My favorite line from the movie is "I need love like water and food." Julie Davis wrote, directed and starred in this movie. Usually, when someone tries this, it becomes a vanity production with poor acting, poor direction and poor writing. That is what makes this film so amazing, it manages to have great acting, great direction and great writing all together. Julie Davis is a female Orson Welles.I do not believe that there is a better romantic comedy around. It has the perfect blend of romance and comedy and even a few very soft-core sexy moments that put it above "Must Love Dogs" and "The Holiday".It is now seven years since the movie was made and Julie Davis has not acted, written or directed anything since. That is truly sad. She deserved to become a superstar after this fabulous film.

I thought this movie reminded me of a lot of young women I know who are insecure about love, men, their bodies, their minds, even though they may be bright and attractive. It is a breath of fresh air to see a young woman poke fun of the way that we tend to over analyze things such as sex, the long awaited "phone call the day after," over thinking everything, and who or what holds the right answers to all of our questions about love, life, and relationships. I am sure if you polled intelligent, 20 something female college grads with good heads on their shoulders, they would find this movie amusing. Nice to see a movie that is not about the perfect in every-way girl finding the perfect in every-way prince charming.

Hollywood had to bring out a movie just like this one. Firstly the name used, for me had to be the name, then the topic following the name is also very creepy and ironic. I will explain later why I feel the way I do about this movie, and what I will describe are the thoughts and ideas that I have had, when it comes to the whole deal that I guess is ‘Amy's Orgasm'.Amy Mandell is a sophisticated, beautiful 29-year-old self-help author who, having been burned by men over and over, has made it her mission to convince women that they don't need men to feel fulfilled. Desperately lonely and having trouble practicing what she preaches, Amy meets Matthew Starr, a shock jock known for his sexist on-air antics, irresistible charm, and sexual prowess. Amy finally throws down her guard and dares to experience the most elusive orgasm of all -love. This movie was written and directed by its star, Julie Davis, which created some problems for me. Firstly the screenplay, while not being completely bad, had some downfalls. At times, the main character of Amy was hard for to me like or even understand. While some of the other characters were a bit too much, such as Amy's parents and her priest, who I feel is the most unrealistic character I have seen in a movie for a long time. Then look at what was contained in the movie's screenplay, with all these different notions of love and relationships. In the end, I felt that the story overanalysed love, and started to become boring, repetitive, predictable and confusing. Davis did a pretty good job in directing the movie, although I did have problems with her overall visions for the film. I was not a big fan of the way that we hear all these various voices churning through Amy's head, as they really do show that this girl has no right to give out advice on love, when she is totally confused on the issue herself. However, I did like the movie's preempting about what sorts of situation Amy might like to be in, via her very deep sexual fantasies. Amy Mandell (Davis) is a woman famous for writing a book called ‘Why Love Doesn't Work', loved by many thousands of women, but widely criticised by the media. It was a very open role from Davis, as she would show herself in many personal predicaments, and then would also talk about many issues that most of us shrug away from. While on her interview bandwagon, Amy is interviewed by Radio DJ Matthew Starr (Nick Chinlund), who initially we are meant to think is a really sick jerk. But as Amy and the audience get to know Matt, he shows himself to be a pretty reasonable sort of guy, someone Amy could love. While I like Matt as a movie character, it is all a bit too freaky for me, for two reasons. One my name is Matt and the situation I found myself in just a few years ago was with a girl named Amy. This movie had to use those two names! And, two, I once wanted to be a radio DJ like Matt, making AO seem all the more coincidental. We also meet some other interesting characters in AO. Amy's publicist, Janet Gaines (Caroline Aaron) is a strange woman and we learn quite quickly what sort of person she is. While Amy's parents (Mary Ellen Taylor and Charles Cioffi) are very cold and callous when it comes to their daughter and what has happened in her life. Yet Amy's friends, young couple Don (Mitchell Whitfield) and Elizabeth (Jennifer Bransford) help their friend feel better about life and love. However, the priest (Jeff Cesario) is character, who I am sure many people would love, but I did not appreciate here. This movie also reminds of other things I have seen on TV and in cinema lately. Firstly, the downer for this movie is the way it brings back bad memories of a film that did not like, the disgraceful 2001 Josh Hartnett film '40 Days and 40 Nights'. The area AO reminds me of that film is the stupid way it involves religion within the context of a film that deals primarily with a human view on sex, just not good enough if you ask me. The other thing is how much better CBO's ‘Sex and the City' handles all the issues involving, relationships, love and sex. Unfortunately, AO was unsuccessful in dealing with these issues.AO also brings back some bad personal memories for me. An example of this is the moment in the film where Amy asks Matt a very personal question about his sex life. Now, while most people would have no problem with questions of this nature being asked of them, I have regretted admitting this to other people, especially those who did not deserve to hear about it. I have also learnt that this movie's was originally titled, ‘Why Love Doesn't Work', a much better title than Amy's Orgasm in my opinion. I am a bit confused as to the change in name for the video release. If any other name had been used in this film, I think I could have stomached it more than I have, but by using the name ‘AMY', it really does bring back memories for me of a person who I have forgotten. I have also forgotten the personal things that she told me about her life, like her deep sexual feelings, her very lurid sex life and what many of her orgasms were actually like. To say that these words and images affected me is an understatement. So a movie with this name was always going to be difficult for me to like, which just so happens to be the case.CMRS gives ‘Amy's Orgasm': 1.5 (Bad – Ok Film)

Don't listen to most of these reviewers. This movie is fantastic!!! Definitely give it a chance. It's the kind of film that you can't stop smiling throughout . . . especially if you're single and in your 20's. I'm amazed it wasn't widely released.