The Oh in Ohio(spoilers)

A movie about a woman who has never had an orgasm should either be very hilarious or very depressing, this movie is supposed to be very hilarious but never quite reaches its peak. Parker Posey stars as a very driven woman who is taking the Cleveland business world by storm and at night goes home to her high school teacher husband played by Paul Rudd. Her inability to orgasm does not seem to bother her in any way, yet it has made Paul Rudd miserable. We are told that he used to be one of the best teachers and one of the most liked, but now he is depressed and morbid with unkempt facial hair.


While the focus of the movie is Parker Posey's character, the real star is Rudd. He shines here as the morose oft neglected husband who finds his solace in Mischa Barton. A student whose life he changed a few years back by being an awesome teacher. Now it is her turn to "fix" him. They begin a sexual affair and Rudd reclaims his manhood by being an amazing sexual partner to her. Now I usually find Barton to be too skinny to be attractive and her acting is usually worse than those paper bag fandango puppets, although here she is actually capable. However, not at all believable as a Harvard bound biology student. Rudd's best friend and co-worker, played by Keith David is the only other semi bright spot in this disastrous mess. He is hilarious in his "pep talks" and in describing his sex life.


The feeling I had the most while watching this movie was that of discomfort. Parker Posey is asked to do horrid things into he name of comedy, which is normal for a comedian but here it is not funny. She has 128 orgasms in a week with the help of a vibrator but it is never funny or satisfying to watch. She slides her pager inside herself to see if that works after trying to rid herself of her addiction to the vibrator and that doesn't play as funny either. The whole thing plays as embarrassing. To add insult to injury, we are supposed to believe Danny Devito as her sexual awakening. Devito's character has created this unrealistic magical water slide that is used as the euphemism for her sexual awakening. Yes that Danny Devito. The jokes hit about 35% to 40% of the time and that is usually with Rudd on screen. If you want to watch Parker Posey's continued descent into being a bad actress (Blade:trinity and Superman returns) than perhaps you'll want to see it, or if you have interest in dialogue that uses pools as metaphors for life than you too may also be interested. I, however was not interested or entertained.