The Sessions

About The Sessions

Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself.

The Sessions is a 2012 comedy romance film directed by Ben Lewin. It runs 95 minutes and was released in May 2012.

Its themes are affectation, whimsical, tragic, and vibrant. The story is adapted from real events.

John Hawkes appears as Mark, Helen Hunt as Cheryl, William H. Macy as Father Brendan, and Moon Bloodgood as Vera. The screenplay is by Ben Lewin. In the United States it streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel and Cinemax Apple TV channel.

Charcoal, Breaking Surface, and Boo! make useful companions to The Sessions, all filed under admiring and adoring. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 636 votes and it carries a R rating.