Sessions is a unique movie of an indefatigable and incredible man who is tethered to an iron lung in order to breath as a result of polio as a young boy. Sessions is a very poignant movie which offers up so many riches to appreciate. There is not a rotten apple in the whole bunch, except for the 1st aide who is dismissed at the start of the film with the advice from the most heavenly sent priest, since Gran Torino. The 3 lead actors, John Hawkes, William H. Macy & Helen Hunt are all Acad. Award nominees and multiple recipients of Emmy & Golden Globe Awards. Needless to say, all the actors here should garner more awards for their performances. However, Hawkes lead performance as Mark, whose lifeless body but poetic, kind soul is a tour de force. Hawkes is only able to emote through his eyes and words, alone. Macy plays Father Brendan, the sagacious, beer drinking, cigarette smoking priest who becomes Mark's friend, confidant, and spiritual adviser. Mark speaks candidly to Father Brendan of his desire to find love & to know a woman in the biblical sense. Despite the cardinal sin of premarital sex, Father Bredan gives Mark not only absolution but encouragement. Helen Hunt is the sexual therapist who professionally and sensitively has sexual relations with him. Session is a highly unusual but totally gratifying movie. If you are unmoved by this remarkable film, you're in dire need of a session with a therapist.
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