The Sessions

2012 · directed by Ben Lewin

Rating

76/100

Hit

no

Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.

The Sessions (2012), directed by Ben Lewin, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• John Hawkes
• Helen Hunt
• William H. Macy
• W. Earl Brown

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