Bruce has scooped multiple awards for her performance (Picture: AP)The former child star went on to scoop the Bafta Rising Star Award and receive a European Film Award nomination for best actress.
How to Have Sex was first released theatrically by Mubi in the United Kingdom in November 2023 and in the United States the following February.
It will arrive on Netflix for streamers to dive into this month on March 2.
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