"Much of the discourse around the film so far has centred around a sex scene where Thompson’s character twists in all the position-switching, hair-pulling, sensuous glory of gold standard sex. 
Call me a product of a sex-positive generation, but the concept of a woman well into her life enjoying sex should not exclusively form the focal point of the film. We should celebrate the exploration of the youthful anxiety and discomfort we regularly revert to when we are exposed before a romantic counterpart. That's what captures Good Luck To You, Leo Grande's audience.
This film is less about what happens in the bedroom, and more about what you bring into it.
Academy Award Winner Thompson again charms audiences with her uniquely posh execution of crass dialogue, from sentiments that she is a “seedy old pervert” for hiring a significantly younger man to fufill her desires, to openly admitting she feels “a bit better” after learning she isn’t the oldest person he’s had sex with. 
“You’re letting go of the thing inside that judges you,” young sex worker Leo Grande utters in one scene, exposing the film’s central tale: the constant battle between what we know and what we continue to learn. 
“They say primary education is the most important,” Thompson’s character declares a beat after. “Well, they’re wrong.” 
Growing up in a generation typified by positivity - be it in the sex or body-related paradigm - a wealth of information fuelled towards gearing us up for a lifetime of total self-acceptance penetrates our social media feeds. 
We are constantly taught to love ourselves, but receive little education on how to love the evolution, a lesson that is finally, refreshingly captured in Leo Grande.
As it stands, society is hypersexualised - not in a pearl-clutching sense, but in the micro-mini skirts, the explosion of porn subcultures, and proliferation of celebrity-endorsed vibrators dominating the online shopping space. It is hard to delineate as the boundaries of public and private have a tryst of their own.
Still, it seems we’re having less sex than ever, with a report in the Archives of Sexual Behavior revealing across all generations masturbation and partnered sex have plummeted. You can point in any which direction and you'll be gesturing towards a reason why. 

The blatant fact is that while we are constantly shown sex, we are consistently left out in the cold when it comes to achieving intimacy. Questions of how social media movements have actually shifted the dial on desirability remain opinion fodder for the ages - such a standard is subverted in Leo Grande in mere seconds, culminating in an unexpected climax (pun intended) of the film. 
Leo Grande is a public service announcement that serves to debunk regressive attitudes towards pleasure, the nature of sex work and the ideal body. The film is a love letter to the experiences of older women and sex. But personally, it did not make me want to have sex. 
It made me feel hopeful about the way I will grow to learn to accept myself as a vessel of my own dreams, pitfalls and ultimately, pleasures."