Beyond the narration and the homosexual element... a fairly typical 1990s indie sex comedy
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:33
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Deedee runs away from Louisiana to live with her half-brother Bill, an English teacher who happens to be gay. Lucia, Bill's sexually-repressed best friend, distrusts her. These... Sixteen-year-old Deedee runs away from Louisiana to live with her half-brother Bill, an English teacher who happens to be gay. Lucia, Bill's sexually-repressed best friend, distrusts her. These suspicions are confirmed when Deedee lures Bill's boyfriend into bed and talks him into stealing $10,000 from Bill and running away with her to Los Angeles. To make matters worse for Bill, his bitter ex-lover frames him for sexual harassment, causing a scandal in their quiet town. This forces him and Lucia to go on a wild chase in search of Matt and Deedee in order to clear his name. They are joined by Sheriff Carl Tippett, a friend, who begins to fall in love with Lucia. A black comedy about what people must go through in order to find "the opposite of sex" - lasting, committed, and loving relationships. [More]
Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett
Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, Ivan Sergei
Director: Don Roos
Director: Don Roos
Screenwriter: Don Roos
Producer: David Kirkpatrick, Michael Besman
Composer: Mason Daring
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Reviews for The Opposite of Sex
...most of the time the film succeeds only in emphasizing the distance between the characters on the screen and the people watching them in the theater.
This politically incorrect comedy serves up murder, unwanted pregnancy, and other neuroses, all undercut by the acerbic asides of the Lolita-like protag (acidly played by Christina Ricci).
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