The film ends up as a heartwarmingly raunchy celebration of unabashed and diverse sexuality without shame or hang ups. And somewhere along the way, writer-director Jeremy LaLonde manages to squeeze in some romance too, turning this sex comedy into a rom-com.
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town emerges as surprisingly tame fluff, a modestly amusing trifle scarcely saucier than those wink-wink naughty farces that were staples of the ’70s dinner-theater circuit.
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The Seattle TimesMoira Macdonald
The Seattle TimesMoira Macdonald
All of this is sporadically funny and cheerfully tasteless in its low-budget way, but it’s also unevenly acted, a bit overlong and never quite as daring as it seems to want to be.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper
Despite its provocative title, How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town isn’t particularly sexy. More troubling, it’s not very funny either.
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Slant MagazineDiego Semerene
Slant MagazineDiego Semerene
The ingenuity of writer-director Jeremy LaLonde's film ends with its title.