Sex and Death 101 (2007)

Director:

Daniel Waters

Writer (WGA):

Daniel Waters (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

One Man. One List. 101 Women. Some Fantasies Are Too True to Be Good.

Plot:

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale (Ryder) who targets men guilty of sex crime.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Death | Stripper | List | Bachelor Party

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Robert Wisdom	...	Alpha
Tanc Sade	...	Beta
Patton Oswalt	...	Fred
Simon Baker	...	Roderick Blank
Mindy Cohn	...	Trixie
Winona Ryder	...	Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Master Bitchslap
Julie Bowen	...	Fiona Wormwood
Neil Flynn	...	Zack
Corinne Reilly	...	Lizzie
Cindy Pickett	...	Roderick's Mother
Winter Ave Zoli	...	Alexis De Large
Dash Mihok	...	Lester
Bryan Fuller	...	Buzzkilling Bodyguard (as Bryan Okes Fuller)
Jessica Kiper	...	Precious / Carlotta Valdes (#30)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

Germany:100 min (European Film Market) | USA:100 min | USA:117 min (Starz)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Italy:T | Singapore:R21 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avenue Pictures Productions

Trivia:

On "The List", the #86 girl on it is named Phoebe Caulfield. This is the name of the younger sister of Holden Caulfield in the novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The school bus driver's nametag has a commonly misspelled word: "Your" instead of "You're".

Quotes:

Alpha: I'm certain that some very interesting things will occur this evening... your penis going into her vagina will not be one of them. But have a lovely evening.
[smiles]

Movie Connections:

References Bambi (1942)

Not To Be Taken Seriously

This movie was simply great - in that at no point did I feel like I had to figure things out.

Recently I read a review criticizing how childish this movie seemed to them. An exact quote from this review goes - "An interesting premise, with a plot twist that feels very predictable but ends in a surprising way, its still not enough for me to recommend it to anyone, as the film doesn't leave with you anything —- no glowing feelings, no revelations, not even a basic contentment after watching a horror, thriller or romantic comedy." What is that suppose to mean? Just because this movie didn't leave you with a similar feeling to every other "mega-bucks Hollywood romantic (comedy)" out there you are saying it's not even worth recommending to anyone? Outrageous I tell you - outrageous.

Anyways, I loved this film simply because it was simple. Sex & Death takes you on an enjoyable ride among new faces and even throws in some laugh out loud moments. The whole premise of this film is set off for the audience not to take anything too seriously, but still keeps you in a real world environment while telling the story.

I definitely recommend this movie to anyone looking to sit back, relax, and have a good laugh. I would like to mention this is not a family movie in any sense of the term; good amount of nudity and language.

Have a great night!