A Guide to Second Date Sex is a 2019 British
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by
Rachel Hirons, starring
Alexandra Roach and
George MacKay. The film is based on the play of the same name by Rachel Hirons.
Plot
A chance meeting at a nightclub brings together a nervous Laura and an awkward Ryan. The characters agree to go on a second date. And when the meeting time approaches, each of the young people begins to get nervous. They have little to no experience in romantic relationships. Sophisticated friends are taken to prepare them for the meeting. How bad can a second date end up being and what can you lose on it? Ryan and Laura will soon find out!
Cast
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George MacKay as Ryan
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Alexandra Roach as Laura
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Michael Socha
Michael Robert Socha (born 13 December 1987) is an English actor, known for his roles in the films ''This Is England'' and ''Summer'', and the television series ''This Is England '86'', '' '88'', '' '90'', '' Being Human'', '' Once Upon a Time ...
as Dan
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Naomi Willow as vlogger
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Gillian Elisa as Val
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Emma Rigby
Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. After rising to prominence for her role as Hannah Ashworth in ''Hollyoaks'', she later played Gemma Roscoe in the BBC One drama series ''Prisoners' Wives'' and as the Red Que ...
as Tufts
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Holly Dempsey as Bianca
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Kae Alexander
Kae Yukawa, known professionally as Kae Alexander, is a Japanese-born British actress. She gained prominence through her role as Jing Hua in '' Bad Education'' and its spinoff film. She played Leaf in the sixth season of ''Game of Thrones'', Li ...
as Tali
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Tom Bell as Adam
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Louise Breckon-Richards as therapist
Reception
The film received mostly poor reviews from film critics. It has a 50% positive review score on
Rotten Tomatoes
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based on 10 reviews.
Sandra Hall
Sandra L. Hall (born September 5, 1951) is an American blues and soul blues singer and songwriter. She has been billed as Atlanta's "Empress of the Blues" Hall is an Honorary Member of the Atlanta Blues Society. To date she has released five ...
of ''
The Sydney Morning Herald
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'' gave the film 3 out of 4 stars.
References
External links
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Now Available to Stream or Buy — A Guide to Second Date Sex* Konstantin Kitsenyuk
A very dreary date that hit the big screen
2019 films
British romantic comedy films
British sex comedy films
British films based on plays
2019 romantic comedy films
2019 directorial debut films
2010s English-language films
2010s British films
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