The creative forces behind the new R-rated indie comedy "For a Good Time, Call …" don't want people having any hang-ups about going to see the film, especially since it chronicles the misadventures of a pair of enterprising phone-sex operators.

Is it raunchy? Yes. Is the dialogue so spicy that it will make you blush? Absolutely -- but it's also a movie, above all, that's about escape and having fun.

"People are so quick to dismiss fun, but it's an important thing to have, especially these days," said star Ari Graynor, who recently joined for an interview with star and co-writer Lauren Anne Miller, director Jamie Travis and co-writer Katie Anne Naylon. "You have to be a be able to check out of your life for an hour and a half and leave a place feeling great, knowing you've had a collective experience at the movies. There's nothing better."

"For a Good Time, Call …" begins when Lauren (Miller) meets Katie (Graynor) at a college frat party, but an embarrassing incident dooms any sort of friendship before it could even begin.

Flashing forward 10 years later, we find Lauren going through a bad break-up with her boyfriend and looking for a place to live, and Katie in danger of losing her dream apartment because she needs a roommate to make rent. Luckily, they have a mutual best friend in Jesse (Justin Long), who coaxes the two to live together despite their reservations.

Struggling to land a job, Lauren begins to develop an unusual bond with Katie when she discovers her roommate is operating a phone-sex line out of the apartment. In need of some income and wise to the business world, Lauren finds a way to make the business lucrative, and along the way, the free-spirited Katie finds a way to break the reserved Lauren out of her shell. But just when the two think it couldn't get any better, life happens as personal and professional goals present unforeseen challenges and put their business -- and new-found friendship -- in peril.

Opening in select theaters Friday and expanding next week, "For a Good Time, Call …" also stars Nia Vardalos, Mimi Rogers and Don McManus.

While raunchy, R-rated comedies have made a comeback in recent years, very few have focused predominantly on the female demographic. Things changed, though, a year ago when "Bridesmaids" became a massive hit, and the "Good Time" folks are enjoying the renaissance.

"There was sort of a golden age of it in the '80s with stars like Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Shelley Long and Diane Keaton -- stories that were not solely focused on the key romantic relationship, the pratfalls and the type-A personalities that needed to open up," Graynor said. "So to be able to have a moment where women are making more female-centered movies again is great."

Ultimately, Naylon said, "Good Time" is a movie about friendship first, that happens to be set within the framework of a phone-sex operation.