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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; With: Martin Donovan (Actor) and Christina Ricci; Distributor: Columbia Tri-Star
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Steve Daly
Steve Daly is a senior writer at EW, and also author of EW.com's Money Shot column
Unpredictability is the great joy of comedy The Opposite of Sex about a hard-as-nails teen (Chriarin Ricci) who seduces her half brother's gay lover and leads both men on a cross-country chase, and once you listen to the commentary, provided by first-time director Don Roos, his editor, and his producer, you discover just how much of this fresh tone resulted from inexperience, lack of money, and sheer how-do-we-fix-this-shot desperation. An appendix of five deleted scenes demonstrates the wisdom of cutting them, since they spell out things audiences could discern on their own, but there's one from Lisa Kudrow and Martin Donovan's first day of shooting that's worth catching. Watching them stumble toward a style for their comedy of melancholy combat makes the film's impeccable balance even more remarkable. A-
Posted Dec 11, 1998
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- Video Review Lovers' Quorums | Melissa Pierson
- DVD News ''The Opposite of Sex'' made EW.com's list of top gay and lesbian films of the '90s (Nov 17, 1998)
- Cover Story 10 Christina Ricci
- Video Commentary The Opposite of Sex ; The Object of My Affection ; Two Girls and a Guy | Melissa Pierson
- 'Friends' Cast Watch Lisa Kudrow's career heats up | Jess Cagle
- Reel World Don Roos fights the MPAA over ''Guy'''s poster (Aug 10, 2001) | Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
