The Little Death

"The central premise of comedy is this: people are funny, usually unintentionally and often at the most inappropriate times. And people are never funnier, more unintentional and wildly inappropriate than when it comes to sex. The Little Death – the literal translation for the French phrase La Petite Mort which accurately translates to orgasm – takes the interweaving vignette style of romantic comedy that Love Actually so gracefully refined and reimagines it through the lens marked “yes, but what if we acknowledged all the kinky twists we know are lurking beneath the surface of these lovely people.”"

"Despite the somewhat uncomfortable use of rape as a plot device, the film’s verbally and visually tame approach might help it find some limited action..."

"While Lawson's concept pushes the envelope and the ideas are mostly fun, The Little Death falls short of its promise with the sum of its part funnier than the whole."

"The film itself is so contrived it's ridiculous. And not in a good way."

"An odd mixture of broad farce and secret pain: at a packed Sydney Film Festival premiere this outspoken comedy was riotous to some, often creepy to others."

"A deviant antipodean version of Love Actually... manages to be both borderline offensive and improbably sweet."