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Format: VHS
Jul 2003
Rated R
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Closed Captioned
91 min.
Color
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Movie Description
Writer-director Austin Chick's first feature film is almost two films rolled into one. The dark, grainy first half with its choppy style introduces would-be filmmaker Coles (Mark Ruffalo), mild-mannered Samantha (Maya Stange), and self-destructive Thea (Kathleen Robertson). Coles meets the two friends at a Sarah Lawrence College in the early 1990s, and the three spend a night together that is ultimately awkward. But Coles and Samantha seem to have found true love, and the couple embarks on the kind of tempestuous relationship so common during the college years. The brighter, more conventionally shot second half of the film--which is also imbued with more comic relief--is set ten years later. Coles works in advertising and is in a stable relationship with Clare (Petra Wright), Thea is happily married and a successful restaurateur, and Sam has just returned to New York City from London having broken off her engagement. With their past love affair looming in the background, Sam and Coles are both forced to confront the past and the future, and to make some tough decisions about their lives. Chick's debut is an interesting experiment in style and structure.
Film Notes
Theatrical Release Date: April 11, 2003 (NY)
Industry Reviews
"...Some moments in XX/XY ring true, and the honesty exposed is revelatory..."
USA Today - Claudia Puig (04/11/2003)
"...Emotional presence and a sophisticated understanding of commitment-phobia distinguishes this intense, contained drama, as does the unforced, sensual cinematography of Uta Briesewitz..."
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (04/18/2003)
"...Ruffalo plays the character with that elusive charm he also revealed in YOU CAN COUNT ON ME..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (04/25/2003)
"...In XX/XY, Mark Ruffalo shines..."
Movieline - Lonny Pugh (07/01/2003)
"...Here is a character study that's well written, fascinating and played by one of the most interesting actors working today..."
Total Film - Matthew Leyland (11/01/2003)
"...XX/XY offers a shrewd New York reworking of the kind of subject matter of which French cinema traditionally excels..."
Sight and Sound - Philip Kemp (12/01/2003)
"Excellent, thought-provoking love triangle drama....Austin Chick keeps it sparky and twisting like a fish, always a jump ahead of you."
Uncut - Chris Roberts (09/01/2004)
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