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Sex and Death 101

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
11K
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Winona Ryder and Simon Baker in Sex and Death 101 (2007)
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A guy's life is turned around by an e-mail that 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 (Ryd... Read allA guy's life is turned around by an e-mail that 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.A guy's life is turned around by an e-mail that 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.

  • Director
    • Daniel Waters
  • Writer
    • Daniel Waters
  • Stars
    • Robert Wisdom
    • Tanc Sade
    • Patton Oswalt
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Daniel Waters
    • Writer
      • Daniel Waters
    • Stars
      • Robert Wisdom
      • Tanc Sade
      • Patton Oswalt
    • 33User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Winona Ryder in Sex and Death 101 (2007)
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    Robert Wisdom
    Robert Wisdom
    • Alpha
    Tanc Sade
    Tanc Sade
    • Beta
    Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt
    • Fred
    Simon Baker
    Simon Baker
    • Roderick Blank
    Mindy Cohn
    Mindy Cohn
    • Trixie
    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Death Nell…
    Keram Malicki-Sánchez
    Keram Malicki-Sánchez
    • Master Bitchslap
    Julie Bowen
    Julie Bowen
    • Fiona Wormwood (#29)
    Neil Flynn
    Neil Flynn
    • Zack
    Corinne Reilly
    Corinne Reilly
    • Lizzie
    Cindy Pickett
    Cindy Pickett
    • Roderick's Mother
    Winter Ave Zoli
    Winter Ave Zoli
    • Alexis De Large (#37)
    Dash Mihok
    Dash Mihok
    • Lester
    Bryan Okes
    Bryan Okes
    • Buzzkilling Bodyguard
    • (as Bryan Okes Fuller)
    Jessica Kiper
    Jessica Kiper
    • Precious…
    Bryan Ross
    Bryan Ross
    • Bachelor Party Buddy
    • (as Brian Ross)
    Greg Travis
    Greg Travis
    • Vulgar Newsstand Vendor
    Sophie Monk
    Sophie Monk
    • Cynthia Rose (#31)
    • Director
      • Daniel Waters
    • Writer
      • Daniel Waters
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    Storyline

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    • 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" (1962)), Barbarella Pygar (formed from Fonda's Barbarella (1968) character and its blind angel Pygar), Candace Christian (the full name of the title character of the sex romp "Candy" (1968)), Annabelle Lee (the title of an Edgar Allan Poe poem), Carlotta Valdes (a character in "Vertigo" (1958)), and Gillian De Raisx (a modification of the 15th-century aristocratic French serial killer Gilles De Rais).
    • Goofs
      The school bus driver's nametag has a commonly misspelled word: "Your" instead of "You're".
    • Quotes

      Roderick Blank: Life is a lot like death it happens to everyone whether they like it or not. And meaning of it all? Honestly? Who gives a fuck?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Nim's Island/Sexy and Death 101/Leatherheads/Forgetting Sarah Marshall/Shine a Light (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Deep Water
      Written by 'Tony Marsico' and 'Ric Menck'

      Performed by the 'Del Reys'

      Courtesy of Swing-O-Matic Productions

    User reviews33

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    6/10
    Somehow it kind of works
    This movie makes very little sense. The whole thing is exceedingly bizarre. But somehow the movie kind of works. Simon Baker turns in a fine performance in the leading man role and it his charm which more than anything else enables the movie to be considered at least a mild success.

    Baker plays successful executive Roderick Blank who is about to be married. And then something strange happens. He receives an anonymous e-mail which lists, in chronological order, the names of every woman he has ever slept with. Bizarre to be sure but not a crisis as long as his wife to be is the last name on the list. She's not. She's number 29. There are 101 names on the list. Roderick initially shrugs it off as some kind of practical joke being perpetrated by his friends. Then again how would his friends know the names, in order, of every woman he's ever slept with? When Roderick accidentally (yes, accidentally) has sex with woman number 30 on the list he realizes there's something going on here. Looks like that wedding's not going to happen after all. Apparently there's a higher power at work. What is that higher power you ask? Well you see there's this computer which apparently knows everything. And it occasionally spits out random pointless information...like lists of women that men will sleep with for example. This is all explained by the three men who work with the computer in a mysterious, futuristic-looking office. These men are named Alpha, Beta and Fred. Told you this movie was bizarre.

    Anyhow it's pretty apparent where the sex in the movie's title comes from. Yes a multitude of women come and go as Roderick crosses off names on his list. But what about the death part? Well that's where Winona Ryder comes in. She plays Death Nell, a shadowy figure lurking mostly in the background of the movie, who goes around seducing men and then putting them into comas. But only men who deserve it you see, sexual deviants of some kind. Death Nell becomes a feminist hero, Roderick goes on sleeping with all these different women and hey, do you think perhaps these two characters might be destined to meet? Well I certainly hope so or else this whole thing is going to be rather pointless.

    For a supposed comedy this movie isn't particularly funny. No real belly laughs to be had here, maybe a mild chuckle or two. It seems that Patton Oswalt, in playing Fred, is set up to be the designated funny guy but he's really not that funny at all. There are a few good moments here and there but there are a lot of times where the movie drags and there's nothing funny or even interesting going on. The plot perks up a bit when after sleeping with all these random women Roderick actually ends up in a quasi-serious relationship with a doctor played by Leslie Bibb. But that relationship comes with complications. And we know that this woman is not the last woman on the list so inevitably it's back to the parade of women in Roderick's life. There are times where it seems the movie is close to falling apart completely but Baker, who really has to carry things pretty much by himself, manages to hold it together and in the end it's a relatively enjoyable movie. Baker is excellent, Ryder does OK with minimal screen time and there's also room for another somewhat familiar face as playing Roderick's lesbian secretary Trixie is Mindy Cohn. Yes that would be Natalie of Facts of Life fame. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have...a reasonably decent movie. That's Sex and Death 101.
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    • Release date
      • February 22, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The 49-Year-Old Virgin
    • Filming locations
      • 1120 Westchester Place Los Angeles, California, USA(Rose Estate)
    • Production companies
      • Avenue Pictures
      • S and D Productions
      • Sandbar Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,624
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,516
      • Apr 6, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,229,330
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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