The movie does try something a little interesting, hopefully intentional, perhaps accidental, at the beginning: it presents the audience with two main characters who aren't all that likable, in a marriage it doesn't really ask us to care about. You don't get any back story with their relationship, whether it started off 10 yrs ago as happy and fun--presumably so--and therefore you don't really know why they let themselves trudge along so miserably for so long, especially since they don't have kids. He (Paul Rudd) is depressed and defeated and retreats behind a screen of semi-hostile humor; she (Parker Posey) won't confront the big (pardon the pun) hole in their marriage. It's to the credit of those two performers that they give their characters the modicum of charm they do possess. Then they go their separate ways, each finding a little bit of happiness here and there, and finally Posey meets someone who just might be really good for her. People balk at Devito's lack of, uh, conventional good looks, but I can kind of see why she prefers him: he's upbeat, energetic, he likes to talk to her; he's not sullen and hostile like Rudd. Their scene in the restaurant exudes some real warmth, I thought. But there's not really enough of that or enough dramatic tension or engaging humor for me to really recommend the movie.

I would have assumed that "The Oh! in Ohio" was trying to be the Judd Apatow sex comedies for females, but this was released in 2006 just before the Apatow craze began. So now I'm not sure what they were trying to go for.It's marketed as a comedy but it's more of a drama. The plot line is that Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey) and her husband (Paul Rudd) are in an unhappy marriage because she isn't able to climax. Along with "50 million other women who suffer from orgasmic dysfunction" as the film tells us.The film moves forward with Posey trying to have an orgasm. I'm assuming these scenes were supposed to provide us laughs but they weren't very funny. The other half of the movie is Rudd living his depressed life as a biology teacher. Finally the film industry has figured out that occasionally there are teachers for subjects other than English, but unfortunately it's in this movie just so we can have him spout the names of some sex organ muscles. Paul Rudd is one of my favourite actors, but the story for his character is extremely poorly done. The humour is so low-key, that I view it more as a drama, so there is no pay-off for his poor character. I might even have to blame this film for Rudd being relegated to buddy comedies now.There is a lot to not like in this film, but Posey does shine, and some of the "50 million women who suffer from orgasmic dysfunction" might enjoy "The Oh! in Ohio" but probably not many other people will.

PROBABLY MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!! Although a bit on the strange side writing wise (Why would a group of Chinese Beer businessmen want to visit a boring high school anyway) it's not beyond forgivable. THE OH! IN OHIO is a cute little romp of a sex comedy that adults can enjoy and get a good snicker or 2 out of.Parker Posey plays Pricilla Chase, a PR career woman who married her handsome high school sweetheart Jack (Paul Rudd) and should have the perfect rounded life any woman would aspire to.The one thing she has not had yet wouldn't bug her so much if Jack wasn't constantly harping about wanting to give this to her. No, not kids. Nobody's talking about kids. The one things that her husband wants her to have that he hasn't been able to give her is an orgasm.A sort of reverse THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, this film THE OH! IN OHIO is about a successful woman who just happens to have never had that pleasure in her life, not even by her own hand shall we say? Why? Was she brought up by a pair of ice sculptures instead of parents? Was she taught that self pleasure is dirty sinful shameful? Has it ever been a big deal to her? If not for hubby's obsessiveness, would it ever have become a big deal? Well it's certainly a big deal to Jack. And this, for anyone who keeps asking, "What did Jack do wrong?" "What was his mistake?" "Why all the Jack-bashing?" Well, this is what and why: Jack's obsession over not giving his wife pleasure was all about him, not her. Instead of caring enough to ask, "Pricilla, what could be wrong? Were you molested? Did you parents teach you it was dirty? Is there a physiological dysfunction? Nerve damage? Is intercourse painful for you?" and so on. There are a million ways Jack could have handled this dilemma, and typically, he turns the entire focus onto himself. He feels like less of a man because his wife doesn't come. Then he goes on to actually blame her and slowly begins to resent her and even hate her to the point where he leaves the marriage. He reveals himself to be shallow, self-centered and completely unconcerned about Pricilla. To his credit, he does attend at least one therapy session with his wife, but it seems he's made up his mind: he wants out of the marriage.He goes on to find himself a young nubile girlfriend (Mischa Barton plays an underaged college student who is supposed to be really smart his biology class) and it's not long before they are writhing in bed and she is raving about his sexual prowess. Whether or not Kristin is doing this to stroke Jack's ego or not is kind of hard to say.Meanwhile, Pricilla, feeling bad about herself (naturally) confides in her friend Sherri (Miranda Bailey) about her sexual problems and then finds herself in an adult toy store. Heather Graham has an unbilled role as the clerk who works therein. Pricilla brings home one of those standard white twist-top vibrators and begins to discover parts of her body she never knew existed, let alone how they function. I thought these scenes were hilarious very time she reached for that thing and I heard that loud HUMMMMMMMMMMM!! After becoming somewhat addicted to orgasm, Pricilla decides to get out there and explore and live a little. After a succession of would be lovers, even a tryst with Justine, the adult store clerk. Pricilla still cannot have an orgasm with a living person. Needless to say, most or all of these lovers either blame her or focus the whole thing onto themselves.Then Pricilla bumps into a famous acquaintance in her neighborhood, Wayne the Pool Guy (Danny DeVito) and after spending some time with him, they abruptly fall into a sexual relationship, and then everything seems to come together (pardon the pun) for her. Love, a good relationship without selfishness, and pleasure to round it out.The one huge thing I thought was lacking was an explanation why Pricilla was anorgasmic (I HATE the term "frigid"), but maybe it was because until Wayne came along, she hadn't found a lover to make her feel truly special, wanted, loved, etc? There are some uneven spots in the story and some scenes don't really go anywhere. The end didn't bother me as much as it did others. It's a pretty cute sex comedy.

A fair enough comedy on a Friday evening - with a few beer in your head. No, I mean you really have to drink something, otherwise the twists (if there is any) are too obvious.I've had the certain feeling during that hour and a half that this could definitely be a pretty good movie if the screenwriter would have put a little more energy in composing the story line and developing the characters, because there are simply huge holes everywhere.For instance, the temptation occurs suddenly to both half of the couple, we get explanation (the pool guy wants to fill in the last patch of grass in the neighborhood, while the enthusiastic chick wants to please the mighty teacher), but something is missing or turns out to be incoherent. They hit a psychologist after a decade, laugh their asses off afterwards, but the relationship remains somehow cold anyway. I had to laugh (unfortunately not as I supposed to at a comedy) how the fellow pretends to be jealous with a cigarette butt hanging out of his sad mouth after discovering his precious playing with a dildo and then, goes and plugs the leak immediately on his student. Or. I'm curious how the hell on Earth is that 30M American women could not get an orgasm ever (sexual dysfunction...) and they discover out of the blue sky - or at least this cute example, according to the plot - at the age of 38 (see cast), after being stuck in a failed and frustrated marriage for a long while, the power of touching themselves (sleeping with every idiot, bisexuality, ...). Why is that the chap wants the girly back, is that just because his dick was confirmed to be magnificent and the teenager who did that has to slip to Harvard? What was he planning otherwise? Marry her and talk about the biology homework? Does some crappy Chinese food sound like a vibrator and cause 'I have to pee' and 'I'm outta this reality' symptoms at the same time in a conference room? Isn't it just a Hollywood fashion to get together with your grandfather in 'deep love' (at least one can understand the why over there: the 'slight' influence of the cash)? And so on.All in all, the film is not that bad, but I've seen some better flicks on the topic. I go for a six.