Sex Sells: The Making of 'Touché'

Spinal Tap was funny because if you knew a little about heavy metal, you saw in-jokes all over the place. If you know anything about porn, this mock documentary will leave you cold. Everything in it rings false.

Spinal Tap was funny because it took a familiar world and pushed it over the top. This film is decidedly not funny because it paints a picture of how porn is made that bears no relationship to the real world.

The acting here is uniformly awful, but that would not matter much if the core idea of the movie were good. But it's not.

I recently watched Sex Sells (2005) on Tubi. The storyline follows a veteran porn director looking to make one final film while a documentary crew captures the process, interviewing the cast and crew to provide insight into the industry.

Written and directed by Jonathan Liebert (You Snooze You Lose), the film stars Mark DeCarlo (Fifty Shades Darker), Priscilla Barnes (Jane the Virgin), Jack Kyle (Intolerable Cruelty), and Lisa Jay (Creepies).

As expected, the film is filled with nonstop nudity from start to finish. The opening android scene is a highlight, as are some of the behind-the-scenes stories about the adult film industry. The mother-daughter subplot feels unnecessary, but the rest of the content does enough to hold your attention. The comedy is cheesy and rarely as funny or clever as intended, but let's be honest-that's not the main reason anyone is watching this.

In conclusion, Sex Sells isn't a good movie, but if you're looking for nudity and softcore content, it delivers. I'd score it a 4/10.

Funny and flawed is the best way I can describe this film. Most of the acting was really good (especially Chuck the director and Roxy the porn star), but a couple of the parts seemed just a little flat. The humor was hilarious and clever sometimes, although hit or miss at others. I had a pretty good grin on my face for most of the movie, so that puts it above most of the comedies I see these days. I really liked the story about these porn professionals making their last movie together, and some of the plot twists are pretty slick. I didn't really buy the relationship between the documentary guy and the hot actress, but that seemed to be a pretty minor part of the story. I saw "Inside Deep Throat" just before this (another great movie) and liked it for some of the same reasons: it's different. It's entertaining, and something you don't see everyday, and well, dammit, I just like movies about porn!

This movie is really funny, sexy, raunchy, and surprising warm hearted! I have to admit, I saw it because the poster promised "a mockumentary about the making of a porno film". And let me tell you, it doesn't disappoint! Early on there is probably one of the most graphic sex scenes I've ever seen in a movie--but it's also hysterically funny at the same time. Priscilla Barnes (who played Terri on Three's Company) looks hot as hell as a porn star! There are some pretty twisted sight gags, like one of the actors having a 42 inch penis. There's another gag that's one the funniest things I've ever seen in a film. I won't spoil it. Seriously, you have to see it to believe it. I saw the movie at a film festival in Greenwich, so I have no idea what it is rated, but it may need some editing to get it into theaters.

Basically the film follows a group of porn actors making their last film together. It's funny because they are all friends, but they're constantly bickering with other like little kids. The director is trying to stage a big orgy, but everything keeps going wrong. And right in the middle of all this there's actually a serious story involving a new star doing her first film.

Overall this is a great film with some quality acting. The humor is a little twisted, but if you like South Park, or Kevin Smith films, you'll love it.

This is a neat little movie. My friend brought it back from a trip to England, along with another gem called Late Night Shopping. Sex Sells is the story of some porn actors living and working in California. There's not much of a story. It's more about getting to know the actors and the director. Everyone we meet is funny and weird and very likable. The basic message seems to be that everyone is the same, no matter what occupation you work in. About half way through the film I realized that the main actress is Terry from Three's Company! I guess she wanted to do something different from the goody-goody image from TV. She's great, but she talks and swears like a sailor in some parts. This isn't a movie for kids, but the sex isn't too nasty.