'I Want Your Sex' review: Can you handle Olivia Wilde's bad boss?

Key Points:

• Olivia Wilde stars in Gregg Araki’s film "I Want Your Sex" as Erika Tracy, a manipulative and seductive artist who exerts a dominant power dynamic over her young assistant, played by Cooper Hoffman.
• The film is a modern, provocative take on classic Hollywood femme fatales, blending dark comedy with themes of control, vulnerability, and the complexities of contemporary sexual relationships.
• Araki, known from the New Queer Cinema movement, confronts current moral boundaries and societal anxieties around power, consent, and the exploitative nature of certain work environments.
• Wilde’s performance channels iconic screen sirens while the film critiques performative sexuality and generational tensions, with a narrative that avoids clear condemnation of its flawed characters.
• Despite its rushed mystery elements, the movie ultimately suggests that sexual relationships, though complicated and imperfect, can be approached with humor rather than fatal seriousness.