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Play trailer Poster for XX/XY R Released Apr 11, 2003 1h 31m Drama Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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42% Tomatometer 64 Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
One night at a party, Coles (Mark Ruffalo) meets college roommates Sam (Maya Stange) and Thea (Kathleen Robertson), and the three of them have a wild sexual encounter. However, when Coles and Sam start a relationship, it is soon ruined by jealousy and mistrust. Eight years later, Sam runs into Coles, which prompts a reunion with Thea. Although Thea is married and Coles has a live-in girlfriend, there are still unresolved feelings between them that put their adult lives into turmoil.

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The characters are both unsympathetic and uninteresting.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Tom Dawson BBC.com Succeeds as an amusing critique rather than an empty-headed endorsement of its protagonists' behaviour. Rated: 4/5 Oct 22, 2003 Full Review 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. Rated: 3/5 Jul 11, 2003 Full Review Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing A film about the necessity of growing up could have profited from its own advice. Feb 3, 2020 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed By the numbers relationship drama saved only by Ruffalo's performance and presence. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 2/5 Apr 6, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Harry S Hauajjaiakaksjsusiwjwjwjsisiakaja Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/24 Full Review Audience Member This movie had no entertainment or a lesson for me. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I was saddened to find this is the only movie Austin Chick has directed and written so far.If and when his next one comes out,I will see it.I was definitely frustrated to some degree at certain points in this movie,but I was drawn more and more in physiologically to the characters feeling that by the end the final scene just blew me away.Mark Ruffalo is fun to watch on screen.So for this being one good indie film I give "XX/XY" a C. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is for those who appreciate really really bad movies.. its like "The Room." a Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Short and sweet that sneaks in a nice dose of reality. Surprising in our world of immediate gratification, how trust is so much sexier! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Too much thinking... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Austin Chick

Director

Mark Ruffalo

Coles

Kathleen Robertson

Thea

Maya Stange

Sam

Petra Wright

Claire

Kel O'Neill

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Synopsis One night at a party, Coles (Mark Ruffalo) meets college roommates Sam (Maya Stange) and Thea (Kathleen Robertson), and the three of them have a wild sexual encounter. However, when Coles and Sam start a relationship, it is soon ruined by jealousy and mistrust. Eight years later, Sam runs into Coles, which prompts a reunion with Thea. Although Thea is married and Coles has a live-in girlfriend, there are still unresolved feelings between them that put their adult lives into turmoil.
Director
Austin Chick
Screenwriter
Austin Chick
Distributor
IFC Films
Rating
R (Sexuality|Language|Brief Drug Use)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 11, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$103.9K
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Stereo
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