XX/XY

2002 "There's no room for honesty in a healthy relationship..."
5.9| 1h31m| R| en
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When two college students, Sam and Thea, meet Coles at a party, their mutual attraction is immediate, leading to a passionate and awkward night together, and the onset of an intensely charged bond. As they continue to push the sexual boundaries of their friendship, however, they are tested by Sam and Coles' incipient romance and Thea's increasing recklessness, until the relationship dissolves amid a cloud of fear, resentment and mistrust. Eight years later they reunite. An animator for a high-profile ad agency, Coles now lives with Claire, his girlfriend of five years. Thea is happily married to Miles, with whom she owns a flourishing restaurant. And Sam has just returned to Manhattan after working in London where she recently broke off her engagement. Yet upon reconnecting, the three are drawn back into the complicated dynamic that defined their relationship from the start and are forced to confront the true meaning of commitment and love.

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Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
edwagreen Mark Ruffalo has proved himself to be a fine actor. What an engrossing mess this miserable film is.The story could have been told in about a half hour or so. Hippie guy meets girl, they split and meet some years later. He is in another relationship and she is also involved. Naturally, sparks fly between them and his girlfriend catches them and is angry. The girl goes off and marries the guy she had been with since ditching Ruffalo.What is the point here? Bad relationships? Immaturity continues? What is the writing trying to convey? An absolute stinker in the sense of the word. You will cheer when The End lights up the screen.
blue_monday-1 What can I say about this XX/XY? It starts off promising with the 90's stuff and raver scenes, but doesn't nearly have enough back story to make us really give a care about the three main characters. The lady who plays Sam is an alright actress, I think she's one of the highlights. Also, it's refreshing to see Mark Ruffalo clean shaved. He looks good in this, but alas, his acting is pretty lazy and not up to his usual standard. Thea is played by Kathleen Robertson, and at least she tries. The dialogue in this film is the most wooden I've heard in a non porno. It doesn't come off as sincere, and the acting is lacklustre. Mark Ruffalo doesn't deserve such a bad movie. He's probably the redeeming quality about this. But even Mark Ruffalo can't save this relationship drama that plays out more like a movie of the week than an indie film. Awkward sex scenes, awkward dialogue, style over substance. Pass.
justin I have a general positive bias towards this film because I have experienced so much of what many of these characters went through and thus was able to relate quite well. It is a film that is very in tune with the real emotions that one goes through when presented with such a bizarre situation. Even for those who have not encountered the kind of problems presented in this film it still will leave the viewer with many quandaries left to answer and will allow your mind to venture into places you did not know you could go. The writer of this film, I am almost sure, must have been through much of what was depicted in the film...it seems almost biographical. I look forward to seeing more of what this writer has to offer.
John Delucas Austin Chick's movie starts with a great shimmer, gruff Ruffalo follows an enigmatic prey in the shape of Maya Strange home, hand-held camera as much as a voyeur as he is. What emerges is a College frat party where Ruffalo rolls around with Maya and her best girl pal Kathleen Robertson who have a greater understanding of sexual sharing than Ruffalo.Despite Ruffalo's obvious attraction to Maya, though more than willing to fool around with both, when the film fast forward's to a decade later, Ruffalo is shacked up with clean and sensible Claire in a subtle performance by Petra Wright From now, the film falls as flat as Ruffalo's new nerdy haircut. What exactly happened in those 10 years? It's in there somewhere but suddenly we're watching a completely different, slower, duller film that we no longer care about. The inevitable reappearance of one of the college girls is no surprise (nor a surprise as to who it is) and the artificial denouement leads to further disappointment. A huge anti-climax.

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