Quick Review: I Want Your Sex (2026)

Gregg Araki has become one of my favorite directors over the past year. I watched a lot of his work a year ago and fell in love with his style of filmmaking, especially with the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy. There’s just something about it that makes it feel dreamy and unique that I personally love about it. When you watch a Gregg Araki film, you should expect gay and to have a good time. Hearing that he had a film releasing this year made me excited. This is his first film in over a decade and I was curious to see what he would do, especially with everything going on today. With how the cast looked and the trailer, I was only more intrigued to see what this would turn out like. After watching it, I Want Your Sex is a fun and entertaining time. It also brings back something that has been missing from movies for a bit: horny cinema.

I Want Your Sex tells the story of a man named Elliot who ends up working for a big artist known as Erika Tracy. Elliot soon finds himself being in a complicated sexual relationship with Erika and while things seem great at first. Elliot’s world becomes chaotic and starts to unravel.

The story for I Want Your Sex I think works for what it’s trying to do. It’s not doing anything special or trying to be a life changing movie, but it is a film that knows what it is and I can appreciate that about it. It’s exploring sex and sexuality in today’s climate that can sometimes feel a bit messy in its exploration, but it still manages to wrap around and offer some entertainment to the chaos., It still does manage to land on what it is trying to convey. It can also be very funny at times although it’s not throwing jokes at you constantly but throws out subtle stuff at you in dialogue and small actions that can make it very funny at times. If you’re familiar with Araki’s other work like I am, you’ll most likely get a good time out of watching this story unfold. Also I like a movie that’s a nice 90 minutes and has a nice pace to it. I can appreciate when a film knows how long it needs to be and this is one of those films. I found myself enjoying the story of the film for what it was by the end.

The film has a fun list of characters which includes a stacked cast to go along with it. I’ve loved seeing Copper Hoffman getting spotlight these past couple years and he’s especially great here. You can feel him slowly losing his mind throughout the film. Olivia Wilde has been having a year with The Invite and now this and she’s very fun in this. Kinda funny this film and The Invite have some interesting similarities to each other lol. Shoutout Chase Sui Wonders and Mason Gooding as well who I think have some of the best line deliveries in the film. Others like Daveed Diggs, Charli XCX, Margaret Choi, and Johnny Knoxville are all fun to watch on screen as well. Again no one is doing anything crazy, but they understand the assignment where it’s a joy to watch them on screen. There’s also some fun cameos sprinkled in from other Araki films as well. One towards the end had me and the other 10 fans in the theaters thrilled with excitement when it happened lol. No one’s doing anything too crazy here, but they are still fun to watch.

The style of the film is really nice as well. For a film that is tackling a bit of the art culture, there’s some things to point out about how the film looks. For one the set design is very fun to look at. I think of Elliot’s apartment as being a highlight when it comes to this with how the style looks. It was reminding me a bit of Smiley Face as something about that apartment had the same vibe of that movie. I don’t know how to describe it, but I appreciated that. There’s a lot of fun costumes in here as well especially the many outfits Olvia Wilde is wearing. Of course the surrealist look of things makes it work in its favor. It reminded me of this year’s I Love Boosters in some ways. If there’s one thing that feels a bit lackluster, it’s how the cinematography looks. The shots themselves look fine, but there’s something about the digital look of the film that doesn’t make things look as appealing as they should. It makes me miss the film look that the the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy films had and it feels like this movie would’ve benefited from that. Even with that though, the film is doing some very fun things with design that still makes it work in its favor.

I really appreciate Gregg Araki making a film like this right now. Things do suck right now in the world and I think getting a film from him during these times is what we needed and I’m glad he was able to give us this. I’m glad I became a fan of his a year ago and I’m glad he’s still making films like this. I love Araki’s work and I hope he gets to continue making passion projects like this.

I Want Your Sex is a fun time and something I’m glad Gregg Araki was able to make during these times. If you’re a fan of his films, then I think you’ll really enjoy this one from him. Close enough, welcome back horny cinema.