The great strength and slight weakness of “How to Have Sex” is that it’s just like being there — except you might not want to be there.

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Manning Walker sets the scene and stakes well enough, though after the millionth drink and shriek, whatever contact high you have is obliterated by a contact hangover. The largest problem, though, is that Manning Walker seems weirdly insensitive toward Tara, who endures a trauma that’s meant to say something about something — sex, consent, friendship — but mostly just gives the story some queasy heft.

Manohla Dargis

The New York Times

This is an interestingly unsentimental film, without the coming-of-age cliches, and one from which the three leads emerge stronger and happier than before.

Peter Bradshaw

The Guardian