Corinne Reilly, Dash Mihok, Frances Fisher

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 ta...( read more  read more... )rgets men guilty of sex crime.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Daniel Waters

Release Date: February 8, 2007

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DVD Release Date: July 1, 2008

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  • August 9, 2009
    It's not very often that I get the privilege of seeing a film as terrible as Sex and Death 101. I thank everyone for the opportunity to see what crap looks like first hand and appreciate the effort that didn't go into this movie.

    The film is about Roderick Blank (Simon Baker) wh...( read more)o gets an email listing all of the women he has or will ever have sex with. So what does he do with this information? He proceeds to lay more pipe than a plumber while awing his friends at his sexual conquests. When it's finally revealed that Rodericks last conquest on his list is a Black Widowish killer Death Nell (Winona Ryder) it's almost a race to not get laid in this unfunny spectacle from director Daniel Waters.

    The way the movie plays out is about as interesting as a late night infomercial about Spam. Here's the movie in a nutshell: Gets list, has sex, has sex, repeat one and two. If there was actually anything funny in the film it might have been interesting, but we're left with the same stupid quips and the screenwriters passion for films from 1971. Add to this the fact that this film is close to the two hour mark and you get a ridiculous beating to the head as the same schtick continues over and over again. The acting sucks, but not as bad as the screenwriting which tries to be high brow but ends up being just a low rent Skinemax screw movie.
  • February 17, 2009
    Winona, Winona, Winona. What are you doing here? Work drying up? Easy paycheck? Or, like me, did you expect this to be something more? I mean, you've done wonderful films like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Girl, Interrupted. It doesn't matter that you're the best thing abo...( read more)ut this movie (well, you and Neil Flynn. Why will no one give him decent work?)

    I could criticize this movie for just being an excuse for Simon Baker to make out with as many women as possible... so I will. Simon Baker moves from woman to woman and one has to wonder if he didn't actually come up with this movie just to kiss as many women as he could and hide behind the excuse of it being a movie.

    But now onto the two biggest problems I have with the movie. First off, it can't decide what it wants to be. It sets out primarily to be a comedy but it has elements of murder mystery (Winona's character, in her own subplot), sci-fi (Simon Baker visits people who know about his list of women he's going to sleep with), porn (really, I should not have to explain that one) and romance (nor that). I don't mind a mixing of genres but this one is juggling too many balls at one time and is struggling to keep them all in the air.

    But now for the biggest reason this film needs to be removed from existance: there's a scene in which Simon Baker's character is raped. By a schoolbus of girls, who use him as a test for the Lord. I will not explain it, as it cannot be explained. And how does the movie treat this? Simon Baker crosses their names off the list and groans. That's right. IT'S PLAYED FOR COMEDY.
    Rape= not funny. It's that simple. But then, Hollywood has that double standard. Women can be raped and it's a vile act. Men are raped and people are only appalled that there's no laugh track. Apparently, men like sex that much there is no rape. Between this and The Book Of Revelation, it's like they're trying to eliminate the idea that a man can be raped and it's taken with some degree of seriousness and true suffering.

    To end this on a minor note, this movie also has Sophie Monk in it. That's a warning sign right there. All she is capable of playing is "standard hot blonde who adds no real value to story". Sad thing is, she's not even a looker. Just another blonde from the clone factory.

    Get the Hell away from this mockery of moviedom.
  • January 11, 2009
    Sex and Death 101 was an odd little movie, that I really loved.
    This film follows Roderick Blank. He gets a mysterious email one day, of a list of women. All the women he has slept with, or ever will sleep with. At first, he thinks his friends are playing a trick on him and then ...( read more)becomes obsessed with the list and meeting these women.
    I thought it was wonderfully original and amusing. This film had some very funny moments. Like Fred, played by the always fun Patton Oswalt. He was a riot. I am a Simon Baker fan, he is great in that show The Mentalist. He was very good in this movie. I also really liked Winona Ryder in this movie. She was golden, I just wish more of the script was centered around her character. I also enjoyed Mindy Cohn asTrixie. Haven't seen much of her, since her Facts Of Life days.
    Sex and Death 101 is definitely a little gem worth checking out. It is the most novel idea i have seen out of Hollywood, in quite some time. It is biting, witty, and just plain fun.
  • January 18, 2008
    its gonna be a hit just cuz of the subject matter, would have been so much better if ryders character had more screentime
  • July 22, 2008
    There's alot to be said about this film. It shocked even me in a few places with how far it went (see: dead body, and also school girls). But, much like Heathers, the ending is a bit of a cop-out. I wish Winona Ryder had more scenes because she turns in a good performance. An...( read more)d why isn't Simon Baker a bigger star? He's great fun. The film is overly self-conscious at points, especially towards the end with a self-referential voice-over. I hated the lesbian secretary sidekick girl. Her voice was so annoying!! Also, the whole concept gets kinda sexist and perverse. That's kind of the point, you might argue though. Well, the exploration of perversion part, anyway. But it's quite entertaining, sexy, original and kinda ambitious, so you can't be too hard on it.
  • November 16, 2009
    Daniel Waters' pitch black comedy is sometimes funny, sometimes raunchy, and fairly hit-and-miss. Simon Baker is Roderick Blank, a successful businessman who has had many successes in his personal life, which have led to his engagement to the unfortunately-named Fiona Wormwood (J...( read more)ulie Bowen of TV's "Boston Legal" and "Lost"). Before long, Roderick gets a mysterious e-mail - a list of every sexual partner he has had and, apparently, ever will have well into the future. The list goes up to #101, which is both promising and appalling. Roderick's lesbian secretary/assistant Trixie (Mindy Cohn of TV's "Facts of Life"; yes!) tries to be the voice of reason, but Roderick is a thrill-seeker and too curious and so must seek out every woman on the list to "get it over with" - or something. Meanwhile, a mysterious, poetry-writing serial killer known as "Death Nell" (Winona Ryder) has been going around seducing men and poisoning them, leaving a trail of bodies in her wake. Will her path intersect with Roderick's? Will their bodies? Then there's also a bizarre group of mysterious, well-clothed men named Alpha (Robert Wisdom of "Storytelling"), Beta (Tanc Sade), and Fred (Patton Oswalt) seem to know a great deal about the list, which was created by a Machine in their all-white headquarters. Things take a turn when Roderick meets Dr. Miranda Storm (Leslie Bibb), a delightful gal who seems to like him only as a friend. Is she the one? The film is the sophomore (and sophomoric) directorial effort of screenwriter Daniel Waters, who previously wrote the great "Heathers" (1988). Unfortunately, then, this film is something of a disappointment. Ryder's presence is always welcome, and the film isn't without humor, but it descends deep into a twisted well of despair and tastelessness. I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was about this movie I didn't like, except to say that I stopped laughing well before it was half-over. Very bad sign for a comedy.
  • November 9, 2009
    Wow Wyona looked Great in the Movie, Dude if it was true would definitely need to be checked by the doctors,lmao
  • November 9, 2009
    Not too bad of a comedy... some slow parts. The 'drive-thru' scene was pretty funny.
  • October 19, 2009
    just ok for soft core porn
  • October 9, 2009
    anything with simon baker i will watch :D

Critic Reviews


April 4, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post

This film is headed quickly for DVD. In the video store, though, it isn't funny enough to be shelved in the comedy section nor dirty enough to be filed with the smut. full review

April 1, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

It's nice to see The Facts of Life's Mindy Cohen working again, but crawling along in clunky, directionless fashion, Waters's pseudo-rom-com ultimately dies a slow death. full review

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  • DirtyWispa
    April 24, 2008
    It made me laugh, an I'd probably watch it again. The films predictable; but I guess it's supposed to be.

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