Even if it badly needs editing, runs almost a half-hour too long and chickens out totally in its final scenes, it's still miles above the Hollywood comedy median.
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04/04/08
Sex and Death 101 (2008)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:10
Rotten:29
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Sex and Death 101 aspires to be a clever sex comedy, but has little life behind the sex or the death.
Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Winona Ryder, Simon Baker, Leslie Bibb, Mindy Cohn
Director: Daniel Waters
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Reviews for Sex and Death 101
Top CriticA fun, sloppy treatment of a profound premise that, as a reunion project between Waters and Ryder, feels right.
04/10/08
Genre-defying geniusness for smart people.
04/02/08
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.
07/17/08
While S&D101 is not quite [Heathers], it's a return to something closer to the caustic wit of which [Daniel Waters] is capable.
04/03/08
Top CriticA latter-day Casanova meets his match in the reincarnation of Lorena Bobbitt!
04/03/08
There are a lot of laughs, good performances, and points for creativity.
04/07/08
Top CriticUnapologetically sexy, oddly unpredictable and ultimately kinda (yes) sweet, Sex and Death 101 is just a solid little comedy.
10/12/07
Unlike most genre blenders of this sort, there is nothing sophomoric about Sex & Death 101.
03/28/08
As escapist entertainment, Sex and Death 101 has plenty of charm, and the ending is a refreshing surprise.
03/28/08
Despite two necrophilia gags, Sex and Death 101 feels like its feigning its misogyny, cynicism, and philosophical depth (though "karma sutra" is a great pun).
04/03/08
The film has its moments of wit and lucidity, but these are few and far between.
04/02/08
Top Criticthe monologues near the truly odd ending make you wonder whether Waters had an extreme fever when he was finishing up the script
07/06/08
The comedy grows more and more gratingly cynical and unpleasant.
04/04/08
From the strange and implausible premise to the low-brow humor that dips into the Farrelly Brothers well at its lowest, this silly misguided comedy serves even less purpose than it does strong laughs.
04/01/08
One of the most pointless films ever made about sex or death.
04/04/08
The movie aims to be an unbridled sex farce, but the sex is never all that hot and the jokes are rarely all that funny.
04/04/08
Neither particularly dark nor even remotely funny.
04/04/08
What a sorry reunion for Ryder and writer-director Daniel Waters, who scripted her far better dark comedy Heathers back in 1989.
04/04/08
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.
04/11/08
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