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. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
The Sessions has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Sessions was released in 2012 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 746 reviews, giving The Sessions (2012) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 80% and users giving an average score of 79%.
With a score of 75%, The Sessions is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like End of Watch, Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Barbara.
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