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Sex and Death 101

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A week before his marriage to Fiona (Julie Bowen), fast-food executive Roderick (Simon Baker) receives an email with the names of 101 women, 29 of whom he's slept with. Deciding it's a complete list of his sexual history, past through future, Roderick breaks up with his fiancée and begins sleeping with everyone on the list despite the risk that he might die when he's done. Meanwhile, mysterious Death Nell (Winona Ryder), last on the list, is killing men as revenge for her own past ill-treatment.
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Critics Consensus

Sex and Death 101 aspires to be a clever sex comedy, but has little life behind the sex or the death.

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Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle 10/18/2008
1/5
Heaven help a writer who turns a philanderer into a blank. Go to Full Review John Hartl Seattle Times 04/11/2008
1.5/4
As a writer, Waters is best-known for creating Ryder's sharp black comedy, Heathers, and Bruce Willis' self-indulgent bomb, Hudson Hawk. As a director, he tends to waste actors, and he fails to establish a consistent comic tone. Go to Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper 04/07/2008
There are a lot of laughs, good performances, and points for creativity. Go to Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/16/2019
A little bit of love; a lot of laughter and a lot of sex and a lot of..... Sex and Death 101. Mandatory viewing required. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 07/17/2008
Admittedly, it doesn't have many belly laughs, but if you're tuned into Waters' peculiar, highly intelligent comedy style it's a fascinating watch. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 07/06/2008
2.5/5
the monologues near the truly odd ending make you wonder whether Waters had an extreme fever when he was finishing up the script Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 02/03/2024 A joke, but not a good one. See more 09/12/2021 Definitely pretty stupid but an easy watch that had a few laughs along the way 3.3 See more 08/19/2014 I am more than convinced that Simon Baker is really a bad actor. nothing about him makes a movie worth to watch See more 08/09/2014 Could have been a good movie! Good idea, horrible execution!! See more 05/29/2014 I didn't think it was predictable. The ending surprised me. The actors were flat though, or just the characters were. See more 12/25/2013 A man's life is turned upside down when he receives an e-mail with the names of the women he has and will ever have sex with and encounters a femme fatale who targets men guilty of sex crime. A deeply flawed attempt at being clever about sex and death. See more Read all reviews
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Daniel Waters

Director

Simon Baker

Roderick Blank

Winona Ryder

Gilian

Leslie Bibb

Miranda

Mindy Cohn

Trixie

Julie Bowen

Fiona

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Synopsis A week before his marriage to Fiona (Julie Bowen), fast-food executive Roderick (Simon Baker) receives an email with the names of 101 women, 29 of whom he's slept with. Deciding it's a complete list of his sexual history, past through future, Roderick breaks up with his fiancée and begins sleeping with everyone on the list despite the risk that he might die when he's done. Meanwhile, mysterious Death Nell (Winona Ryder), last on the list, is killing men as revenge for her own past ill-treatment.
Director
Daniel Waters
Producer
Cary Brokaw, Lizzie Friedman, Greg Little
Screenwriter
Daniel Waters
Distributor
Anchor Bay
Production Co
Avenue Pictures Productions, Sandbar Pictures
Rating
R (Strong Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 4, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 5, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.6K
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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