Young People Fucking

Infobox Film
name = Young People Fucking


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Martin Gero
producer = Martin Gero, Aaron Abrams
writer = Martin Gero, Aaron Abrams
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starring = Aaron Abrams
Diora Baird
Sonja Bennett
Callum Blue
Kristin Booth
Josh Cooke
Josh Dean
Ennis Esmer
Natalie Lisinska
Peter Oldring
Carly Pope

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cinematography = Arthur E. Cooper
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distributor = Maple Pictures (Canada)
Revolver Entertainment (UK)
THINKFilm (USA)
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runtime = 90 minutes
country = Canada
language = English
budget = $1.4 million CDN [cite web|url= http://www.thestar.com/article/441731|title= Premier supports tax aid for racy film|accessdate= 2008-06-16|author= Robert Benzie|date= 2008-06-12|publisher= Toronto Star]
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website = http://www.ypfthemovie.com
amg_id = 1:416597
imdb_id = 0913445

"Young People Fucking", also called "Y.P.F.", is a 2007 romantic comedy directed, written and produced by Martin Gero and Aaron Abrams. It debuted at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. "Our generation makes an effort to separate love and sex," says Gero. "They're all trying to do this thing, and they're all failing miserably ... we're saying, 'Listen, people our age. This is really hard to do without being emotionally involved.'"Stone, Jay. [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=38336299-2e6a-4543-81d4-f607af65603f&p=1 Controversial film showcased to feds: censorship debate boosts film's profile.] "Canwest News Service", 31 May 2008.]

In spite of the unconventionally explicit title, like other mainstream films it is fairly modestly filmed.

Plot

The film intertwines the story of four different couples and one threesome over the course of one sexual encounter, with specific chapters for each one: prelude, foreplay, sex, interlude, orgasm and afterglow. Each couple represents a specific archetype:
*The Best Friends - Matt and Kristen decide to become friends with benefits, but discover romantic feelings for each other exist.
*The Couple - Husband and wife Andrew and Abby choose to celebrate his birthday. Abby wants sex, but Andrew is not in the mood. He accepts after all, and at Abby's request goes down on her. Subsequently Abby straps on a dildo, and Andrew reluctantly accepts to be fucked. At one point he says stop, but Abby, close to orgasm, briefly continues. Afterwards Andrew discusses with Abby that when he said stop, she should have stopped.
*The Exes - Mia and Eric meet up for a one-off after having broken up some time back.
*The First Date - Jamie brings her womanizing date Ken back to her apartment.
*The Roommates - Gord and his girlfriend Inez invite Gord's roommate Dave to make love to Inez. Dave agrees; he appreciates the opportunity to have sex, but has to accept as part of the deal that Gord watches; moreover, Gord gives Dave instructions to do things Inez likes, and masturbates. At some point Gord also comes closer and puts his hand on Dave's bare bottom. At Dave's request he keeps some distance again. Afterwards Gord and Inez discuss how they liked it and did it for each other, ignoring Dave, who sits in between them. However, when Dave is about to leave Gord hugs him while both are still naked below the waist, and remarks affectionately that their penises are touching each other.

Cast

*Aaron Abrams - Matt
*Diora Baird - Jamie
*Sonja Bennett - Mia
*Callum Blue - Ken
*Kristin Booth - Abby
*Josh Cooke - Eric
*Josh Dean - Andrew
*Ennis Desmer - Gord
*Natalie Lisinska - Inez
*Peter Oldring - Dave
*Carly Pope - Kristen

Reception

The movie has garnered mixed critical reviews, with the film site Rotten Tomatoes giving it a score of 43% (as of September 19, 2008) and Roger Ebert giving it three stars saying that it was "not a great movie, but fun, and the title makes it sound cheaper than it is." [cite web|url= http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/06/ok_heres_the_fing_review.html|title= OK, here's the f***ing review|accessdate= 2008-06-16|author= Roger Ebert|date= 2008-06-12|publisher= Chicago Sun-Times]

The total box office receipts after 4 weeks of release was $420,206. [cite web|url= http://www.tribute.ca/movies/BoxOffice.asp?id=16313|title= Canadian Box Office results|accessdate= 2008-07-13|publisher= tribute.ca]

Controversy

Many people have drawn connections between funding of this film and Bill C-10 which proposes that the Canadian conservative government could retroactively strip tax credits from films the heritage minister deems "offensive or not in the public interest".Worboy, Martha. [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=bb3a9a5e-e1f9-4b03-a0f7-2fe42794982a&k=80275 No censorship threat in Bill C-10: Verner.] "Canwest News Service", 4 March 2008.] A special screening in Ottawa was well-attended by opposition MPs, although no Conservative members showed up. One staffer for Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear was fired for reserving a ticket in his name without permission. Reviews were generally positive, with Liberal Heritage critic Denis Coderre awarding the film three stars and describing it as a "social reality check." NDP Heritage critic Bill Siksay said, "I had a good time, I laughed a lot. There was some serious exploration of relationships, but it was fun. [...] What I would find offensive is that anybody would try and enforce their own sense of personal taste to prohibit a movie like that from being made." Martin Gero said that, "I think we're an easy target — we've got a swear in the title. And also no one's seen it. So it's easy for the pro-C-10 people, whoever they are, I've only met one, to say ... this is obviously pornography, we want to shut it down."CBC Radio - [http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/thehouse_20080531_6051.mp3 The House: Saturday, May 31, 2008] (mp3 podcast download) Time: 18:30 - 22:45]

References

External links

* [http://www.ypfthemovie.com Official website]
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* [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/03/06/c10-senate.html Senate Liberals vow to protect film industry from contentious bill C-10] at CBC.ca