How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

2015 film directed by Jeremy Lalonde
  • Jordan Walker
  • Chris Bennett
Starring
  • Jewel Staite
  • Ennis Esmer
  • Lauren Lee Smith
  • Katharine Isabelle
  • Jonas Chernick
CinematographyD. Gregor HageyEdited byJeremy LalondeMusic byJeff Toyne
Production
company
Neophyte Productions
Distributed byNorthern Banner
Release dates
  • September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19) (Atlantic Film Festival)
  • May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13) (Canada)
Running time
101 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town is a 2015 Canadian sex comedy film directed by Jeremy Lalonde.[1]

Plot

The film stars Jewel Staite as Cassie Cranston, a newspaper sex columnist returning to her hometown for her mother's funeral, for the first time since being slut-shamed by her high school classmates who caught her trying to lose her virginity.[2] In trouble with her publisher because many of the sex stories she has written about were actually fictional, and with her former friends and neighbours because she has often written about them as yokels and rubes, she tries to square the circle by challenging the town to plan an orgy to prove that they are not as provincial as she has depicted them, in turn giving her the opportunity to write a new true story.[2]

Release and awards

The film premiered at the 2015 Atlantic Film Festival.[3] It was later screened at the 2016 Canadian Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Feature, Best Costume Design and Best Ensemble Cast.[4] On May 13, 2015, the film was released in select theaters and on demand in Canada by Northern Banner and in the United States by Gravitas Ventures.[5]

Cast

  • Jewel Staite as Cassie Cranston
  • Ennis Esmer as Adam Mitchell
  • Lauren Lee Smith as Heather Mitchell
  • Katharine Isabelle as Alice Solomon
  • Mark O'Brien as Bruce Buck
  • Tommie-Amber Pirie as Polly Murray
  • Jonas Chernick as Chester O'Connell
  • James McGowan as Spencer Goode
  • Kristian Bruun as Seth Parsons
  • Gugun Deep Singh as Gus
  • Natalie Brown as Anna
  • Lauren Holly as Maureen Cranston
  • Noah Cappe as Otis
  • Christine Horne as Ellie
  • Rosemary Dunsmore as Seth's Mom
  • Zoe Cleland as Young Cassie

Reception

The film has a user rating of 5.5 due to mixed critic reviews on IMDb.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Film Review: 'How To Plan an Orgy in a Small Town'". Variety, February 2, 2016.
  2. ^ a b 'How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town': Slamdance Review. The Hollywood Reporter, February 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Natasha, The Saver to get world bows at AFF". Playback, August 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Regan Reid, "Canadian Film Fest announces 2016 winners". Playback, April 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Gushway, Camille (April 4, 2016). "Coming Soon: How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town". Playback. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "User ratings". IMDb reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town at Rotten Tomatoes
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