The Female Response (known in the UK as Everybody's At It[1]) is a 1973 American sexploitation film directed by Tim Kincaid.

The Female Response
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Directed byTim Kincaid
Written byTim Kincaid
David Newburge
Produced byRichard Lipton
StarringRaina Barrett
Jacque Lynn Cotton
Michaela Hope
Jennifer Welles
Gena Wheeler
Roz Kelly
CinematographyArthur D. Marks
Edited byGraham Place
Music byBill Reynolds
Production
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Trans American Films
Release date
  • January 1973 (1973-01)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Feminist newspaper columnist Marjorie is fired by her boss for refusing to curb the libertarian content of her writing. Instead, she gathers with six other women to discuss their sexual history as material for future writing to get the real female response. Her subjects are high-class prostitute Victoria, hippie Sandy, frustrated housewife Leona, overweight secretary Rosalie, dental nurse Gilda and socialite Andrea. They discuss their various sexual thoughts and agree to meet again in a month. When they reconvene Andrea's habit of leading men on and shunning them has resulted in her being raped by a mechanic, though she confesses she enjoyed it; Leona has attempted to rekindle her physical relationship with her husband with disappointing results; Victoria has begun a serious love affair with one of her clients; Sandy enjoys a liaison with a motorist while hitchhiking; Gilda has given in to her fascination with classified adverts in Screw but ends up in a bizarre BDSM session and Rosalie loses her virginity at a swinger's party.[2][3]

Their sessions are intercut with vox-pop interviews on the street, where Marjorie questions passers-by.

Cast

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Production

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Filming was completed in New York City in October 1972.[4]

Release

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The film premiered in Los Angeles on October 17, 1973.[4]

Response

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Rob Craig described the individual tales of the characters as "vacillating from mind-numbingly boring to downright surreal" and their journey to sexual fulfilment as "pat and incredible" but noted the "cutting edge" editing techniques used by director Kincaid.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Speed, F. Maurice (1974). Film Review. W.H. Allen.
  2. ^ "The Female Response (1973)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  3. ^ Puchalski, Steven. "The Female Response". www.shockcinemamagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  4. ^ a b "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. ^ Craig, Rob (2019). American International Pictures - A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 9781476635224.
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