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| editing = Jim Stewart
| distributor = Phaedra Cinema
| released = October 1998 ([[Los Angeles International Film Festival]])<br>{{Film date|1999|06|11|United States}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = United States
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'''''Just a Little Harmless Sex''''' is a 19991998 [[romantic comedy]] film which revolves around the offer of [[oral sex]] by a stranded motorist (and [[Prostitution|prostitute]]) to a monogamous man who stops to help her. Arrested by a passing [[police officer]], the unlikely [[good Samaritan]] must telephone his wife to bail him out in the middle of the night. A few days later, she throws him out of the house and goes out with her friends to enjoy a sexy night on the town. The denouement takes place when all the parties meet at a local nightclub for explanations and apologies. The film was directed by [[Rick Rosenthal]], and stars [[Alison Eastwood]], [[Rachel Hunter]], and [[Lauren Hutton]].
 
The film received generally poor reviews from critics, with a [[Rotten Tomatoes]] rating of 20% derived from five professional reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/just_a_little_harmless_sex|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Lawrence Van Gelder]] compared the film to a TV [[sitcom]], and said the movie was "well cast, well acted and thoroughly inconsequential".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Van Gelder|first1=Lawrence|authorlink1=Lawrence Van Gelder|title=Just A Little Harmless Sex (1999)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980CE2DC1638F932A25755C0A96F958260|accessdate=21 May 2015|work=The New York Times|date=11 June 1999}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Lael Loewenstein said "what saves [the film] from being utterly predictable is its zesty dialogue".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Loewenstein|first1=Lael|title=Review: ‘Just a Little Harmless Sex’|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/just-a-little-harmless-sex-1117499882/|accessdate=21 May 2015|work=Variety|date=11 June 1999}}</ref>
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[[Category:19991998 films]]
[[Category:1990s independent films]]
[[Category:1990s romantic comedy films]]