Sex and Death 101 (2007)

Director:

Daniel Waters

Writer (WGA):

Daniel Waters (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

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:

E Mail | Sex | Hotel Room | Schoolgirl | School Bus

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Simon Baker	...	Roderick Blank
Winona Ryder	...	Gillian
Leslie Bibb	...	Miranda
Tanc Sade	...	Beta
Patton Oswalt	...	Fred
Mindy Cohn	...	Trixie
Dash Mihok	...	Lester
Neil Flynn	...	Zack
Thom Bishops	...	Malcolm
Corinne Reilly	...	Lizzie
Sophie Monk	...	Cynthia Rose
Marshall Bell	...	Victor Rose III
Rob Benedict	...	Bow-Tie Bob (as Robert Patrick Benedict)
Julie Bowen	...	Fiona
Frances Fisher	...	Hope Hartlight

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Italy:T | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avenue Pictures Productions

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References Caddyshack (1980)

Do we really need another movie like this?

So I was given the opportunity to watch this movie. Judging by the name, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into, but figured I'd give it a go. Boy, what a waste of time.

The main character is Roderick Blank (Simon Baker), a successful metrosexual pretty boy who is getting married in a little over a week. He, fortunately or unfortunately, receives an email from "someone" (more on this later) who tells him all the people he'll ever have sex with in his life... All 101 of them. The only problem is that he's had sex with only 29 people and if he's getting married, how is he supposed to have sex with the other 72? Well... he realizes he's really not ready to get married and he starts having sex with lots of people... Sound familiar? Good Luck Chuck comes to mind. This seems to be a popular topic for movies today.

So, back to the details. That "someone" who sent the email isn't ever fully explained. Apparently it's a machine, but no one knows what it really is, who created it or if it really exists. There apparently are three men who carry out the machine's will but it isn't really clear who or what they are either. This was a severe flaw in the plot if you ask me. In order to understand the movie I couldn't think about the machine for too long.

Anyway, it's funny that Winona Ryder is listed as a main character as for the majority of the movie she really doesn't have a large role and only for the last 10 minutes of the movie does she actually engage in dialogue that seems to be related with the plot. Wait... what plot? Yes, this movie barely has a plot beyond the fascination of seeing a guy having lots of sex. The ending of the movie attempts to add some depth to the story line, but unfortunately it fails at such. The writer(s) basically failed at every aspect of this movie in creating a meaningful story. I guess that's not the point of the movie anyway. This movie is fluff and isn't even very successful at being such.