Description

Psychotherapist, Dr. Lloyd Davis (Tom Stephens) is running an “encounter group” at his mansion. The theme of the encounter is sensual awareness with the aim of helping couples get over their hang-ups by learning to express themselves. Davis leads the groups through speeches and an ever-escalating set of sensual exercises. The screenplay is by Michael Abel and Stanley Zero who provide a thoughtful script structured in faux-educational, semi-white-coater style. Their script is surprisingly high-minded, with much of the doctor’s spiel and the exercises that he gets the participants to engage in having a rudimentary sense.