My Awkward Sexual Adventure (Sean Garrity, 2012): Canada

Reviewed by Cecilia Gonzalez. Viewed at Metropolitan Metro 4, Santa Barbara

Meeting the sexual standards of his girlfriend is difficult for Jordan.
Yearning to be with the love of his life, Jordan makes a proposal that leads to rejection.

A romantic trip planned for the two ends up leaving Jordan blue.
Weak in the knees he decides that Toronto is where he needs to be.
Kindness of his friend helps him get back into the dating scene.
Women flock and flirt, but he misses the love of his life way too much
Another women may come into his life and become his Yoda.
Rachel becomes the center of Jordan’s stride for happiness, in which Julia comes around and guides him and teaches him the way of female sexual desire.
Determined to win his girlfriend back, Jordan does everything he can to learn the ins and outs of the intimate female mind.

Special deal is made between Jordan and Julia in which Rachel seeks help from Jordan and his financial advise to reach her dream of becoming a successful restaurant owner.
Equal work is agreed upon.
Xtra effort is needed to satisfy Rachel’s expectations. In which, Jordan has a hard time feeling confident about himself and his sexuality.
Unusual events don’t occur. The lessons are scandalous and humorous in their awkwardness.
An agreement turns into a close relationship that holds some attraction and admiration between Julia and Jordan.
Love may be too soon to call the relationship, but from the chemistry between the two actors it shows strong potential for it.

A unique film with lots of character and awkward moments that makes this film the bright, lively, and comedic film it is.
Determination is clearly expressed in Jordan, but his confusion about who he wants to be with gets frustrating at times, in which you want to just scream at him, Wake up and see the beauty and greatness that’s in front of you!
Validation and acceptance comes later on in which Jordan makes a big mistake, but it creates a positive turning point that makes the film less predictable in the end.
Eagerness to satisfy someone thinks Jordan loves leads him to lose someone who may have loved him more.
Nice people are hard to come by. Jordan realizes that he wants to be a nice person to someone who was more than helpful and kind to him, even when they didn’t need to be.
The girl that insisted they were wrong for each other comes back into the picture.
Unsure of how to handle his emotions, Jordan makes the wrong choice, but then realizes what he had–but she’s gone.
Rachel is unforgiving, but Jordan keeps working to satisfy her. Jordan, instead makes alternate decision to satisfy someone else’s wishes and neeeds.
Endings can be some predictable, but this film needed this ending to make it the film it is.