Sex and Death 101 (2007)

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.

Director:

Daniel Waters

Writer:

Daniel Waters

Stars:

Robert Wisdom, Tanc Sade, Patton Oswalt

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 (#29)
Neil Flynn	...	Zack
Corinne Reilly	...	Lizzie
Cindy Pickett	...	Roderick's Mother
Winter Ave Zoli	...	Alexis De Large (#37)
Dash Mihok	...	Lester
Bryan Okes	...	Buzzkilling Bodyguard (as Bryan Okes Fuller)
Jessica Kiper	...	Precious / Carlotta Valdes (#30)

Storyline

Just before he's to marry Fiona, Roderick Blank receives an anonymous e-mail with 101 names on it; Fiona's is the 29th, the first 28 are women Rod has slept with, and the 30th turns out to be the stripper at his bachelor party. The notion that he will have sex with 70 more people sends Rod into crisis mode, especially after three odd men in an aseptic office confirm that a celestial machine has made an error. They suggest destroying the list, but Rod finds that easier said than done. Working his way through it consumes him, plus he realizes that death may await him after #101. Meanwhile, a femme fatale nicknamed Death Nell is putting men into a coma. Are they fated to meet?

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Plot Keywords:

stripper | bachelor party | one breast exposed | scantily clad female | erotica | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

To add to the list of names, "Alexis De Large" (number thirty-seven) Is a play on Alex DeLarge, the lead character in A Clockwork Orange (1971).

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Goofs

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

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Quotes

Victor Rose III: Stop. Mother deserves some respect, not to be treated as a leper... Despite her grotesque skin disease. Dessert?

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Connections

Referenced in Biography: Winona Ryder (2008)

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Soundtracks

She's On Fire
Written and Performed by 'Rocket'
Courtesy of Teenacide Records

User Reviews

would be a great comedy with another cast....

The basic idea does work for a nice comedy, and the script author must be very disappointed what the producer had made out of it. Problem is that the director and the writer are the same person: Daniel Waters. So one essential thing learned from this movies is, that Daniel Waters should only write, and never again be the director.

I won't tell the story, because reading it there wouldn't be much left for watching. If you want an average movie to spend 100 minutes, then you can watch it. If you expect a great comedy and a nice time in the cinema, then this movie is wrong for you. Escpecially because it has the appearance of a movie made only for video release but not for cinema.

The overall problem is the cast.

Simon Baker is good for romance movies and attorneys, but not for a comedy like this. Actors like Adam Sandler and Steve Zahn would be the right man for Roderick Blank. Simon Baker lacks the comedic element in his acting.

The secretary of Roderick Blank is also a prime playing role for a comedian, but the female actor here lacks also the comedic quality.

Patton Oswalt is the only actor in this movie with this quality.

Overall the movie is too slow. Even the music used in this movie is just wrong for a comedy.

Details

Official Sites:

Starz Entertainment, LLC [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sex and Death 101

Filming Locations:

1120 Westchester Place Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,516, 6 April 2008

Gross USA:

$23,624

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,229,330

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avenue Pictures, S and D Productions, Sandbar Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 100 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1