BFF film "Young People F**king", directed and co-written by Martin Gero is hailed as a stylish and contemporary comedy that interlaces the sex lives of five unrelated couples over the course of one sexual occurrence.

The film's plot revolves around the couples seemingly attempting to have straightforward sex, but they run into numerous, silly problems in doing so.

Before I showed up to the theatre to watch the feature, with its title, "Young People F**king" in mind, and after speaking to people about what to expect from it, I assumed it was for sure going to be comedic than anything else - but I was wrong.

While there were a lot of laughs from the audience during the screening (from people I noticed to be in their 30s and upward) I hardly laughed at all. Not because I'm a square guy in my early 20s, but because the film just wasn't funny to me.

If anything, I found the film to be more soft porn than anything else. So, it gets low ratings from me in terms of "comedy". The comedic references are very dry and lackluster, probably more obscene than funny.

The characters represent common personalities: a few are self-doubting, some are brash, others have pre-existent issues in their relationship, some want to be warm and intimate, and others just want to (have casual sex).

Each story starts from the couples' idea to have sex, then to foreplay, next to debating their desires (which makes for the most laughs), then to the full (act) then the odd aftermath.

One of the plots, perhaps my favourite, sees two male roommates engaging in a bizarre threesome (not that I'm an expert on these things). One roommate, who you can describe as overbearing, wild-tempered and outgoing decides the only way to please his naïve girlfriend is to suddenly ask his nerdy, unconfident, unexciting roommate to have sex with her while he watches.

The nerdy, unexciting roommate reluctantly agrees to the arrangement and soon finds his roommate, who appears as if he's directing a porn flick instead of just observing things from the sideline, constantly interrupting the 'act' with the girlfriend - this makes for some awkward moments.

No doubt, the film is of high quality and good acting. However, again, the writers and director could have made things much more interesting, much more humorous instead of just portraying characters within the realm of mediocrity.

There were other scenes that the audience found funny too, but the content of which would be too graphic for me to mention here… just look for the couple that tries "something new" and you'll know what I'm talking about.

The film debuted in 2007 at the Toronto Film Festival and garnered some positive reviews; some declared the film "hilarious". However, keeping in mind what I've written above, I assume those reviewers must be much older than myself and probably were more embarrassed than entertained.

** Young People F**king will be screened again tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. at the Liberty Theatre.