Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- sardonic
- provocative
- adult movie night
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an unsuccessful and unfortunate comedy, with its provocative premise failing to produce consistently effective humor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rod receives a numbered list of 101 sexual partners and becomes fixated on reaching its final name.
Three strange men explain that a celestial machine generated Rod's list through an administrative error.
Death Nell, also associated with Gillian De Raisx and the number 101, functions as both femme fatale and harbinger of death.
Rod's imminent marriage to Fiona collapses into an obsessive attempt to understand and complete the list.
Films like Sex and Death 101, and why
Choke
shares provocative sexual comedy, existential anxiety, and a male protagonist trapped by compulsive desire
The Ice Harvest
combines surreal metaphysical premises with erotic entanglements, dark humor, and relationship crisis
Stranger Than Fiction
shares cynical romantic comedy, fate-driven encounters, and heightened comic existentialism
Movie Details
- Director
- Daniel Waters
- Release Date
- 2007-06-15
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (320)
Cast
- Simon Baker
- Winona Ryder
- Leslie Bibb
- Mindy Cohn
- Julie Bowen
- Dash Mihok
- Neil Flynn
- Patton Oswalt
- Frances Fisher
- Robert Wisdom
Common questions
- What is Sex and Death 101 about?
- A commitment-phobic groom spirals through a supernatural sex ledger while a lethal femme fatale closes in on the final entry.
- What is Sex and Death 101 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sex and Death 101 as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Sex and Death 101 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Sex and Death 101 as mild.
- What did critics think of Sex and Death 101?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an unsuccessful and unfortunate comedy, with its provocative premise failing to produce consistently effective humor.
- Which films are like Sex and Death 101?
- Films with a similar feel include Choke, The Ice Harvest, and Stranger Than Fiction.
- How long is Sex and Death 101?
- Sex and Death 101 runs 117 minutes.
