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, Elizabeth Banks, Tom Everett Scott and Kerry Washington. It is adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play '' La Ronde''.

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.

Cast

* Eion Bailey as David * Elizabeth Banks as Sarah * Carla Gallo as Terri * Dulé Hill as Jerry * James LeGros as Josh * Tom Everett Scott as Todd *

as Lorna * Kerry Washington as Rosalie *

as Gwen * Kevin Corrigan as Phil * Shirley Knight as Joanne * Steven Weber as David Wharton

Reception and awards

'' Variety'' 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." The film won the Copper Wing Award for best director at Phoenix Film Festival.

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* * * 2004 films 2004 comedy-drama films 2004 independent films American comedy-drama films American films based on plays American independent films Films scored by Cliff Eidelman Films directed by Ken Kwapis 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub