It’s always easy to blame the task of raising children when there’s a lack of affection in a marriage. However, as director Sean Garrity’s new romantic comedy The End Of Sex proves, scheduling sex is hardly the problem. Starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (James vs His Future Self) as Emma and John, parents of two young girls who get sent off to winter camp, this youngish couple faces a week of trying to figure out when and why their sex life died. And, more importantly, how to resurrect it.  

Dating since their teenager years, they are each other’s favourite person and undoubtedly a good team. So when they finally grab the opportunity to have sex and realise they both faked their orgasm, fixing things becomes the priority. What starts as a flat comedic prompt about getting the spark back then follows a list of error-strewn tropes to invigorate their mutual attraction such as venturing into random threesomes, visiting a sex club, and trying drugs. 

The story, written by Chernick himself, eventually gets deeper as it dives into the real issues between them: intimacy, ageing and an overall lack of self-esteem. With an interesting cast of sidekicks such as the millennial boss (Lily Gao) who is deeply invested in John’s love life, or Emma’s old college flame (Gray Powell) who lacks a filter and just blurts out his sexual attraction to her, this is not a traditional romcom. 

The End Of Sex screens at GFT, Glasgow, Friday 3 March, as part of Glasgow Film Festival.