Sex and Death 101 (Blu-ray) R
Out of Print:
Future availability is unknown
on most orders of $75+
|
Brand New
|
Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 57 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 1, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Simon Baker & Winona Ryder | |
Performer: | Leslie Bibb, Mindy Cohn, Dash Mihok, Neil Flynn, Patton Oswalt, Robert Wisdom, Sophie Monk, Marshall Bell, Julie Bowen & Frances Fisher | |
Directed by | Daniel Waters | |
Screenwriting by | Daniel Waters | |
Composition by | Rolfe Kent | |
Produced by | Cary Brokaw, Elizabeth Zox Friedman & Greg Little | |
Director of Photography: | Daryn Okada |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 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.
Seattle Times
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.
Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Rating: 1/4 --
Why not simply admit this is cheeseball porn, assembled with a slightly higher brand of cheese and nuts?
Full Review
Toronto Star
Neither particularly dark nor even remotely funny.
Full Review
Wall Street Journal
There are a lot of laughs, good performances, and points for creativity.
Ebert & Roeper
Rating: 1/4 --
What a sorry reunion for Ryder and writer-director Daniel Waters, who scripted her far better dark comedy Heathers back in 1989.
Full Review
New York Daily News
Rating: .5/4 --
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
New York Post
Product Description:
This amusing sex farce updates age-old concepts about love, sex, and hot lesbians. A new supercomputer (with vague ties to the afterlife) spits out random e-mails that tell when people will die, or in the case of suave, affluent groom-to-be Roderick Blank (Simon Baker), a list of all the girls he ever slept with and ever will sleep with. There's 70 he's never even met, and he's due to be married in 11 days! Naturally his wedding is off and Roderick goes gallivanting around the city, crossing off names and gradually realizing the pitfalls of empty one-nighters. Meanwhile the mysterious "Death Nell" (Winona Ryder) is seducing and destroying a stream of deserving louts, spray painting anguished poetry on their walls and creating a media sensation. These two are bound to cross paths, and when they finally do, comeuppance is in the cards, with a bloody vengeance. Director-screenwriter Daniel Waters (HEATHERS) delivers laughs from brows both low and high, with Baker revealing a flair for sophisticated comedy beneath his mellow scruff. The slew of actresses comprising "the list" turn in uniformly fine work, with Julie Bowen a standout as the hot but "just friends" gal pal. Still, it's all stolen in the ninth inning by the radiantly off-her-rocker Ryder as the girl men fall for, permanently; with her big eyes, dark hair and myriad tics she shines like a crazy beautiful diamond. The spot-on score is by Rolfe Kent (SIDEWAYS, ABOUT SCHMIDT).
Keywords:
Black Comedy
|
Death
|
Romance
|
Vengeance
|
Theatrical Release
|
Revenge
|
Sex
|
Lesbians
|
Internet