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XX/XY

Play trailer Poster for XX/XY R,  2003,  1h 31m,  Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 42% 62 Reviews Tomatometer 44% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
42% Tomatometer 62 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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Critics Consensus

The characters are both unsympathetic and uninteresting.

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Tom Dawson BBC.com Oct 22, 2003
4/5
Succeeds as an amusing critique rather than an empty-headed endorsement of its protagonists' behaviour. Go to Full Review
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star Jul 11, 2003
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Ray Conlogue Globe and Mail Jul 11, 2003
3/4
Rarely does a fine movie like this have so awkward a title. Go to Full Review
Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing Feb 3, 2020
A film about the necessity of growing up could have profited from its own advice. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009
By the numbers relationship drama saved only by Ruffalo's performance and presence. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 6, 2008
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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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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Movie Info

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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