XX/XY

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XX/XY

R

Released Apr 11, 2003

1h 31m

Drama

Romance

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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.

Critics Consensus

The characters are both unsympathetic and uninteresting.

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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

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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.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 11, 2003

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Globe and Mail

Rarely does a fine movie like this have so awkward a title.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 11, 2003

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Felicia Feaster

Creative Loafing

A film about the necessity of growing up could have profited from its own advice.

Feb 3, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

By the numbers relationship drama saved only by Ruffalo's performance and presence.

Apr 29, 2009

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Rated: 2/5

Apr 6, 2008

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Harry S

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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Audience Member

This movie had no entertainment or a lesson for me.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

Too much thinking...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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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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