Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

Here's a Woody Allen film that I've yet to watch...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). 1972 United Artists.
Starring: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Louise Lasser, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder, Tony Randall
Also featuring: Erin Fleming
Director: Woody Allen
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In a sketch film consisting of seven chapters (similar to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life for sake of comparison), Allen loosely adopts portions of Dr. David Reuben's 1969 bestseller of the same name. Two highlights are Gene Wilder playing a doctor who falls in love with a sheep, and John Carradine's hysterical performance as a mad researcher engaging in sexual experiments who unwittingly unleashes a giant runaway breast that terrorizes the countryside.

The movie also has an appearance by Erin Fleming (who I did not recognize), best known as Groucho Marx's caretaker/promoter during the final years of his life. Fleming has been criticized by some people for exploiting Groucho in his last years (allegedly using him as leverage in a failed attempt to land a prime sitcom role) and pushing him into performances and public appearances when he was in poor health.

All in all, this was an enjoyable picture, and I felt that Wilder and Carradine in particular stole the show with their performances. Recommended for a rainy afternoon, or any kind of afternoon.