Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex* (1972)

Not really a "movie." Or, a movie, but told as answers to seven questions, with each "answer" being a separate "chapter" or story. Only Woody Allen appears in more than one of the stories.

To fairly rate the movie, I guess one would first need to rate each chapter. Then, you would either take the individual ratings and divide by seven, or you would figure out another method to give an overall rating.

Chapter 2 -- Gene Wilder and the Sheep. Has to be my favorite. It's ridiculously stupid. An Armenian shepherd falls in love with one of his sheep. Then, he fears the sheep has lost interest in him. He flies the sheep to America so that Dr. Ross (Wilder) can see if he can help bring the two back together. In the process, however, Dr. Ross inexplicably falls in love with the sheep. His marriage and life are ruined as a result.

That's my favorite Chapter and I might give it 4/5. Only Gene Wilder and Woody Allen could pull this one off.

Chapter 6 has an amazing Giant Tit roaming the countryside. Probably about the most stupid thing ever imagined. Again, 4/5.

The other Chapters, eh. Not all that memorable, although the last one with the sperm getting ready to "ejaculate" is fun to watch just to see Woody as a sperm, and Tony Randall and Burt Reynolds working in the body's HQ.

The movie does feel a little dated. Not that that's always a bad thing, but you do wonder how something this weird -- and sometimes in pretty bad taste - got the green light.

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

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