XX/XY (2002)
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44% of critics liked it
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42% of users liked it
(3,089 ratings)
A man finds himself having to decide between one of two women -- not once, but twice -- in this independent drama. In 1993, Coles (Mark Ruffalo) is a film student at Sarah Lawrence where he meets two fellow undergrads, Thea (Kathleen Robertson) and Sam (Maya Stange). Coles and Sam come together and… More A man finds himself having to decide between one of two women -- not once, but twice -- in this independent drama. In 1993, Coles (Mark Ruffalo) is a film student at Sarah Lawrence where he meets two fellow undergrads, Thea (Kathleen Robertson) and Sam (Maya Stange). Coles and Sam come together and Thea fades out of the picture. In time, Sam tires of Coles' aimlessly hedonistic attitude, and they break up. Ten years later, Coles, after a failed career in feature films, is doing animation for an advertising agency and living with his girlfriend, Claire (Petra Wright); Thea helps run a successful restaurant with her husband, Miles (David Thornton); and Sam, smarting from a bad breakup, returns to New York after several years in London. Coles runs into Sam and discovers he still has strong feelings for her, but has to decide if they're strong enough to break off his relationship with Claire. XX/XY was the first feature film from writer/director Austin Chick. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Austin Chick
- Written By
- Austin Chick
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 24, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- IFC Films
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
With its talky and theatricalized depiction of cruelties mutually inflicted by financially comfortable good-looking young white people on each other, XX/XY at times recalls a slightly more full-blooded Neil LaBute movie.
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Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail
Rarely does a fine movie like this have so awkward a title.
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Jan Stuart, Newsday
Ruffalo continues to be one of the most intriguing actors of his generation.
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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
There's probably a movie in XX/XY, but director Austin Chick doesn't seem to have found it.
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Vic Vogler, Denver Post
XX/XY expresses and explores this universal yearning without becoming stuck in it. In this and many other respects, few movies are so mature and satisfying.
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Cast
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Mark Ruffalo
as Coles
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Kathleen Robertson
as Thea
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Maya Stange
as Sam
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Petra Wright
as Claire
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Kel O'Neill
as Sid
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John Spafford
as Jonathon
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Zach Shaffer
as Nick
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Joey Kern
as Tommy
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Evan Neumann
as Guy Who Asks for His $ Back
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John A. MacKay
as Mitchell
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David Thornton
as Miles
