Sex and Death 101 (2007)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

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

Simon Baker	...	Roderick Blank
Winona Ryder	...	Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Robert Wisdom	...	Alpha
Tanc Sade	...	Beta
Patton Oswalt	...	Fred
Mindy Cohn	...	Trixie
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Master Bitchslap
Julie Bowen	...	Fiona Wormwood
Neil Flynn	...	Zack
Corinne Reilly	...	Lizzie
Cindy Pickett	...	Roderick's Mother
Winter Ave Zoli	...	Alexis the Fast Food Beauty
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:

The list of lovers also includes Selena Kyle (Catwoman's real name), Kitty Twist (Jane Fonda's role in "Walk on the Wild Side"), Barbarella Pygar (formed from Fonda's "Barbarella" character and its blind angel Pygar), Candace Christian (the full name of the title character of the 1968 sex romp "Candy"), Annabelle Lee (the title of an Edgar Allan Poe poem), Carlotta Valdes (a character in "Vertigo"), and Gillian De Raisx (a modification of the 15th-century aristocratic French serial killer Gilles De Rais).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The scene in front of the grocery store has a sign in the window advertising "Watermellons" which should be spelled with one L, not two.

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 Vertigo (1958)

A dark, clever comedy.

It's another example of the critics not 'getting it'. This is a terrific movie, non-conventional, quirky, clever and funny. Go see it and enjoy yourselves. Be prepared to have fun, but's not for the faint of heart.

Simon Baker (The Devil Wears Prada) is wonderful. He will be a big star. Winona Ryder is a surprise. She is back. It seemed as if her career was on hold, but she's great in this film.

The language is unabashedly strong, the situations ditto, but the underlying message of the film is intelligent and 'right on'.

Go see this movie.