The Opposite of Sex [Region 2] | ![The Opposite of Sex [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TTR9X18YL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Don Roos
Actors: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki
Category: DVD
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Rating:  95 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3333297668668
ASIN: B00004VXZF
Theatrical Release Date: May 22, 1998
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Christina Ricci had a great year in 1998. The young actress continued to cast off her youthful image from the Addams Family movies and made a big splash on the independent movie scene, especially in this scathingly witty comedy in which Ricci has the central role. Here she plays Dedee, a buxom, sexually precocious teenager who's pregnant, cynical, and looking for a volunteer father for her unborn child. This takes her to the home of her gay half-brother (Martin Donovan) whose current lover (Ivan Sergei) becomes Dedee's latest target for seduction. That's just the start of the mischief that Dedee so masterfully orchestrates, and Lisa Kudrow (from TV's Friends) is also on hand to deliver some of the movie's most quotable dialogue while fending off the affection of a local policeman played by Lyle Lovett. If all this sounds rather sordid, rest assured that the movie's got a warm heart (well, sort of) beating beneath all of its sharp-edged sarcasm. Writer-director Don Roos (Single White Female) injects most of the movie's appeal and humor through Dedee's voice-over narration, which constantly reminds us that even the most familiar movie cliches can be cleverly overturned. As a result, The Opposite of Sex is the opposite of boring. --Jeff Shannon
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 8-) December 24, 2008
Marcelino Rosas (Los Angeles, CA)
Loved this movie! Might not be for everyone though . Amazing acting and great story.
3 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
A well-written and quirkily amusing comedy, The Opposite of Sex is highly recommended for anyone sick of watching the same formulaic comedies again and again and again.
The opposite of sex. February 23, 2008
Richard Brower (Maine USA)
Christina Ricci is wonderful in this early movie. Some reviewers have criticized the performance of Lisa Kudrow, but I thought she added greatly to the story line.
Young Woman Wreaks Havoc January 19, 2007
D. Mesirow
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
"The Opposite of Sex" is an interesting off-beat 1998 film that looks at life scenarios involving imperfect people that turn dramatic. The narrator of this story, Dede, played by Christina Ricci, has an axe to grind, presumably due to her unpleasant childhood. As the movie opens, we see Dede desecrate her step-father's casket at his funeral with a cigarette. She leaves the funeral early, and we see her jump into a convertible driven by Randy "One Ball" Cates, an outspoken born-again Christian with one testicle with whom she is romantically involved.
Upset with her family situation, she seeks out a living space with her much older gay half brother, played by Martin Donovan, a teacher named Bill who inherited a large some of money from his deceased boyfriend, Tom, who died of AIDS. Tom's sister Lucia (pronounced "Lew-shuh"), played by Lisa Kudrow, who works as a teacher at the same high school as Bill and introduced Tom to Bill, and Lucia is now a constant presence in Bill's life.
When Dede arrives at Bills house, Bill's boyfriend Matt, played by Ivan Sergei, opens the door for her. Within a few weeks of living there, Dede seduces Matt and then tells him that she is pregnant with his baby. Matt concludes he is bisexual and becomes supportive of Dede, breaking up with Bill, who feels mistreated.
Lucia and Bill are the moral compasses in this story. They are the reliable ones with the rightful claim to Tom's money, and they make sure everything turns out alright in the end.
However, everything doesn't turn alright in the end for everyone. The greedy and cavalier personalities of Dede, Matt, and Randy act as a sort of "axis of evil" when Matt and Randy get sucked into Dede's manipulative games. Dede, pregnant and emotionally unstable, is vulnerable on one hand, yet her selfish actions on the other hand ruin the lives of those to whom she should be kind.
Dede has very little conscience. Few people in real life could seem to be this mean. Yet "The Opposite Of Sex" is a caricature of how cavalier and greedy people can screw up the situation for kind and caring people.
This is a touching story because the scenario begins so normal. Then a vulnerable character, Dede, unravels a delicately strung situation into a mess for everyone. Yet in the end, things start to work themselves back out. For example, the whole dramatic scenario created by Dede helps Sherriff Carl Tippett, played by Lyle Lovett, to seek the courtship of Lucia by becoming involved with the legal scenario that Dede creates. With Matt's help, Dede steals Tom's money and Tom's ashes, which rightfully belong to Bill and Lucia, and law enforcement gets involved. Bill and Lucia turn out to be the winners in the end by having the comfort of a clear conscience.
Strange but Interesting December 25, 2006
Augusta Era Golian (Dallas, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Delightfully different coming of age movie. You may have thought your teenager had an odd slant on life, but this young lady takes the cake, among other things. Funny and sad.
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