Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Lawbolisted Powerful

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Lechuguilla Three college-age swingers "get together" for some fun, and in the course of a few months grow emotionally close to each other. The central character is Coles (Mark Ruffalo), a libertine who draws artwork and wants to be a filmmaker. The two women are attractive, and as arty and modern in outlook as Coles. But over time, the three drift apart. Five years later Coles and one of the ladies cross paths, which sparks a reunion between the three, together with their current mates. "XX/XY" is a cinematic study in growing up, making decisions, and accepting responsibility for those decisions.The screenplay is weak, with a mediocre premise, an Act Two that dawdles and meanders, and dialogue that is not memorable. Still, the overall acting is strong enough to overcome the screenplay, and render a film that is mildly entertaining and engaging. It's certainly better than what I had expected.The film's cinematography is not remarkable, but it's not bad either. I don't recall a film with so many close-up shots. It's as if the director wanted to emphasize that the film is a character study, by zooming in close to each of the main characters, over and over and over. I could have wished for more variety in camera techniques.Also, given the romantic angle of the story and the arty personalities, I could have wished for a more bohemian cinematic style, along the lines of "Plein soleil"(1960), with dazzling colors and music, and more flair in production design. The apparent low budget of "XX/XY" renders a style that is somewhat pedestrian and bland.But as is, "XX/XY" is not a bad film. It's worth at least a one time visit, especially for youthful viewers still searching for themselves and not yet committed to any particular path in life.

Howlin Wolf ... Well, something to point out to the director, Mr. Chick: if the character who said this was in some way a mouthpiece for your own self, then you failed miserably! (I understand more how the guy who wanted his money back felt... ) All we have here is a tedious merry-go-round of people who make 'bad decisions' left, right and centre. When you're the objective bystander and a friend comes to you after yet another foul-up, in most cases you grin and bear it because the person you're listening to shares a bond with yourself; a connection. I wouldn't even have any feeling for all this if it were real-life friends I knew intimately. It's like being the only one sober in a room full of drunks - they're all too 'self-absorbed' to take seriously... ! The vast majority of people would surely be even LESS keen if they were hearing the troubles of some isolated stranger who they're completely alienated from? That's what this film is like - a random person accosting you in the street and acting like the 'Ancient Mariner', and all the while you're desperately looking for a way out...Why should I care about the infidelities and indiscretions of these characters when absolutely no sense of 'permenance' even begins to rear its head until past the halfway mark of the film, anyway? We've watched incredulously as they've been carelessly irresponsible, but hey, now we should automatically begin to care because... what, they're older? With age does not come greater significance; the mistakes you made at 20 are just as stupid if done at 35; so don't ask me to care to any greater degree just because this time life has made it sure that you have more to lose...It could have been 'emotional' in the heady, 'youthful' stage of the film had Thea been shown to be 'serious' about her thing with Coles; but she isn't, until she suddenly turns on the taps when he admits he 'meaninglessly cheated'; and the collective seem to be angling for an outpouring of sympathy for her! The other two 'empty vessels' at this point failed to make me care much, either... So, all of a sudden my feelings are expected to 'kick in' later on, just because the players have advanced in age? I don't think so, somehow! To get me thinking about relationships; I have to be able to say: "OK, maybe I don't agree, but I can see why you might've done that". Instead, all that was presented to me was a morass of those bad decisions that I talked about... It's nothing but pure undiluted LAZINESS to work from the stereotypical template that all college students fornicate first and ask questions later; and then take the bad habits of 'coupling' that they learnt when they were in study with them into the outside world. The most critical bad decision I made was to watch this; and about the only thing it made me "think" was how long before it was over, so I could go do something else.

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.

Ryan Ellis 'XX/XY' is an above-average examination of love and relationships, through college and then into adulthood. Mark Ruffalo, Maya Strange, and Kathleen Robertson star. They're 3 college kids who open the film with a menage a trois, then 10 years later when they've matured and changed. Or have they? Some characters seem to swap personas while another suffers from the Hamlet complex (ie. never being able to make up his mind).Petra Wright (Ruffalo's grown-up love interest) has a powerful speech which serves as the climax of the film. We find out that she was always just as in the know about things as we are. Both she and Ruffalo play this scene perfectly.When it's all over, this proves to be a successful character study. The characters seem real (and it doesn't hurt that they're all attractive) and they even reminded me of the characters in Mike Nichols' 'Carnal Knowledge'. Films like these seem to say that sex BETTER be fun if it's going to be worth all the trouble it brings.Plus, director Austin Chick never goes more than 10 minutes without a shot of Mark Ruffalo's bare behind. Any potential werewolves in sight would've turned into their hairiest selves with all the full moons in this movie.