Everybody Wants To F*ck Me Review: Taron Egerton Leads Wild, Boundary-Pushing Comedy Thriller [TIFF]

Taron Egerton stars, and shines, in a new comedy thriller that shares many similarities with a fellow TIFF premiere: Curry Barker's Obsession.

Published Sep 13, 2026, 7:37 AM EDT

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Taron Egerton burst onto the scene with 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service, a film which quickly catapulted the actor to stardom. Since then, his career has been varied; he's reprised his Kingsman role for one sequel, but also appeared in a number of unique projects, many of which haven’t received the recognition they deserve. The Welsh actor’s turn in the Apple TV series Black Bird, for example, was one of the best television performances in recent memory.

All this is to say, Egerton has built a name for himself as a consistently captivating performer, and any new film that he does feels like it has the spotlight on it simply because of his presence. That’s certainly the case for Everybody Wants to F*ck Me, which premiered at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.

With a title so brazen that it might make some viewers hesitant to say it out loud, Everybody Wants To F*ck Me is pushing boundaries right out of the gate. Written and directed by Jonathan Schey, the film follows Adam, a man in his early 30s who’s heavily involved in the dating scene. In fact, he isn’t just involved in dating – it’s his whole life. Adam is all consumed by his desire to have casual sex with women, and actively pursues almost every female around him (including in the workplace).

Those behaviors are met with unexpected consequences when Adam meets a woman at a bar (Jessica Henwick). He doesn’t catch her name, but she lures him back to her apartment, tricks him, and makes him pass out. When he comes to, something has changed: Women become crazed in his presence, motivated only by their desire to have sex with him. It’s an ironic turn of fate for Adam, who now has to grapple with the increasingly severe impact that this change is having on his life.

Everybody Wants To F*ck Me Is Like Obsession On A Bigger Scale

One of the biggest movies of this year (and certainly the most viral, from a word-of-mouth perspective) was Curry Barker’s Obsession, which itself premiered at TIFF 2025. It’s ironic, then, that another film with many parallels is debuting at the festival just a year later. Everybody Wants to F*ck Me shares countless similarities with Obsession, mainly the core premise of a man who wants nothing more than to be the center of a woman’s love and attention and ends up getting more than he bargained for. Except, in this case, Egerton gets that not just from one woman, but from all of them (though, interestingly, only when they’re alone).

That premise alone is enough to keep the audience entertained throughout the film. Yet, the unfortunate reality is that Everybody Wants to F*ck Me will be heavily compared to Obsession, for better and for worse. The concept of Egerton’s latest film feels a tad less original than it might have otherwise, but that familiarity isn’t enough to derail the story. It's still propelled by its general concept.

Everybody Wants To F*ck Me Feels The Need To Over-Explain Itself

A core difference between Everybody Wants to F*ck Me and Obsession is that the latter leans into the supernatural, and doesn’t spend too much time dwelling on the questions that come with that. This movie does the opposite, offering a scientific explanation for what’s happening to Adam and answering the many questions that the viewer might have.

On the one hand, this allows the audience to have a better understanding of Adam, what’s happening to him, and the world he lives in. On the other, one can’t help but feel that the simplicity of an alternative explanation may have better suited the story. It’s a minor criticism, all things considered, as the story ties together nicely come the end, but still one that dings the experience slightly.

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me premiered at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. A US theatrical release is planned for sometime in 2027.