What is Easier with Practice?
{{italictitle}} '''''Easier with Practice''''' is a 2009 [[United States|American]] [[drama movie]]. The story of this movie is based on a 2006 ''[[GQ]]'' article which was written by Davy Rothbart.<ref>{{cite news|title=Phone Sex Gets EASIER WITH PRACTICE|publisher=AFI FEST|url=https://www.altfg.com/film/white-couple-black-baby|access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> The movie was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, Best First Feature and Someone to Watch Awards. ==Plot== Davy Mitchell is a writer who is on tour to [[promotion|promote]] his unpublished short stories. He gets a random [[telephone]] call from a woman named Nicole. The stranger seduces him into an intense session of phone sex. That sparks an erotic and intimate [[interpersonal relationship|relationship]] between them. The relationship is based entirely around the phone calls. Davy wants to make it work. He becomes [[frustration|frustrated]] when Nicole doesn't give out her phone number. He is fed up with her games. He wants to meet her in person. ==Cast== * [[Brian Geraghty]] as Davy Mitchell * [[Kel O'Neill]] as Sean Mitchell * [[Marguerite Moreau]] as Samantha * Jeanette Brox as Sarah * Jenna Gavigan as Josie * [[Katie Aselton]] as Nicole ==Development== ''Easier with Practice'' is an [[independent movie]]. It was [[movie distribution|distributed]] in the [[United States]] by Breaking Glass Pictures. In [[Canada]], it was distributed by Mongrel Media. The movie was rated NC-17 by the [[Motion Picture Association of America]]. However, the rating was surrendered. The movie was released without an MPAA rating. ==Reception== ''Easier with Practice'' was first shown at the CineVegas Film Festival. It won the 2009 Grand Jury Prize. It got Best New International Feature at the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]]. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] put the rating of the movie at 91%. This was based on 32 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Easier with Practice|publisher=The Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/easier_with_practice|access-dat