Review of Sex and Death 101

For a movie about sex, "Death and Sex" has very few sexy scenes. OK, I admit that the entry and exit (and the jealous, half-naked pillow fight in between) of power lesbians Bambi (Natassia Malthe) and Thumper (Pollyanna McIntosh) are exceptions, and worthy ones too. The near-necrophiliac scene at the morgue, on the other hand, is totally gruesome even by my distorted standards of decorum. Winona Ryder, notoriously coy and sweet, predictably doesn't work in the part of Death Nell, a murderous vamp. Having said that, the quiet showdown at a late-night diner (the "Quality Café", to be precise) somewhat reconciled me with an otherwise pretty pointless movie. But what sent me over the edge is an interview (included on the DVD) with Leslie Bibb, in which she tries to sell this piece of pubescent machismo as a cunning feminist endeavor. Hilarious.